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Clay?

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mothertobe789 · 14/06/2018 17:22

Honest opinions? Not Clayton! Just Clay :)

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LemonysSnicket · 24/06/2018 19:32

I like it but only because of 13 reasons why

LoveInTokyo · 24/06/2018 18:14

I think it’s horrible, sorry. It’s the kind of name Americans think is nice and I go Hmm

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mothertobe789 · 22/06/2018 23:04

ok wow thats a no then! Still got a while to decide just throwing this one out there as its more unusual, definitely gone off it now! Thanks for honest opinions although some people are just so rude...i mean you fizz.

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LittleMissedTheSunshine · 22/06/2018 19:42

Its one of those weird names the yanks use, like chuck or stirling or something.

So unless you're a yank I'd say no!

MikeUniformMike · 21/06/2018 18:40

Clayton Leighton sounds cool

CoolCarrie · 21/06/2018 17:54

Awful, reminds me of Falcon Crest and other American soaps; Clay, Lance', Blake, Cole, Chance, and other odd names abound in those.

Skydiving · 21/06/2018 17:45

Ugly name

Battleax · 21/06/2018 17:41

Fizz Grin

OlennasWimple · 21/06/2018 17:36

It's an American name that doesn't really "work" in the UK

(See also: Chase, Barron, D'Angelo, Cody, Trent, Trey...)

FizzyGreenWater · 21/06/2018 12:21

But Coke is an improvement on Clay.

(let's hope it's not twins)

Battleax · 21/06/2018 01:59

FFS. Cole not Coke Blush

Battleax · 21/06/2018 01:59

Cole is nice and in a similar vein.

(Coke Hawlins, Cole Porter.)

Battleax · 21/06/2018 01:55

I do like it but if also makes me think of that awful character (and presumably RL conspirator) from the film JFK.

MarciaClark · 20/06/2018 19:52

A bit chavvy... In my humble opinion

Lycanthropology · 19/06/2018 21:10

Others you may like are:
Clement

I read that as "cement", which sort of goes with clay Grin .

I don't like it, OP : neither clay nor cement.

I also knew an American Clay, but that was short for Clayton.

Postymalone · 19/06/2018 19:38

Please don’t name a child Kai/cai regardless of it being suggested.

CaitlinsYellowSocks · 19/06/2018 19:37

I know an American called Clay and rather like it now I'm used to it. It's his middle name though (he goes by it rather than his more conventional first name).

Monday55 · 19/06/2018 19:24

Clay sounds awful...

IHaveBrilloHair · 19/06/2018 18:43

13 reasons why here too (which btw is tedious and goes on forever)
Terrible name.

Elkcuhc56 · 19/06/2018 18:40

Rooney
Awful!!

sweetboykit · 19/06/2018 18:35

Namesake of Wayne and Coleen Rooney's son.

HappyLollipop · 19/06/2018 18:31

Very American makes me think of 13 reasons why the main character in that is called Clay.

Marioki · 19/06/2018 18:27

I must be getting old as my first thought was the broadcaster/gardener Clay Jones, though I don't think that was his actual first name.
I don't go a bundle on the name but I don't hate it either.

Mollie85 · 16/06/2018 10:09

I think the Rooney’s have a Klay-with-a-K

I think it suits the kid on Thirteen Reasons Why, but I’m not over keen for an actual child Smile

redexpat · 14/06/2018 22:15

I think 13 reasons why.

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