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Grant, Grayson, Brody or Jude

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JJames1 · 06/02/2025 23:39

Looking for honest opinions on Grant, Grayson, Brody and Jude or suggestions for boys names of similar style. Brother to Phoebe.

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Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 09:44

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 09:38

Sure, but that’s because Chardonnay is a stupid name, alone or with other names. It’s not going to sound less stupid because she has a sibling called Candi or Jaxxon compared to a sibling called Emma or Peter.

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It makes sense with names like that, regardless of whether or not the name is one I like.

Alfie, Lily-Mae and Chardonnay go perfectly well together; taste is another issue, of course.

Tarquin, Matilda, Hugo and Chardonnay, not so much.

But you're right, it is a stupid name and a bad example!

There are lots of better examples of non-stupid names that don't go together very well, but I don't really care enough to dredge them up, although it'd make a good procrastination exercise...

youngestisapsycho · 07/02/2025 09:41

Def Sebastian… not getting the sudden love for Jude, everyone is using it!

Felicityjoy · 07/02/2025 09:39

Grant sounds middle-aged. Don’t like Grayson at all, sounds vaguely American plus the only one I can think of is Grayson Perry and I don’t like him and his creepy "little girl" alter ego. Brody is ok (but I'm used to seeing it as Brodie). Jude is best and goes with Phoebe.

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 09:38

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 08:52

Well quite and if you look above I've said that too. 🙂

However there is something quite stupid sounding about sibling names like Samuel and Chardonnay, for example.

Sure, but that’s because Chardonnay is a stupid name, alone or with other names. It’s not going to sound less stupid because she has a sibling called Candi or Jaxxon compared to a sibling called Emma or Peter.

MaggieBsBoat · 07/02/2025 09:37

LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:02

CLIVE 😂

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Ikr???

Jude or Sebastian. The others are terrible.

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 09:35

I think Sebastian is better by far than any of the names on the original list!

Clevs · 07/02/2025 09:35

I don't like any of them but Sebastian is great 👍🏻 Quite popular at the moment though.

yikesanotherbooboo · 07/02/2025 09:34

Sebastian goes very well with Phoebe .
The only Grayson that I have known personally was known as Gray
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VioletBeau23 · 07/02/2025 09:31

I know of a few little Grayson/Greyson's recently and it's awful! I don't even know why. It's just very fussy and old man sounding.

Jude is lovely. Brody is nice too. But please not Grayson!

BootballJoy · 07/02/2025 09:23

Sebastian and Phoebe is my favourite

Sinkintotheswamp · 07/02/2025 09:01

Not Grayson. I always wonder if something dodgy will come out about that man. I hope not, but you never know.

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 08:52

Well quite and if you look above I've said that too. 🙂

However there is something quite stupid sounding about sibling names like Samuel and Chardonnay, for example.

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 08:32

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 08:13

Because a lot of people prefer it when names don't sound utterly ridiculous together.

@JJames1 Sebastian goes very nicely with Phoebe.

But very few names sound ‘utterly ridiculous together’ unless you’ve called your children Bill and Ben, or Gavin and Stacey, or Sam and Ella.

There’s certainly nothing ‘utterly ridiculous’ about siblings called Sebastian and Phoebe.

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 08:13

Because a lot of people prefer it when names don't sound utterly ridiculous together.

@JJames1 Sebastian goes very nicely with Phoebe.

FurryTeacup · 07/02/2025 08:10

JJames1 · 06/02/2025 23:59

I also like Sebastian but I am not sure if it fits with Phoebe

Why does it need to fit? They’re not a three-piece suite!

Jude much the best from your list. Grant is terrible. Grant is a middle-aged Freemason who plays golf with Malcolm and Bernard.

Scentsitive · 07/02/2025 08:03

Jude is nice.

LookingAtMyBhunas · 07/02/2025 08:02

user1492757084 · 07/02/2025 03:10

Phoebe and Sebastian is the best.

Next best .. Grant
Grayson and Brody are quite juvenile.
Jude is okay if that is your style..

Other suggestions ..
Clive
Daniel
Roden
George
Thomas

CLIVE 😂

UbiquitousObjects · 07/02/2025 07:54

Jude 100%

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kiwiandcherries · 07/02/2025 07:53

Jude or Sebastian are both good!

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 07/02/2025 07:53

JJames1 · 06/02/2025 23:59

I also like Sebastian but I am not sure if it fits with Phoebe

Sebastian and Phoebe go really nicely together.

Clearinguptheclutter · 07/02/2025 07:51

Brody and Jude great

Jude goes better with Phoebe IMO

I think Grant (Mitchell) and Grayson are awful

Onlyvisiting · 07/02/2025 07:42

JJames1 · 06/02/2025 23:39

Looking for honest opinions on Grant, Grayson, Brody and Jude or suggestions for boys names of similar style. Brother to Phoebe.

All sound very American to me, so I guess it depends where you live.
I think Sebastian goes well with Pheobe.

DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe · 07/02/2025 07:36

EmpressaurusKitty · 07/02/2025 07:25

Grayson reminds me of Grayson Perry, recently photographed in his little girl outfit & a prominent black dildo. Not a great association.

I know a puppy called Brody, though admittedly she’s gorgeous.

Agreed. Although he's unlikely to be a well-known point of reference to future generations, even if I were very keen on the name (and I do think it's a bit surnamey to me), GP would make me decide against it.

I'm always very suspicious indeed of middle-aged men who don't just prefer to cross-dress like middle-aged women tend to dress, but rather love to copy the (stereotypical or realistic) way that little or teenaged girls usually dress.

Interestingly, they never, ever seem to favour the little boy look that they would actually have already embraced at an earlier stage of their own lives.

hideawayforever · 07/02/2025 07:33

Jude

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