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Morgan or Michael

44 replies

Unicorn01 · 23/07/2020 01:02

Thinking of names for our first DS. Torn between Morgan or Michael, they are quite different I know. Just to give you a picture of our fam, our kids are half Chinese and half English, two girls already and my DH has a unisex name (similar vein to Morgan) and it suits him. Any thoughts or opinions? Or even just associations with either name, positive or negative...If we went for Morgan we'd go for Mog as NN as don't like the connotations or Morg (morgue) Thanks x

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Tillygetsit · 23/07/2020 22:30

I like Morgan. Refreshing.

Letsleepingdogslie8 · 23/07/2020 17:58

@Esthermoo01 Yes I am but DH is British-Chinese.

123Dancewithme · 23/07/2020 17:46

I like both, but prefer Michael.

Esthermoo01 · 23/07/2020 17:36

@Letsleepingdogslie8 ah Mogs is a nice nickname. Are you Welsh? We have no link to Wales whatsoever.

Letsleepingdogslie8 · 23/07/2020 16:40

Historically Morgan is a Welsh boys’ name. DS is known as Mogs for short.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2020 16:36

Grin We are aren't we.

I really like the name Michael.

FizzyGreenWater · 23/07/2020 16:29

MikeUniformMike Grin

Oops. Sorry, did I say depressing, I meant scintillating, witty and incisive.

Mikes are indeed top notch Grin

Pippilangstrumpfie · 23/07/2020 16:23

Morgue puts me off Morgan, the Organ not necessarily.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2020 15:54

@FizzyGreenWater, Oi you!

Shayisgreat · 23/07/2020 15:44

I like Michael.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2020 14:16

Was at school with one. I don't think that teenagers think that much about organists.

Esthermoo01 · 23/07/2020 14:07

Yeah one of the reasons I like it is because it's not highly popular atm.

Also when I hear it in an American accent for some reason I associate it more with girls but in British accents feels more masculine

Esthermoo01 · 23/07/2020 14:05

When you say 'Morgan the organ' are you thinking of organ as in the instrument or as in an organ in your body (a specific bodily organ perhaps?) Just interested to hear what connotations it has for you x

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2020 13:56

Michael.

Morgan the organ.

Whatsyourflava · 23/07/2020 13:46

@sel2223 my quote was from @lukasiak post, sorry that was unclear x

sel2223 · 23/07/2020 13:28

@Whatsyourflava not once did I say Morgan is seen as more of a girls name these days.
I said that all the Morgan's i know IRL are girls. No amount of official statistics changes that fact.

Whatsyourflava · 23/07/2020 13:26

@Morgan12 @sel2223 @Esthermoo01 @lukasiak

"Morgan is seen as more of a girls name these days"

No it isn't - look at the official statistics! It's number 277 for boys and yet outside the top 600 for girls! The number of girls being given this name is pretty negligible!

I'd go for it OP

I'm not so keen on your other names. I like Ashley but find Taylor a bit downmarket (sorry). Rowan is too similar to v popular Roman (and Rohan and other top 100 names).

CakeRattleandRoll · 23/07/2020 13:20

Love Michael. Would have used it for DS, except it is FiL's name. Interestingly, it is becoming very popular at the moment in the USA, if you look at the lists from there.

Similar to Michael: Robert, Christopher, Stephen, John
Similar to Morgan: Oscar, Jesse, Tobias, Leon

FizzyGreenWater · 23/07/2020 13:17

Magnus

Macsen

Mabon

Milo

Not Ms:
Oscar
Roddy (Roderick)
Leo
Finn
Rory

FinnegansWhiskers · 23/07/2020 13:12

I like both Morgan and Michael. My DD’s ex boyfriend is Morgan. There is a little girl in my street called Morgan. It’s a name that suits both boys and girls.

WildCherryBlossom · 23/07/2020 13:02

I much, much prefer Michael. I know a couple of female Morgans. Mog to me is a cat.

Michael is a lovely angel name for a boy which should be due a revival like Gabriel, Rafael and Daniel (the last never really went out of fashion)

sel2223 · 23/07/2020 12:58

With the exception of Morgan Freeman, the only Morgan's I know IRL are girls.....never ever heard the nn Mog (or any shortened version for that matter).

Michael is just pretty blah....i put it in the same category as Phil, Alan, Colin, Pete, Dave....basically all my friends dads 😅
It would be better as a middle name

RuthW · 23/07/2020 12:22

Michael. I hate the shortening of Morgan.

Esthermoo01 · 23/07/2020 11:22

Yeah I know, o defo want to avoid morgue lol

Pippilangstrumpfie · 23/07/2020 11:01

Morgan is a great unisex name. I'd choose that over Michael.

But pleas don't shorten to Morg - it sounds like morgue Shock!