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How do you feel about this boy name?

57 replies

annaboo2 · 10/06/2021 06:32

Travis

and what type of person comes to mind, as a lad or an adult?

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bridgetreilly · 15/06/2021 14:31

I would say it's a "parents were trying to be cool, twenty years too late", kind of name. But in itself, not awful.

MintGreenLife · 15/06/2021 14:29

Makes me think of Blink 182, not a fan of the name myself x

JeanClaudeVanDammit · 15/06/2021 08:42

Reminds me of the stoner character in Clueless. But I don’t hate it.

Beamur · 15/06/2021 08:40

I like it

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 15/06/2021 00:57

Not my taste as it has a harsh sound imo.

LittleDidSheKnow · 15/06/2021 00:23

Another who thinks Dave Lee Travis. And would rather not.

PrivateParty · 14/06/2021 22:28

Makes me picture an American or Aussie surfer dude with long hair..

GreyhoundG1rl · 14/06/2021 17:42

I'd put it in the Trevor, Clive, Keith, etc. camp.
I wouldn't.

user1493494961 · 14/06/2021 17:36

Tyler's brother.

Pieceofpurplesky · 14/06/2021 17:20

Not my favourite choice but for me it's the teacher's curse - I taught a horrible one.

Holly60 · 14/06/2021 17:02

I hate it personally. Sounds a bit (very) downmarket

pictish · 14/06/2021 16:43

It’s ok. It’s a bit U.S.A for my personal taste but it’s certainly not awful.

RusholmeRuffian · 14/06/2021 16:38

Blink 182 drummer

HeronLanyon · 14/06/2021 16:35

I knew an American Travis. Think it may be used a bit differently there.
I’m not immediately fond of it. If ‘your’ Travis were lovely and I knew him then a lot of that would fall away obviously.
Silly because when I think of the sound and look of it I quite like it.

DinaofCloud9 · 14/06/2021 16:17

Bickle.

I quite like it though.

Posieandpip · 14/06/2021 16:07

I think of a stoned American skateboarder with scruffy blonde hair and baggy clothes who speaks really slowly and smells a bit and is either unemployed or works in a fairground.

CobraChicken · 13/06/2021 02:02

I know an adult one who is an utter tool, so that puts me off, but I don't think I'd have a problem with the name if I didn't already have that association.

DeedledeDee · 13/06/2021 01:54

Robert de niro in Taxi Driver was called Travis

Lalliella · 13/06/2021 00:51

He was the baddy in Blake’s 7

Thedogscollar · 12/06/2021 22:46

@SmallPrawnEnergy

You'll get derogatory comments on here as it's not a hooray henry type name. It doesn't fall into Middle Class safety net or unique faux hippie. I like it.
So true. Mn likes Edmund, Wilfred, Otto and Arlo. Travis doesn't fit the mould. I really quite like it. It's not chavvy at all.
CanofCant · 11/06/2021 20:10

I know a 3 year old Travis and a 2 year old Jarvis. Both good names and lovely kids. Agree with the hate for non-Hooray Henry, insipid type names.

Tillygetsit · 10/06/2021 23:09

Travis Bickle.

LoopTheLoops · 10/06/2021 17:26

Not a fan, only met one though

Onlinedilema · 10/06/2021 17:23

Hippy, musical type with long shaggy hair.

yumscrumfatbum · 10/06/2021 13:51

I quite like it, reminds me of the band. Strong masculine name.