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Graham??

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chandellina · 17/06/2008 22:03

Hi, we are thinking of this name for our son, it was the name of DH's father. Looking for any reactions. It doesn't seem to be a terribly popular name yet i have come across enough Grahams to make me think it's an acceptable and traditional name.
Am i missing something?

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Twinkie1 · 18/06/2008 10:07

DHs dad is called Graham and he is a lovely bloke although I am not sure I would use it as a name for my son - maybe a middle name?

DS is super cute though - he calls him Gram Gram rather than Grandad as he gets muddled up and can't say Grandad or Graham properly!

PuppyMonkey · 18/06/2008 10:05

Graham???!! Seriously??? God no, pleaase!!

Gregory is nice...

TeriHatchetJob · 18/06/2008 10:05

Ulrika has just called her newborn 'Malcolm'. Hmm, not sure abut it but her American husband apparently suggested it as it's apparently cool over there whereas not so much here.

My US relatives have a lot of Trevors. Again - not so cool here probably. Funny what's 'acceptable' isn't it.

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chandellina · 18/06/2008 10:01

showed some of this thread to DH and he says - Clive? not a bad ida!
i actually like it too, does that make us Graham-Dexter-Clive loving freaks?

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MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 17/06/2008 23:33

Romulus
Remus
Hannibal (but he wasn't Roman)
Claudius
Nero
Pompey
Augustus
Diocletian
Cicero
Seneca
Julius
Hadrian
Tiberius
Agr ippa
Maximus .....?

(guess who watched the rerun of I, Claudius)

Nancy66 · 17/06/2008 23:30

I know it's nice to name babies after someone but please, please don't burden a kid with that name.

It's such a 'nothing' boring name - like Alan, Brian or Trevor.

I love and adore my mum but I could never name my daughter after her because her name is Maureen!

DaDaDa · 17/06/2008 23:02

Is it..... Rumpelstiltskin?

WendyWeber · 17/06/2008 23:02

Hector. (Or was he Greek?)

georgiemama · 17/06/2008 22:58

You're close. It isn't that, but kind of in the classical ball park.

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chandellina · 17/06/2008 22:54

i know a guy whose middle name is Odysseus. that's pretty far out.

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georgiemama · 17/06/2008 22:53

I agree with you, I hate made up names.

It's not a made up name, its a real name, just very very very old. Think Roman history. It's very unusual but I do love it now.

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chandellina · 17/06/2008 22:53

thanks dadada - a friend named her baby Thelonius Rex - Theo for short - or T Rex for fun.

G-Man might work. ;)

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pointydog · 17/06/2008 22:52

I find it the opposite of manly

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chandellina · 17/06/2008 22:51

georgiemama, i'm intrigued by your nephew's name! i have to say i am not a fan of the Kayden, etc. school of made-up names.

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DaDaDa · 17/06/2008 22:51

It's a fabulous name. Particularly the scottish version.

How about just G for short?

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chandellina · 17/06/2008 22:48

i love you guys for your honesty.

i think you're all swaying me toward Graham though - maybe he can singlehandedly dispel all the bad imagery!!

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YouWillBeDeleted · 17/06/2008 22:41

I love it. Good manly name.

meglet · 17/06/2008 22:40

A toddler Graham would be achingly cool . But he would need a few tank tops.

pointydog · 17/06/2008 22:37

Love the sound of Cormac but it is very Irish

BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 17/06/2008 22:34

Cormac is only OK if the child has a strongly Gaelic heritage.

Dexter..............for clearing your drains................

Tinker · 17/06/2008 22:31

Dexter's terrible, I think, But Cormac. whilst not my taste, is a proper name.

georgiemama · 17/06/2008 22:31

NOT talking J-Dee, Kayden etc. Seriously, this name is OUT THERE.

missblythe · 17/06/2008 22:31

I like Dexter, but it sounds VERY American to me.

I wouldn't mind that, but you may.

georgiemama · 17/06/2008 22:30

Dexter is a little unusual (although Dexter Fletcher in Pressgang, ffwwwwhooooaaaarrrrr!) but much much better than Graham.

TBH though, whatever you call DS, people will go hmm for a few days and then it will be his name, part of him, and no one could ever conceive of it being different. My nephew has the most unusual name in the world (I am talking J-Dee, Kayden etc here, I am serious, there is no child in the country with this name, I can't post it in case SIL is a secret MNer and finds this thread) and I actually laughed in my brother's face (sheer reaction, not proud of it) when he told me the name, but now it is his name, and actually I really like it.

georgiemama · 17/06/2008 22:30

Dexter is a little unusual (although Dexter Fletcher in Pressgang, ffwwwwhooooaaaarrrrr!) but much much better than Graham.

TBH though, whatever you call DS, people will go hmm for a few days and then it will be his name, part of him, and no one could ever conceive of it being different. My nephew has the most unusual name in the world (I am talking J-Dee, Kayden etc here, I am serious, there is no child in the country with this name, I can't post it in case SIL is a secret MNer and finds this thread) and I actually laughed in my brother's face (sheer reaction, not proud of it) when he told me the name, but now it is his name, and actually I really like it.