To call my baby

[NameDilema1]

Horace? It was my dear grandads name and I would love to honour him by naming my DS after him. Nobody has been rude about the name so far but I can tell people aren’t keen. My thinking is it can be nicknamed to Harry?

It’s different though isn’t it because every other kids called Henry. There’s nothing original about thinking up a nickname, or if they did there’d be loads of them all being called the same thing. More likely to get teased when you stand out. Each to their own though.

My grandad Maurice died just before DS3 was born, and as I sat waiting to register him all by himself I was SO tempted to whack it in as middle name. Luckily the friend I texted from the registry office made me see the light. And Maurice hasn't come back in the last 20 years and I don't think Horace will either.

My dad is called Nigel, he wouldn't even let me have it as my child's middle name 🤣 I went with one of his middle names for my sons middle name in the end. If it has to be Horace I would leave it in the middle, I really don't think he will appreciate that the older he gets

You could nick name him Harry, but kids have a habit of coming up with their own regardless.

Round here you would definitely end up with a little Hoz, or Hozza.

I like it. But honestly, if you and your partner like it, literally no one else’s opinion matters. I would just stop asking people.

That's great. However, I would never call a child Horace.

Horry nicer shortening than Harry. Harry is the diminutive of Henry. Horace is good anyway.

Horry 🙄

Of all the many thousands of nice names in the world...

I would use it as a middle name only.

Anyone mentioned The Broons yet?

A song about a lucky lad who somehow defies the odds and gets the girl…

I always think it's good to reflect on how the name could be shortened...so Hor! I think if you want to call him Harry then go with Harry as his actual name and Horace as a middle... depending on your surname!

Please don’t. Please.

Please don't, it's really awful and not an old name that can have a second flowering, even as a second name it will be not nice.

I knew a Horace years ago everyone called him Hozza!

I wouldn't over complicate with a nickkname. It caused endless upset in our family and relatives genuinely weren't sure which name to use. Kids like ownership of their name and our DD aged 4 demanded we called her the name on her school peg, not the cute nickname. Which, in hindsight, is fair enough!

I wish you were able to ask him what he would have thought, or can you ask your relatives if he would have liked that? We almost called our daughter Doris after her great grandma, and when we told her she forbid it and told us that she hated her name. We would have been none the wiser had she passed without telling us.

This. Its an absolutely awful name. Why not just call him " punch me" because that's what will happen once he gets to year 5

How about Ray? Horatio?

I vote for using it as a middle name. It’s not great as a first name. But as others have suggested, Ace is a better and more natural nn than Harry.

Horace is an excellent name imo but name your baby what you want. There's no name that everyone will like.

I Love "Horace" 😍

He will be a teen and adult. Is he likely to be an alpha type and carry it off? I have one confident popular teen who could basically carry off any name and one low key one who would be utterly mortified. It’s why most of us play it safe ish as you don’t know who you will end up with.

It's not fair to call a baby Horace .

Adored my granny she was a wise feminist pioneer but she detested her admittedly hideous name (almost female version of this one) and would spin in her grave if anyone used it.