Andrew

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FoodieMum3 · 17/03/2014 12:54

I'm only 14+ weeks pregnant and obviously don't know the gender but I just cannot get this name out of my head.

Andrew. I especially love it written down.

I don't know any Andrew's under 40 although I'm not in the UK.

Your opinions most welcome.

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Kantha · 17/03/2014 13:30

I like it a lot, although when I was expecting DS1 6 years ago I wouldn't contemplate it because I was working in a team full of Andy and Andrews. In particular I am not a fan of 'Andy' as a nn. From memory Andrew was somewhere between 80-100 in the baby name lists. In the last 6 years of being a parent I have come across just one little Andrew (SE England).

chicaguapa · 17/03/2014 13:15

I only know one boy called Andrew but I think it's timeless and classless. He's 9 and is still an Andrew, not Andy or Drew.

I know a grown up Andrew whose name hasn't been shortened either.

It's still in the UK top 50, isn't it? So there must be some boy Andrews around.

Weegiemum · 17/03/2014 13:09

I know Andrews from 7m - 70+ years! including my brother.

It's a great name!

(Also in Scotland).

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FoodieMum3 · 17/03/2014 13:08

Thanks for replies!

It's funny, I had never even thought of it before but just can't shake it off. Such a strong name but has a simple flow IMO.
It's just that I think of a man and not a baby boy/young boy.

Bluechampagne I'm actually not a fan of shortening names. I wonder would it be inevitable that he would be Andy at school?
That's what happened to dh (similar name) and now in his mid 30's he is still correcting people and trying to fix it!

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InkleWinkle · 17/03/2014 13:08

I think it's a great name.

I would have liked to use it if either of the DDs had been boys but it's an ex-boyfriend's name!

weebarra · 17/03/2014 12:57

I'm in Scotland, quite a few young Andrews here. I quite like it.

BlueChampagne · 17/03/2014 12:56

There's an Andrew in DS1's Y2 class if that helps! Classic name, can't go wrong. Andrew/Andy/Drew ...

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