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Gatsby for a boy?

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PerksOfBeingAMum · 01/12/2014 23:30

General but polite opinions on the name Gatsby please.

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Tweediewalker · 13/12/2014 22:04

With the face linked to that name, it is no wonder you are considering it :) but I think you may regret it in the future x

Pocketangel · 13/12/2014 14:27

No. Even for a literary fiend like myself. Gatsby is a surname. As is Darcy.

Tranquilitybaby · 10/12/2014 17:01

No, just doesn't sound like a first name

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Roseformeplease · 09/12/2014 19:40

An adulterous bootlegger.....but the embodiment of hope, even where there is none (AKA a dreamer with criminal connections)

Just no.

Whatisaweekend · 09/12/2014 19:36

No - the character is just too sad. But if you love the book/film, how about Jay as more of a nod towards it?

Macloveswill · 08/12/2014 11:50

Definitely not! But what about.....Aldous or Benedict or Barnaby?

supersupersupershock · 08/12/2014 11:34

awful

BlueGreenHazelGreen · 08/12/2014 11:31

Sorry, I too would assume that anyone who would name their child Gatsby either hadn't read or hadn't understood the book.

SunnyBaudelaire · 08/12/2014 11:27

it is truly dreadful - has hubby not read the book?
Good name for a horse though.

burgatroyd · 08/12/2014 11:24

Other suggestions:

Huxley
Isambard
Orson
Broderick
Crispen

Beangarda · 08/12/2014 10:50

Has the baby's father actually read The Great Gatsby??? I can't imagine that anyone who has would consider calling their baby that. Plus he should read it, it's a brilliant novel.

But it's as firmly associated with that character as Heathcliff is with the brooding, semi-psychotic interloper in Wuthering Heights. Both seem a lot for a baby/small boy to be loaded down with.

Innocuoususername · 07/12/2014 18:09

No. Pretentious, surname as first name, and condemning the poor child to a life of repeating and spelling it to people who don't know the book. That's pretty much three strikes for me.
Works as a pet's name though!

caker · 07/12/2014 17:49

I like it as a middle name.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/12/2014 14:19

Don't do it, old sport.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/12/2014 14:18

This is a joke, right? Ridiculous.

AdorableAbbie · 07/12/2014 12:07

NO! it doesn't sounds good.

saintsandpoets · 07/12/2014 01:40

Gatsby was such a tragic character :(

SoupDragon · 06/12/2014 13:56

You are naming a child, not a pet. As has been said, it is a cracking name for a dog or a cat!

MarianneBrandon · 06/12/2014 13:54

Gatsby is the dog on the vax advert.

AddToBasket · 02/12/2014 20:07

YY, KingCrimson is right. He will get called Twatsby and will make an excellent friend for the DS of the poster considering Fuckleberry.

SwedishEdith · 02/12/2014 20:04

I thought of this thread today whilst watching some dull, middle aged suit talking to some colleagues and imagined if he was called Gatsby. Because there's no guarantee that your kids are going to grow up into cool adults who can carry off their unique names
Have you shown this thread to your husband yet OP? I like Jay though.

squoosh · 02/12/2014 13:50

'swell looking broad'

squoosh · 02/12/2014 13:49

Don't do it. Not a literary character I'd name someone after.

The Great Gatsby aside I'd imagine someone with Gatsby as a first name to wear a boater hat walk, carry an ivory cane, be fond of tap dancing and saying things 'you're a well looking broad'.

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