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Original poster

What is your opinion of the boys name: Heath?

59 replies

CathyWuthering · 29/06/2020 11:52

Just looking for thoughts really.

We like strong, slightly uncommon boys names but nothing too crazy/out there. Just wondered how it would be perceived on a LO.

Any similar names, or middle name suggestions appreciated!

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LilyLemonade · 13/11/2023 22:56

Great name. Wholesome and strong. Sounds like nature and wilderness.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 13/11/2023 21:23

Not keen. More of a surname to me. And yes, it rhymes with Keith.

Eiris · 13/11/2023 11:44

Tricky one for pronouncing.
would get
eef
eet
hate
hayd
aid

amd will be misread as Heather

1Lozenger · 13/11/2023 07:24

You must be old

Danniiaddy · 02/07/2020 19:28

Sounds like Keith. Want some cake Heath?

midsomermurderess · 02/07/2020 19:15

very American said a la Lady Bracknell, so I'm hearing. Really, the prejudices you come across here. In any event, the only one I've heard of was Australian. And like others, I like it.

bridgetreilly · 02/07/2020 17:28

It makes me picture a surfer dude. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing!

Yeah, me too. I feel like it might be quite a lot of name to live up to if he turns out to be, well, ordinary?

GrumpySausage · 02/07/2020 17:27

Oh I love it. My boy name choice was Heath up until very late on but we changed our mind at the end and I still regret it.

jimmytarker · 02/07/2020 17:21

We named our 2 year old son Heath. The name gets a really positive response from people. Parents took a while to warm to it but love it now.

GemmeFatale · 02/07/2020 06:13

Really like it.

Parkandride · 01/07/2020 21:28

Oooh I love it!

PetraRabbit · 01/07/2020 21:27

Ledger......

It's not my style but far better and more interesting than most of the surname names at the moment.

Why not?

MikeUniformMike · 01/07/2020 21:26

Heath Robinson . Wasn't it his middle name?

Hippocampe · 01/07/2020 21:21

Lovely. For baby, child, teen and adult. It's a really refreshing name

MaggieFS · 01/07/2020 20:56

Anyone else think Robinson 🤷‍♀️

Seriously though, I do like it. Great name. Different, but not crazy nor faddy nor unpronounceable.

jumblersale · 01/07/2020 19:15

I was at school with one. Nice name.

PotteringAlong · 01/07/2020 17:47

I dislike it intensely, but I appear to be in the minority.

WilheldivaHater · 01/07/2020 17:46

I absolutely love it!

Pemba · 01/07/2020 17:27

I quite like it.

Did you know Heath Ledger's real name was actually Heathcliffe? Apparently.

I wouldn't want to name a baby after Heathcliffe from WH. People might think of him as a romantic hero, but he was actually a bullying psycho!

Just Heath alone is quite nice though, a nature name.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 01/07/2020 17:02

How many baby Thatchers?

I imagine that if there were a beautiful, tragic Hollywood star named Thatcher it would be rehabilitated pretty quickly! It fits nicely with the current trend to give occupational surnames as given names: Hunter, Archer, Cooper, Mason.

Sadly I don't think there's much hope for Brown.

MikeUniformMike · 01/07/2020 16:36

How many baby Thatchers?

The Heath/Keith thing is only like Everly/Beverley.

Trust me, people have strange hearing.
When a neighbour called her baby Shannon (guess how old she is now), I thought she was Sharon.

WutheringShites86 · 01/07/2020 16:20

I think we are like minded OP! I can't use it for a child though, already got in there with my cats. Entertains me no end calling them in of an evening, very hard not to break into my Kate Bush impression

Thneedville · 30/06/2020 13:08

I love the name.

But be careful if you would pronounce it Heath but everyone else in your area would pronounce it Heaf, as it would possibly drive you mad!

Also as long your surname isn’t a place that has a Heath (eg Heath Hampstead not a good idea!)

TheVanguardSix · 30/06/2020 13:05

It's great!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 30/06/2020 13:04

Ted Heath is not a reason not to use Heath! He left office 46 years ago.

There are a lot of little Teds running around, along with a decent helping of Blairs and Camerons.

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