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Original poster

Keith for a boy?

112 replies

Threeboysandadog · 18/12/2022 02:08

What do you think?

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ChristmasSparkleTastic · 18/12/2022 11:32

@SilentHedges I prefer Candice to Keith! 🤣

5moments · 18/12/2022 11:00

Little baby Keith.

rubydoobydoo · 18/12/2022 10:58

I've only ever known cool Keiths and Nigels.

lunar1 · 18/12/2022 10:45

I like Keith.

Picklewicklepickle · 18/12/2022 10:37

Good god no, some names are not ready for a revival, it should stay in the cupboard with Kirk, Nigel, Graham, Terry and Martin.

heldinadream · 18/12/2022 10:35

sweatyannie · 18/12/2022 07:51

I know a dog called Keith and they've just got another pup and called it Nigel

Who are these people who give these kind of names to their dogs though? I knew a dog called Malcolm. Perfectly lovely friends called their dog Malcolm. I could not get my head round it at all, just made me laugh.

OP - no. Is Op coming back though? Might not have got the response she was hoping for...

SilentHedges · 18/12/2022 10:29

dancingqueen123 · 18/12/2022 08:26

Have you ever seen "nuts in may" ?

Yes 😅 However, I still like Keith.

At least the question "isn't "Candice-Marie for a girl?
@dancingqueen123

tennant340 · 18/12/2022 10:26

On trend have you heard yourselves

Whatdayisitalexa · 18/12/2022 10:26

I'm in the Keith fanclub. As others have said it has a nice sound. If you wipe your mind of connotations of older people...it sounds like a cute kids name

Brendabigbaps · 18/12/2022 10:24

Great name for a dog, not a child unless he’s going to be Keith moon reincarnated

DunkingMyDonuts · 18/12/2022 10:21

Dustyblue · 18/12/2022 03:30

Oh some of you are so mean! 😀

OP, my grandpa was William Keith, my Dad is Graham Keith and my son is Declan Keith.

Go forth I say!

I think this says it all. If you have to use it, hide it fgs as a middle name

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/12/2022 10:14

sweatyannie · 18/12/2022 07:51

I know a dog called Keith and they've just got another pup and called it Nigel

There is a theory that the generation before names get revived, they become comedy pet names. I think it’s probably true, and Keith will probably be revived in 15 years or so. I still think best to leave it be till then.

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/12/2022 10:12

It’s a hard no from me, but there’s no accounting for taste.

Keef. It’s wrong, and sounds like Beef

musicandpassion · 18/12/2022 10:04

I do know a teenage Keith. It's a bit jarring for a baby though, i think. Similar to baby Mark.
Also, this...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lHAdR98D9Us

PeaceJoySleep · 18/12/2022 09:48

Yes it does have a nice sound. That's why it was so over used in the 70s

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 18/12/2022 08:47

You could go for Richard as a middle name. Just as a reminder in case anyone tries to suggest that Keith is an uncool name.

thismeansnothing · 18/12/2022 08:36

Love it. It was my late dad's name. He would be in his 60s now

AllOfThemWitches · 18/12/2022 08:31

Although it does actually have a nice sound. I wonder why we dislike it so much.

ODFOx · 18/12/2022 08:29

I like it.
It's obvious to pronounce and will be really unusual among his peers.

AllOfThemWitches · 18/12/2022 08:28

Hahahaha

dancingqueen123 · 18/12/2022 08:28

miltonj · 18/12/2022 08:18

What about kiefer instead?

Keef for short?!!🤣

dancingqueen123 · 18/12/2022 08:26

Have you ever seen "nuts in may" ?

dancingqueen123 · 18/12/2022 08:25

No!

miltonj · 18/12/2022 08:18

What about kiefer instead?

Piggywaspushed · 18/12/2022 08:16

My dad is called Keith . He is 80 and has had an entire lifetime hating his name, especially when Spitting Image mocked it.

For a while, it was the name of every single pilot who wasn't called Graham.

It's a solid name but bear in mind the i before e rule has stuck in everyone's heads so he will have to keep spelling it to people too.

Keith and Kenneth were always quite popular in Scotland, along with Gordon and Graeme/Graham and stuck around right up to the early 90s as baby names.

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