to suggest that Ben is the most drippy mans name ever?

[TenaPenny]

its just so wet.

There are loads of similar names to Ben that are very popular eg. Finn, so it would appear you are alone on this.

Well some people might not like your name unusual though it is. There are worse names like Mackenzie, bailey, Parker, nope actually Ben is a fairly solid and normal name

Oh dear, I have a Toby and if I was to have another boy, he would be called Ben. Nevermind

I really like Benjamin, and all the Bens I know are lovely.

What I do hate is people using a nickname on a birth certificate (it's Benjamin, Timothy, Daniel, etc not Ben, Tim and Dan).

Piglet, now I'm depressed...I know people by all those names! (and variations of spelling too)

ah now TOby is very similar isnt it

YABU

The drippiest names are Tarquin and Nigel

Yes, Ben Hur, what a drip

Haha just thought...

Nigel Benn = Double drippy

:o algernina

How pretty!

the name boards can be a bit of a state sometimes but that is because I don't like classic old fashioned names.

I do remember someone mentioning Hessian and Lucien with nn of Luci because its quirky

I like the name Ben but when DS1 was born every other little boy around was called Ben (and those that weren't Ben were called Daniel ) so I avoided it.

Really wet names in my opinion are things like Cecil, Cedric and the like. Funnily enough, I don't meet little boys with those names very often these days.

Boris is a lovely name. For a horse. I watched "White Horses" too often as a kid to think of Boris as a person's name.

Tobes is worse than Ben.

Algernina is made up.

It's all about association, i know one sexy Irishman called Nigel, until then i would have agreed.

I know Ben's who are 'mad bastards' so i don't think of it a wet name.

Toby Stephens (Maggie Smiths son) is sexy.

Strong people end up owning their name.

Algernina is made up.

All names were made up at one time, language is made up, at least the standard English language.

yes but my mother named me after HER father obvs
Hence ALgernina

bored on twitter?

Ben is a bad name, yes.

Dull. Insipid. Like Ian.

are you bored on twitter? I dunno.
I dont mind Ian.
its a bit vowely though

King Ben - never going to happen

Im glad Im not Kate M thinking of a regal name.
i wonder what she will go for,

YABU

YY to Martin though!

My son is Benjamim, we call him Ben. He's not drippy and hopefully won't grow up to be a drippy man ! This post doesn't offend me as choice of names is of course very personal and I say each to their own . However some could think it rather rude.

ben whishaw is v cool though

You have to see the irony of someone calling a name drippy when they have Tena as the first half of theirs...

Adrian is a drippy name, its like you cant be bothered to speak properly.