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Woody?

101 replies

user345355 · 24/09/2022 22:43

Looking for a boys name beginning with W and at the moment Woody is top of our list.
Do you like the name Woody for a boy?

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Oiseaux · 28/09/2022 21:58

I love it.

VickerishAllsort · 28/09/2022 20:19

No.
Please.

Lilacsunflowers · 28/09/2022 16:05

Not sure whether Woody Cook is much better... quite close to Cock Blush

Cuppasoupmonster · 28/09/2022 13:34

Lilacsunflowers · 28/09/2022 11:34

Zoe Balls son is Woody

Woody Balls?! Really?

😱

Cuppasoupmonster · 28/09/2022 13:34

I met a baby Woody the other day and tried not to laugh
If it’s ‘middle class’ then they can keep it lol

Kanaloa · 28/09/2022 13:22

If you like the name so much, change your name to Woody and call your child Jason or Thomas or Oliver or something. Like something a child can grow with and live with and make fit them. A name that serves the child, not one that seems like a joke.

Calandor · 28/09/2022 13:18

I love it, but I grew up with a Woody (full name Woodrow) and he was amazing.
Never got bullied for it either. It suited him.

ReadtheReviews · 28/09/2022 12:17

It's cute. I think Toy Story first, then Zoe Ball, then Harrelson, then penis, then woodpecker...so....

Needmorelego · 28/09/2022 11:56

@Lilacsunflowers I looked it up. Norman Cook is the dad. So he is 'Woody Cook'.
Not sure that's much better 🤔

Needmorelego · 28/09/2022 11:54

@Lilacsunflowers he most likely has his Dad's surname. Can't remember his name though....

Lilacsunflowers · 28/09/2022 11:34

Zoe Balls son is Woody

Woody Balls?! Really?

Lilacsunflowers · 28/09/2022 11:33

A woody is an erection Blush !!

You really don't want to name your son that..,

RatherBeRiding · 26/09/2022 16:39

I know a horse called Woody. Having said that, I think it's fine as a nickname, but not the child's proper name. Edward, Woodrow - all fine.

Because if a name is your actual formal name, as on your birth certificate, then you can't escape it. If your 'proper' name is something sensible (for want of a better word) then you can choose to use that, or use any nickname, or none, as suits you. Like someone introduces themselves as Zac - you say "as in Zachary or Zachariah?" and they say no just Zac. It's not a proper name, its a derivative. "Hi - my name's Billy" - "Oh my grandfather was William, lovely name!" "No, just Billy".

Penguinsaregreat · 26/09/2022 16:30

No. It’s a nickname. Surname Wood nickname Woody.

Pallisers · 25/09/2022 21:56

I'm in the US. Every Woody I know has it as a nickname - not an actual name. Ditto Randy

Blossomhoney · 25/09/2022 21:54

i love the name woody! It’s Top of our list

Thurst · 25/09/2022 21:52

Edward yes
woody no

Queenieloveforever · 25/09/2022 21:48

I wanted Edward nn woody!love it

woodhill · 25/09/2022 17:24

Spanielsarepainless · 25/09/2022 09:04

Unless your surname is Woodpecker, I would choose something else.

😅

woodhill · 25/09/2022 17:23

I suppose it derives from Woodrow?

(Woodrow Wilson)

woodhill · 25/09/2022 17:22

Zoe Balls son is Woody but to me it sounds like a nick name

Sandysandwich · 25/09/2022 17:21

I worked with a Woody, it suited him and was mostly fine, but people did shorten it to Woods or Wood and he frequently got "Morning Wood!" called to him when he turned up in the morning- mostly by people not trying to make a joke it just happened accidentally.

FurCoatNoNickers · 25/09/2022 17:04

Awful name!

J0y · 25/09/2022 15:46

Yeh, my son's nickname as a baby was tubz which is funny now he's a skinny 16 year old. Glad it's not his real name! Although it used to suit him 14 years ago

Pemba · 25/09/2022 15:41

Might AS well