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Timothy - thoughts please...

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Aliway · 19/08/2008 19:48

I haven't come across many- or any small boys called this name what are the thoughts on this name- I haven't heard it commented on in any of the other 'baby names' bloggs

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lilolilmanchester · 30/08/2008 22:14

my brother's name too! Prefer Tim to Timothy tho.

dinkymum · 30/08/2008 22:12

i dont usually comment negatively on names and lurk quite a lot too but had to say No to this one, both on the name itself and from experience of any Timothy/Tim i've ever met.
Sorry

ByTheSea · 21/08/2008 18:24

I like it and I've known some lovely blokes with that name over the years, including a close friend. I don't think I've ever met a Timothy I didn't like.

MrsMattie · 21/08/2008 17:10

It's got to be one of my least favourite names ever. It just has horribly wet, dopey connotations for me.

DontCallMeBaby · 21/08/2008 17:09

I am SO sending my brother round to have words with you lot that think it sounds wet or suited only for babies.

mrsfossil · 21/08/2008 17:00

Oh nooooooooo
What if he ends up a 6 foot rugby player! Timothy suits a baby up to 6 months.

hw2004 · 21/08/2008 13:07

No, it just sounds really wet to me which is never good on a boy!!

Botbot · 21/08/2008 08:41

My brother got called 'moth' at school. As a proper nickname. That shows some inventiveness, I think.

AbbeyA · 21/08/2008 08:39

I like it, but unless you shorten it you need to remember that a lot of DCs have trouble saying 'th' and so you will get Timoffy or Timossy!

LongLiveCuckoo · 20/08/2008 18:05

Right. He lived at home in his 40s. Remember it.

LongLiveCuckoo · 20/08/2008 18:04

I am in my late thirties but I'm not picking up on the comedy show. ?

edam · 20/08/2008 17:45

As I said, Cuckoo, the word is a succession of very soft sounds. That's why it sounds wet. The you get all the associations with sit-coms and sketch shows...

LongLiveCuckoo · 20/08/2008 17:42

I like it. Don't get the wet thing at all. The only Tim I knew was action man with brain. I prefer Barnaby, Gregory and maybe Jeremy. And I like Malachy. ARe they all really wet?

Jux · 20/08/2008 13:29

By the way, dh is a Tim. His mum calls him Timothy and he will one day kill her for it! The only help you can give a child with the name Timothy is to call him Tim and hope no one calls him Timmy (but they will). One guy I knew had an awful friend who called him Timmy-Wimmy. AAAAAAAAAARGH!

goingslowlyroundthebend · 20/08/2008 13:28

DH is Tim and hates it. Weirdly there are 4 fathers called Tim in DS's class (of 11!) I know they aren't keen either!

Botbot · 20/08/2008 13:19

It's my brother's name too. We should start a club.

Jux · 20/08/2008 13:17

No no no no no!!! I know a few Tims; they all HATE it. Please don't.

jellybeans · 20/08/2008 13:10

I like it.

pgwithnumber3 · 19/08/2008 23:33

Glad you are not offended Countess! In that case I think a name change is in order - CuuntessDracula has a certain ring to it!

mrswoolf · 19/08/2008 23:30

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EyeballsintheSky · 19/08/2008 23:30

wet???

objectivity · 19/08/2008 23:27

Tim is frail and fragile and mousy.My mum;s friend's husband is named Tim and christ on a bike the SHOCK when we learned he had an affair! Timothy's just don't.

Fimbo · 19/08/2008 23:27

My friend's husband is Tim and he is such a mummy's boy it is unbelievable.

CountessDracula · 19/08/2008 23:27

no no not at all
Cunt is one of my favorite words

mrswoolf · 19/08/2008 23:27

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