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Who likes the name Gerald

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gembobs · 19/07/2009 01:10

My 7 week old DS is called Gerald after my grandad who passed away in 2006 but all my family tell me he will b picked on in school for having an old name but i actually like the name.

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alexpolismum · 21/07/2009 15:08

There are both a Gerald and a Gerard in my extended family. I like both, and neither has encountered any particular teasing. One is known as Gerry, the other as Reg (Ger backwards). Don't ask me why, it just happened!

fishie · 20/07/2009 22:56

i had a friend called gerald when i was younger, he was very cool. we mainly called him gel.

it is my dad's middle name too. i like it lots.

lilacpink · 20/07/2009 22:54

sorry 'are', not 'and'.

lilacpink · 20/07/2009 22:54

Ged and Gerry and cute and cool

hmc · 20/07/2009 22:52

It's lovely that you named him after your grandad

Gonnabamumma · 20/07/2009 22:45

Love it, my lovely, dearly missed Dad was a Gerald, but was known as Gerry - if I have a boy in September, I want to call him Gerry. Now just have to persuade DH!

Meglet · 19/07/2009 20:12

Gerald is a cool name. I very much doubt he would be picked on for it. And anyway the other children will have no idea it is more common as an older name.

pointydog · 19/07/2009 10:59

not keen at all. Gerry quit egood though

geordieminx · 19/07/2009 10:41

Qyite popular in Scotland.

Dp would have had for ds, but Gerard... after Stevie

chamoiscreased · 19/07/2009 10:37

Agree with Skidoodle, the more I think about it the more I like it! I read the thread title and thought, omw, Gerald - but after reading it's a family name and saying it in my head a few times - I think it's great! and I think Jed/Ged is a cool nickname.

skidoodle · 19/07/2009 07:21

Kids choose the child they're going to pick on before they choose the reason.

Your family are being silly. I'm not crazy about the name but 4 year olds won't know it is "old".

Loads of nice short versions... the more I think about it the morebi like it.

liliputlady · 19/07/2009 06:40

I think children are generally more accepting of names than adults are. They will not think of it as an older man' name, as some adults might.

I avoided using my late Grandmother's name for DD1 for the same reasons. With hindsight, had I been more adventurous, she would have had a beautiful unusual retro name. With the safer name I gave her (which I do love), there is always someone with the same name as her close by! So be happy with your choice.

BitOfFun · 19/07/2009 01:59

All the short versions are lovely, but not so stuck on the full version. That's ok though - and a family name is always nice.

thumbwitch · 19/07/2009 01:54

s'a nice name. Can't see the issue really. It's not like it's Norbert, is it now?
{Dons tin hat in case of any Norbert lovers around)
Ger or Gerry, Ged or Gez all seem to work as nns.

gigglewitch · 19/07/2009 01:13

I know a small "jed/ged" who is fab and not at all picked on.
Congrats on your ds, and it is nice to have such a special name for him. All my dc have a 'family name' and one of their own, and I really do think it is lovely.