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Opinion on the name Rawdon

114 replies

Booklover137 · 23/05/2021 16:14

I’m very strongly for this name and have loved it ever since I first read Vanity Fair in my teens. I just want to gage reactions before announcing it to family and friends as I’m aware it may sound a little too old-fashioned or even pompous for some (or perhaps I’m overthinking it!)

We would use the nickname Rory, and middle names would be Michael John.

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TaraR2020 · 23/05/2021 17:11

@BlowDryRat

It sounds like a dinosaur, sorry.
Rawdon the Dinosaur?

In my book, thats a positive Grin

Op it really doesn't matter what mn thinks, if you both like it then go for it.

Unknown187 · 23/05/2021 17:05

Awful

Lonelycrab · 23/05/2021 17:00

Another no op

SteveArnottsCodeine · 23/05/2021 16:59

So ugly.

CassandraTrotter · 23/05/2021 16:56

I used to live near Rawdon in leeds. I also weirdly know two Michael Johns from there.

It’s a no from me.

But it is up to you if you want the name. Nobody else's opinions matter.

iwantadogdhdoesnt · 23/05/2021 16:54

I'd think of the village near where I grew up which definitely isn't a grim mining town but is actually rather naice

Lastchancesaloon07 · 23/05/2021 16:54

FYI Rawdon is a very affluent large village on the outskirts of Leeds 😊

superlyduperly · 23/05/2021 16:54

If I didn't know it had links to literature it would just sound like another made up name that's trying too hard to be different to me. Sorry.

Woodswoman · 23/05/2021 16:52

Doesn’t sound posh or pompous at all, I’d expect a kid with that name to be quite the opposite!

Starryskiesinthesky · 23/05/2021 16:50

I have never heard of this but it sounds ok to me! Only thing is he might get calledDon or Donny by his friends. If you have always loved it I’d go for it. Or have it as middle name with Rory as the first name?

Runkle · 23/05/2021 16:50

Sounds like a builders merchant

Watchingthetelly · 23/05/2021 16:48

“Rawdog” sprang to mind, it doesn’t trip off the tongue for me. Rory is a gorgeous name though.

WildImaginings · 23/05/2021 16:48

I'm really not a fan, sorry. I like Rory though.

friedafried · 23/05/2021 16:47

Awful.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 23/05/2021 16:46

It sounds like a deprived mining town in the North. (Sorry)
Rory is lovely.

BlowDryRat · 23/05/2021 16:44

It sounds like a dinosaur, sorry.

TatianaBis · 23/05/2021 16:41

Urban is a cool name, I'd assume they were a hip hop artist.

CovoidOfAllHumanity · 23/05/2021 16:40

It just has a very unpleasant sound to it I'm afraid. I'm sure the literary credentials are unimpeachable but not many people will get the reference and most will just think that it sounds horrid.

I met a baby Urban once. His parents were rather posh Catholic classics scholars and it was actually after Pope Urban but I guarantee most people will have thought it was made up and would associate urban with sprawl.

ClarasZoo · 23/05/2021 16:40

I absolutely hate it. I wouldn’t saddle a child with that and imagine they would want to change it when older. Like Zowie Bowie did.

Tal45 · 23/05/2021 16:37

The 'raw' really jumps out at me and makes me think of raw meat - that and it sounds like a not very nice town, like calling your child Swindon.

villainousbroodmare · 23/05/2021 16:36

It sounds harsh. Rory is a big leap then. I like Rory.

TatianaBis · 23/05/2021 16:36

I like VF and I know a Rawdon. GFI.

Runway · 23/05/2021 16:34

It sounds a bit like you’re asking someone how they’d like their meat

ErrolTheDragon · 23/05/2021 16:31

Uncooked academic?

Michael and John are both good names, I suppose Rawdon would be ok as a middle name.

chesirecat99 · 23/05/2021 16:30

I went to school with a Rawdon. He was cool (and posh) enough to carry it off. But then there was a Tarquin, Dorian, and Jolyon in the same year.