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Tristan or Charlie?

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bananacustard01 · 17/11/2020 16:41

Baby is coming tomorrow and our shortlist is
Tristan James or Charlie James..
We can't decide at all and keep swinging between the two... don't know how to add a vote in but would love some opinions

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iloveyoubutilovememore · 19/11/2020 14:18

Charlie! It's lovely

FluffyEggsontoast · 19/11/2020 11:53

Tristan definitely
Charlie nice too but Tristan nicer

Did you decide @bananacustard01
Hope the birth goes well

WanderlustWitch · 18/11/2020 22:17

My son is Tristan, I absolutely love the name 😊

AliMonkey · 18/11/2020 22:10

Why do people say things like “if you like the name Charlie, call him Charles”? It’s thinking like that that means that when I give DS’s name eg at a doctor, they always say “do you mean X?” No, I don’t, if that was his name I’d have told you (so if I said Ben, they would ask “do you mean Benjamin?”)

Roselilly36 · 18/11/2020 19:23

Tristan, absolutely love that name.

Orphlids · 18/11/2020 19:08

Tristan! It’s just so wonderful. Tristan has been depicted for hundreds of years in art, literature and music. It’s a heavyweight name. One of the most famously romantic names. When I hear the name Tristan, I immediately hear the stirring of Wagner’s opera, one of the most erotic and significant pieces of music ever composed.

I’m afraid to say when I hear the name Charlie, I barely even register it. There are so many of them, and it’s dull. Tristan is more daring!

Good luck tomorrow, hope everything goes smoothly.

MikeUniformMike · 18/11/2020 18:13

I know two Tristans. Neither is posh or a wuss.

TristansMom · 18/11/2020 17:54

When I chose my son's name, omg, it was not popular on MN. People despaired. Somewhere between prissy posh & ultrachav. If such a space exists. DS is unique & no description here fits him. I'd say of the other Tristan's we've met... one was likely to become chav. His mother had a serious lack of teeth & commitment to being a parent. None of them posh.

Charlie is fine too. Your child will make his name his own.

Except... not Tristram. That one is a tongue twister. I can hear it, but I can't say it.

Pemba · 18/11/2020 17:45

Tristan is such a wussy name. I think of a spoiled Victorian little boy wearing velvet knickerbockers and a lace collar.

Charlie is a nice cheerful name, fine for an adult and cute for a little one. I am normally one for 'put the full name on the birth certificate' but Charles has a different vibe somehow and of course always makes me think of the Prince of Wales (not a fan).

CakeRattleandRoll · 18/11/2020 17:21

Tristan. I find the whole 'posh' names thing baffling.

NatalieH2220 · 18/11/2020 15:07

Definitely Charlie!

Ismellphantoms · 18/11/2020 15:02

Tristan. It's not too posh. Charlie is a nickname. Name him Charles if you prefer Charlie.

MimiDaisy11 · 18/11/2020 14:47

Charlie.

Tristan seems so posh for me. I like names which don't give away class.

VenusClapTrap · 18/11/2020 14:43

Tristan! Love it.

LemonBreeland · 18/11/2020 09:16

Charlie. Tristan is either 'wet' or a twatty MP

MikeUniformMike · 18/11/2020 09:10

Charlie.

August20 · 18/11/2020 08:26

I love Tristan!

Charlie's cute but I only like it as a nickname.

cloverbug · 18/11/2020 06:54

Charlie.
I've always disliked the name Tristan, not sure if it's just me but it sounds like someone who would be quite rough.

Firebird83 · 17/11/2020 23:48

Tristan. Charlie is overdone.

nildesparandum · 17/11/2020 23:47

here I live Charlie is slang for penis.

MercyBodle · 17/11/2020 22:43

While I quite like Charlie I find Tristan much more interesting and versatile - so, Tristan.

sofiathe2nd · 17/11/2020 22:15

I have a Tristan.. so Tristan. He’s only tiny but thus far not wet or posh etc

HollyBen · 17/11/2020 22:12

Charlie gets my vote. There may be lots of them but I really don't like Tristan

DamsonJamFan · 17/11/2020 22:05

Tristan or even better Tristram

Oneandabean · 17/11/2020 20:38

Tristan is better but then I love welsh names. Charlie is so popular with girls and boys it’s a bit boring.
I don’t see it as posh, if anything Charlie is more posh to me.

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