Byron?!

[Renaissance227]

Nobody is looking at my first thread so here goes....
We've agreed on a girl's name but cannot think of a boy's.
Byron is on the table but I am unsure.
Any ideas?

I know a man called byron
he is about 70 and very fat
every time I see him I think he is ill-named

If you and your DH's family run to handsome, tall men with floppy hair then I think it is a possibility. If they are small, swarthy with a tendency to stoutness and baldness I'd say no

Our family is full of tall and athletic men, so is Byron a good idea?

yes, why not!
if it sounds good with your surname. he will be teased at times and he will be distinctive (and will barely have to use his surname as he'll be the only byron anybody knows) but it is a legitimate name...

tall and athletic byron sounds cool IMO

I know a Byron, he is a personal trainer

The only Byron's I know are screeched at full volume.

and I apologise profusely for that erroneous apostrophe.

i know a byron, he was my tutor at university, he was a drunken old lech, but quite grand. can't quite equate it with baby, but Lord Byron....quite romantic!

The reaction I am getting from you TheVisitor is the reaction that is putting me off using the name.

Thanks for your opinions freshmint and MadreInglese

Thanks redrobin. I'm not sure I can see a baby called Byron either! Still unsure.

Any other suggestions anyone?

TheVisitor, think you may know the same Byron as me

No please don't
It's too much to live up to

I know a 9 year old Byron and I'm afraid I can confirm TheVisitor is correct.

So due to a few of you knowing some naughty posh little Byrons it is off the table as a name I could use?

Any other suggestions?

hmm
if you want something different and a bit old fashioned and a bit upper class maybe Gilbert? Esmund/Edmund? Peregrine? Roland? Giles?

Not entirely sure what you are looking for. Cant' relate Byron to anything else! Valentine?

I liked Henry but I was the only one!
Not needing an upperclass name. Just something traditional and unusual without sounding stupid and/or old fashioned.

I did like Edmund but having read King Lear I think not!

DS, who is one of his best mates, says "he's not a clever chap". Lovely though.

Have often wondered how is parents came up with a name that really doesn't suit him. The only think I can think of is Byron comes up on the titles for Noddy and his Mum must have been watching a lot of Milkshake

Nah, just a posh Brian innit ?

Call him Sebastian and ave done wivvit

The only Valentine I've ever known died in a crack den.

Never thought of it as a posh Brian before but now I do maybe it is definitely out of the window!

Nowt posh about the Byron I know

Don't like Sebastian or Valentine! Yuk!

Hmm
Ivan
Jonty
Lawrence
Michael (hardly any of those around at the moment)
Marcus

hahahaha jiltedjohn

but v sad

If you want summat not too common among the poshes, call him David...

Adams nice too... imagine it Dr Adam Cudgerknickers

Other than that...

Elliot ?

William ?

Erm... Sebastian

Oh and Solomon.... gotta love a sol