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trevor

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santaiscominghohoho · 14/11/2014 00:25

Dh wants to call our son trevor or jimmy. I said no to start but now quite like trevor. what do you think? i heard names in 70s are coming back will this.name

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Mouthfulofquiz · 14/11/2014 19:34

Ahhhh Baby Doug! I love that.
Baby boys do turn into actual men eventually and I for one would rather be called Trevor or Gordon than something like Alfie / Archie. (Because they are rarely Alfreds and Archibalds are they?)

MsMittens · 14/11/2014 15:03

I am not the biggest fan of Trevor. Mostly because I have known and disliked two Trevors. Prefer James nn Jimmy.

Lunastarfish · 14/11/2014 15:01

I love love love Trevor but DP said no. However he did say I can have Doug if baby is a boy. Please have Trevor!

Choccyhobnob · 14/11/2014 12:21

My 65 year old FILs name and DH's middle name (which he hates so much he refused to have read out at our wedding!)

SquirrelledAway · 14/11/2014 12:06

Got no right to make a clot
Out of Trevor

Enough said.

LouiseBrooks · 14/11/2014 11:35

Trevor? Never. It's a middle aged man's name.

AmITwirly · 14/11/2014 10:58

My son has a child called Trev / Trevor in his class.

I must admit I did smirk a bit at first, but now it's grown on me. Turns out it's short for Trevelyan although no-one calls him that.

SnoringNorma · 14/11/2014 10:52

I prefer the Welsh spelling Trefor which takes some of the mustiness out.

mymummademelistentoshitmusic · 14/11/2014 10:40

Trevor is Colin's slightly older brother. He courted a young lady for a while, but it fizzled out. He gave up on romance after that. He's happy in his patents old home, full of their old comfy furniture, with his steam train mags, jazz records and planning his annual week in Barrow in Furness. He did once eat a mild curry.

Geraldthegiraffe · 14/11/2014 10:33

Oooh same one? Or were there lots of them?!

Beehatch · 14/11/2014 10:19

I came across a young farmer type named Trevor in my youth too. He had dirty finger nails - nuff said.

TheKitchenWitch · 14/11/2014 10:17

I have only known very lovely (and in some cases sexy) Trevors, so to my mind it's a fab name!
I also know a rather wonderful Clive NoArmani which means that name sounds good to me too :o

ShatnersBassoon · 14/11/2014 10:16

Baby Trev? No, Trev is definitely a man in his 60s.

Geraldthegiraffe · 14/11/2014 10:14

My first boyfriend was a farmer's son called Trevor.

Just no.

SouthBySouthWest · 14/11/2014 10:05

I once knew a corgi called Trevor

RaaRaaIsAnnoying · 14/11/2014 10:02

Hahaha seriously?

burgatroyd · 14/11/2014 07:54

I like it! He will stand out amongst the Olivers, Oscars, Charlies... In a good way

VashtaNerada · 14/11/2014 04:47

I'm not a fan. It was when DH suggested Brian for DS that I decided he would have no role in naming the baby whatsoever Grin

NoArmaniNoPunani · 14/11/2014 04:42

Trevor isn't 70's, 70's is more like Mark, David, Richard type names. Trevor goes with Clive and Nigel.

AllonsyAlonso · 14/11/2014 04:30

I love Jimmy! I also quite like Trevor, I know one and he is so sweet and kind, so I have good feelings about the name because of him.

Mouthfulofquiz · 14/11/2014 04:26

I have to step in here and say that I know a really really sexy Trevor (late 20s) and also a really sexy Gordon (late thirties)!
I quite like it!

munchkinmaster · 14/11/2014 04:24

James aka jimmy could work. You need James to fall back on. In fact I like it!

diydiva · 14/11/2014 04:08

I know someone with a baby Dennis, so why has it got to be a joke? Not my taste but the next generation will probably end up calling their kids Keith and the like all over again and most grandparents will be horrified, just like mine was when I gave my daughter an "old lady" name!

SnowPetrel · 14/11/2014 03:57

Haha

NotTheKitchenAgainPlease · 14/11/2014 02:38

Please no.

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