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Thoughts on Matthew ?

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Oneflewsouth · 15/03/2018 14:42

We are expecting a baby boy in June. I love the name Matthew with either James or George as a middle name. Recently I seen a thread on here with names teachers dread . What do you think when you hear the name Matthew ?

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Kokeshi123 · 20/03/2018 12:15

About 1/4 of my male classmates were Matthews growing up! Nowadays, not over-common at all, but not rare to the point that it sounds weird either. It's a great name and never sounds "dated."

itsgoingtoofast · 20/03/2018 11:27

It's a lovely name, not too popular and not too unusual. Classic and timeless. Both middle names suit really well too. Perfect!

JellySlice · 20/03/2018 07:28

I like it, but then I would - it's my ds's name Grin. He's 16, and the only child Matthew that I know. Have never met another since he was born.

ToftheB · 20/03/2018 07:06

I married a Matthew and he’s a lovely chap! It’s a good, solid, dependable name

dementedma · 20/03/2018 06:58

it's a really nice name. Can't remember the last Matthew I met to be honest so not that popular. I like Matthew James

villainousbroodmare · 20/03/2018 06:56

Matthew is great.
"Recently I seen" is not great.

CisPinkHoodie · 20/03/2018 06:47

I think it's a lovely name.

Katjolo · 20/03/2018 06:18

Great name

CiderwithBuda · 19/03/2018 13:18

I have one so I’m in favour. Mine is 16 now. He’s Matt to his friends and at school. We haven’t come across many. I have to say he doesn’t like it though!

Trottersindependenttraders · 19/03/2018 13:18

I have a Matthew who is 6, he also has one of the middle names you have suggested too. He's Matthew at the moment though I accept he will probably become Matt to his friends as he grows up.

No other Matthews at nursery or so far in school but a couple in some of his sports groups. I'm a child of the 80's and knew a fair few Matthews growing up.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/03/2018 13:12

Love Matthew, really love it shortened to Matt too.

deste · 17/03/2018 22:58

Scotland here and I have a DS Matthew Steven. He is 40 and a nice very successful person.

Paleshelter · 16/03/2018 23:32

I love the name Matthew, considered it for my son.

horseknickers · 16/03/2018 21:47

I love the name - so much that my eldest DS, now 20, is called it. It gets shortened to Mattie or Matt.

Belindabauer · 16/03/2018 21:47

I love it and I'm biased too.
Didn't know any Matthews apart from a distant relative when I chose the name.

BakedBeans47 · 16/03/2018 21:41

I love it but I may also be biased.

stressedoutfred · 16/03/2018 19:29

I have one, DS was the only one at his primary school (700 children ) yet at secondary there's quite a few! He celebrated his birthday recently and out of 8 boys there was 3 Matthews( Matts) and 3 Bens Grin

LoveInTokyo · 16/03/2018 19:00

Well I was born in the mid 80s and went to a catholic school. About half the boys there were called Matthew, Mark, Luke or John and the other half were called Liam or Connor.

So maybe I have a skewed idea of how popular it was!

RustyBear · 16/03/2018 18:50

I have a Matthew, usually known as Matt, never, as far as I know, Matty - he’s 30 now. I chose it because it was the name of the furthest- back ancestor we’d traced at that time - my great-great-great-grandfather, (and also because both DH and I liked it!)

I don’t think it’s a very common name - I worked in a junior school for 18 years and out of the 1100 or so children that came through the school I can only remember about 5 or 6 Matthews - all very nice boys.

LoveInTokyo · 16/03/2018 18:39

I like it.

It was hugely popular in the 70s and 80s but I don’t think that matters. It just means it’s more unusual now but not in a bad way. It’s a solid, classic, biblical name so I don’t think it dates you in the way that a name like Jason or Gary does.

Definitely the male equivalent of calling your baby daughter Sarah or Claire - more unusual than it was a generation ago but definitely not weird.

twilightcafe · 16/03/2018 18:27

I have one aged 9. He's rather fab (most of the time).

I picked the name because it's classic but not overused, has no connotations and easy to spell.

Proudmummy2MA · 16/03/2018 18:23

Love the name Matthew, but I'm biased as I have one :-)

He's the only one in his reception intake of 60 children.

I'm a teacher, and the Matthew's I have taught in the past have been memorable characters! It still didn't put me off the name for my own son though :-)

TeaMeBasil · 15/03/2018 22:08

Love Matthew, great name 👍

piglet81 · 15/03/2018 22:01

I love it, but I'm biased - it's my nearly 3yo's name. We've only met a couple of other little Matthews. A good, classic name (in my book).

frasier · 15/03/2018 22:00

No Matthews in DS’s nursery. None in playgroup or any other activity now I come to think of it. Lovely name.