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Montgomery - Monty for short

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DomesticG0ddess · 08/06/2010 12:26

Montgomery has some significance for us, but I don't think would use it, would have to be Monty.

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lamplighter · 09/06/2010 20:09

Errm. My cat is called Monty

mumtoxii · 09/06/2010 20:04

I have a Montgomery, who we call Monty, and he loves the name!

grumpypants · 09/06/2010 17:41

DS is 2 now and nobody has ever mentioned withnail or the simpsons. it really suits him, and i don't think it is pseudo posh sounding. If I look at his db i can imagine calling him Monty even tho he is older iyswim?

cheesesarnie · 09/06/2010 14:49

i love it

cheesesarnie · 09/06/2010 14:49

i love it

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DomesticG0ddess · 09/06/2010 14:43

I'm not too bothered by trends, because in my experience these trends seem to be London-based, and we're not in London and I doubt there will be a single other Monty in his primary school, probably the whole time he'll be there, for example. And it would be Montgomery on the birth cert. However, perhaps it does have too many weird connotations.... time for another post!

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gwendolenlongstocking · 09/06/2010 14:39

"puts hands together

"excellent""

Yes, exactly my impression! There seems to be a bit of a Monty trend on mn; I'm always amazed at how often it comes up on the name section but not yet in real life... still, given time, perhaps it's going to be the new Alfie (make of that what you will). I think it's awful, sorry. Montgomery is just ridiculously ott and Monty as a full name is silly sounding without anything dignified to fall back on.

indie37 · 09/06/2010 10:34

I know a Monty, he's lovely, v. serious looking baby. It's a great name.

TheBride · 09/06/2010 02:14

Londonmackem- love it! That's exactly what our friends said to us

"Great name, but he'd get beaten up at state school."

It is a bit posh and serious but I think it has gravitas, and that's a good thing. My main concern with picking a name for DS is that he will be an adult a lot longer than he'll be a child so I'd rather pick a name that sounded odd on a baby but good on a man than vice vera

schoolpanic · 08/06/2010 19:42

just waved Monty goodbye. he's a lovely lovely boy and a great name. go for it!

pogleswife · 08/06/2010 19:39

Monty Roberts ( the horse whisperer) is one of my all time heroes. so love the name coz of that. However, I now have the image of Withnail in my head

meadowlarks · 08/06/2010 18:44

Monty is fine on its own, IMO. Montgomery just reminds me of Mr Burns.

PixieCake · 08/06/2010 18:44

Love it.
Like the full version.

iloveasylumseekers · 08/06/2010 18:02

It's maybe just a freak cluster. I'm in wannabe posh home counties.

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DomesticG0ddess · 08/06/2010 18:00

That's interesting asylum as have never heard of any others. I guess it could sound a bit posh london, but we're not like that so I don't think that would matter.

Euew, hatebeak, Uncle Monty, that made me laugh! Freezing, that also made me laugh, but I think kids would be able to pronounce Monty?

Not sure if I have gone off it or not.

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londonmackem · 08/06/2010 15:39

We liked it and husband loved but but a few people said it was only suitable if we could afford a private school education or guarantee he would be a spin bowler - we had a DD!

iloveasylumseekers · 08/06/2010 15:35

It's definitely more "out there" if that's important to you. I know two under 3s. It may date.

Freezingmyarseoff · 08/06/2010 15:24

I think it's a lovely name.

There's a Montgomery at DD's CM and all the mindees call him Gommie as they can't pronounce Montgomery just to warn you.

lidofabiro · 08/06/2010 15:23

Of the "Mont" names I quite like Montrel.

Amarilis · 08/06/2010 15:19

Bloody Love it - it's on my shortlist, but Montague, not Montgomery.

hatebeak · 08/06/2010 13:29

Uncle Monty from Withnail and I.

grumpypants · 08/06/2010 13:29

Rock it is a cunning disguise

mrsruffallo · 08/06/2010 13:27

Lovely name

TheBride · 08/06/2010 13:22

What about Field Marshal Montgomery- hero of the African campaign of WW2? He was probably quite hard.

I know that was his surname, not his first name, which was Bernard, but still.

LetThereBeRock · 08/06/2010 13:11

A 'hard' Monty? I can't imagine such a thing.

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