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Royce? Help!

112 replies

Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 09:30

Me and my partner like Royce but the idea of it being shorted to Roy I'm not a fan on! Does anyone know. Royce and are they called roy? Or would you call someone Royce roy?

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PassMeTheWotsits · 29/04/2021 21:28

Royce and peas

user1493494961 · 29/04/2021 21:21

It's a bit downmarket.

Timper · 29/04/2021 21:16

Absolutely beautiful name.

GreyhoundG1rl · 29/04/2021 21:13

@LemonRoses

One of my husband’s relatives was Royce. He’d have been very, very upset at being referred to as Roy. It rarely happened but when it did he declared very loudly that he’d never played bloody darts nor played in a brass band. Im afraid Roy is very meat and tater pie.
So what do Royce's do? Morris dancing? Dressage? It doesn't sound particularly uppercrust to me? But what do I know 🤷🏻‍♀️
LemonRoses · 29/04/2021 21:11

@sadpapercourtesan

Gosh, *@LemonRoses* he sounds perfectly frightful Shock
I didn’t say he was the nicest man on earth, but he was always upset if people got his name wrong.
sadpapercourtesan · 29/04/2021 21:09

Gosh, @LemonRoses he sounds perfectly frightful Shock

LemonRoses · 29/04/2021 21:07

One of my husband’s relatives was Royce. He’d have been very, very upset at being referred to as Roy. It rarely happened but when it did he declared very loudly that he’d never played bloody darts nor played in a brass band.
Im afraid Roy is very meat and tater pie.

namechangerforthisconfessionn · 29/04/2021 21:00

@Reinventinganna

I hope it does get shortened to Roy. It’s much nicer.

What’s your first called? Mercedes? Bentley? Rover?

Grin
Reinventinganna · 29/04/2021 20:45

I hope it does get shortened to Roy. It’s much nicer.

What’s your first called? Mercedes? Bentley? Rover?

sadpapercourtesan · 29/04/2021 20:39

Arf, we got us a live one Grin

OP, you've posted a daft name in the MN baby names section and invited people to comment. You don't get to control HOW they comment, you just have to take the rough with the smooth. Struggling only makes it worse Flowers Cake Wine

whatausername · 29/04/2021 20:36

Roly*, not Rolly

whatausername · 29/04/2021 20:36

He will be called Roy.
Also Roycie, Boycie, Rolls, Baps and Rolly.

Iamstrugglingtopick · 29/04/2021 19:48

Are* frankly

Iamstrugglingtopick · 29/04/2021 19:48

I wouldn’t even listen to opinions on here OP, no disrespect to anyone on MN but the names that are deemed nice on here and frankly names that would never ever be picked in real life and names that are popular/well liked in real life are deemed chavy, nicknamey or common 😂

If you love Royce use it. I personally would not shorten Royce to Roy

Unsubscribed · 29/04/2021 18:30

You could call a kid David and someone at school would decide to call him shithead

I'd go with Shithead rather Royce Grin

partyatthepalace · 29/04/2021 17:57

Yep it will get shortened.

It’s a very strong flavour of a name, and if you ask people about a name, they will tell you what they think about it, along with perhaps answering the question you asked.

That’s because MN is a forum and this is a name board and that’s how these things work.

IHaveBrilloHair · 29/04/2021 17:52

I'm glad you like it, and your friends and family pretend to like it too.
None of you are having it as your name though are you?

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 29/04/2021 17:43

Don't know if anyone has suggested it yet, but how about Ross instead of Royce? - you wouldn't have to worry about the Roy thing then (and anecdotally I've met a couple of nice Ross's plus it has that cool surname vibe).

MrJollyLivesNextDoor · 29/04/2021 16:11

@Yellowfish2020

Pleeeeeease tell us what you named your daughter that got everyone upset...

Hmm
Could be engine themed going by Rolls Royce

Whitney?

Yellowfish2020 · 29/04/2021 15:53

Pleeeeeease tell us what you named your daughter that got everyone upset...

Pedalpushers · 29/04/2021 15:12

I want to know what world people on here live in where everyone goes out of their way to either mishear or make fun of someone's name. I've known people with some really unusual names in my life and noone has done anything other than take it at face value, but on here every thread descends into 'you can't name a kid Kat, she'll get called prat or shat or twatty kat bat'

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 29/04/2021 15:07

It will definitely get confused with Roy imo - there were nearly triple the number of Roy's born last year than Royce's, not to mention the many, many Roy's in the older generations (Roy was a top 100 name until the 70's and Royston was also well used). I'd find it annoying personally to always have have to say "Royce not Roy", but obviously it's up to you.

AuntieStella · 29/04/2021 14:10

Roy is definitely the least worst nn

One of the great strengths of the MN name board is that people will say what they think of a name, unfiltered by the manners that you would employ in RL (where I'd been saying 'what an interesting name')

If not Riy, then it'll be Rolls or Roly

Laaaayla · 29/04/2021 13:55

Think Roy is probably the least of your worries in terms of nicknames to be honest...

Marmaladeagain · 29/04/2021 13:41

I prefer Mini, easier to park too.

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