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George William

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shadow7uk · 18/03/2019 08:43

Hello,

We are thinking George William(surname Ayres) we love this name and we believe giving your child a strong name is vital.

We aren't a fan of names that people have never heard of or that our child we constantly have to tell people how to spell/pronounce.

What do you think? Is it too boring or common?

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parttimeateverything · 18/03/2019 11:31

I know a George William, he's 20 and certainly a strong lovely man.

FriendOrFaux · 18/03/2019 11:11

Love George.

Our youngest ds is Philip George (named after both grandfather's.)

Staunch republicans BTW!

sanityisamyth · 18/03/2019 11:06

Prefer William George as it seems to flow better. Slightly biased on William though, mind! Great names!!

reallybadidea · 18/03/2019 10:34

But he will probably be known as "George A

Which sounds like Georgie, and that's a sissy girl's name. He might get teased.

Jaz32 · 18/03/2019 10:25

I prefer William George

BeGoodTanya · 18/03/2019 10:08

You might as well call him Baby#10976443.

MercyBodle · 18/03/2019 10:04

I think it's a strong, classic name that works well and sounds good with the surname.

SallyWD · 18/03/2019 10:01

Lovely classic name

EntirelyAnonymised · 18/03/2019 09:58

Not goady?!

FWIW, my children have Old Testament names so i’m not a mum of a ‘name you’ve never heard of’ or a ‘difficult to spell’ (aka very modern names that people are often very rude about on here) with her nose out of joint.

whitehalleve · 18/03/2019 09:54

Great names on their own. Together makes you sound like a Royalist. Which is fine if that's what you are, but if not any comments might get annoying.

StuntCroissant · 18/03/2019 09:54

It's fine. But he will probably be known as "George A" for his entire school career as there will be eleventy billion other Georges at his school.

Fantababy · 18/03/2019 09:51

I'd think royalist tbh.

mrsdavys · 18/03/2019 09:49

I love George William.
I also love strong and traditional names!

Whereareyouspot · 18/03/2019 09:46

I think George is a really wet name

And your guff about strong names being ‘vital’ is really pretentious

AlocAcoc · 18/03/2019 09:45

Lovely, classic name. Definitely not boring.
FWIW, I don’t think your post is ‘goady’ and I agree with everything you said.

EntirelyAnonymised · 18/03/2019 09:26

Ignoring the goady stuff in your post, your name choice is a classic that won’t ‘date’.

bridgetreilly · 18/03/2019 09:23

Is your surname Prince?

EmmaGrundyForPM · 18/03/2019 08:55

I think William George works better.

Doilooklikeatourist · 18/03/2019 08:54

That’s my sons name , obviously I think it’s a great choice 👍

MrsBertBibby · 18/03/2019 08:52

Well it screams massive royalist fans!

MummaGiles · 18/03/2019 08:44

If you like it then go for it.

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