Somerby

[typsical]

I have already mentioned this name on another recent thread... But just wanted to know what you all think of it...? I think it's fab and can't understand why it isn't more popular? (Knowing my luck, it'll be the height of fashion when I come to want to use it! )

It isn;t more popular because it isn't a name. It sounds like a stately home!

sommersby i think the film was

it's not a first name.

It's a village a few miles from me with a decent food pub.

Sorry but I think it's terrible. Feel free to ignore me though.

Yes Sommersby was the film. Somerby is a boy's name, with one of it's meanings being 'summer village'. seeker and littleomar - who made you the experts...?

Yes I think of it as a village as well.

nannynobnobs - do you mean the Fox and Hounds? (no I'm not local now, but was once upon a time)

Is it not an auction place somewhere in england?

"Knowing my luck, it'll be the height of fashion when I come to want to use it!"

Uuuuuummmm, sorry but I doubt that very much. I personally don't like it... But it's your DC!

I think that's it onimolap :) not been that way for a while.

Guacamo... I'll be very glad if it's not, so please don't be sorry

Just realised I'm thinking of Sotheby's.

It sounds happy, a happy name.

so why would you want to call a little boy "summer village"?

I like it.

Beats Thomas or Daniel hands down.

cory Why not?

Bunty and Lynette I agree, thank you :)

It's dreadful.

I second LetThereBeRock. The 'Summer' part and the '-by' ending make it sound more girly than anything.

OP you did ask for opinions! It's pretty obscure - not that there's anything wrong with that in itself. Can I ask where you found/saw it?

And all opinions much appreciated! Mixed views expected, of course.

Fluff Saw it in a name book a while ago, and it's on a few online baby name sites too :)

I have never heard of it, so just googled it and it seems to exist as a boys name:

The boy's name Somerby \s(o)-mer-by, som(e)-
rby\ is of Middle English origin, and the meaning of Somerby is "summer village". Place name. Somerby has 3 variant forms: Somerbie, Somersby and Sommersby.

What would you shorten it to? Sommy?

Well as you already know I love it!!! Tis quite simply divine darling!
It's preferable to all these cutsie names that continue to plague adorn children today x

"Knowing my luck, it'll be the height of fashion when I come to want to use it!"

I wouldn't panic too much about this.

It's terrible. Sounds like a business. Or a National Trust place.

Don't worry. It won't become super-popular