Toby?

[mumofbumblebea]

sorry as i know this is the third new thread on this board in less than a week which i've started. anyway a friend of a friend (who doesn't live in the same area) has named their new baby Toby. i love this and am now considering it. what does everyone else think? it would be Toby Edmund. also does it sound ok with our daughters name Beatrice? i think Bea and Toby sound sweet.

Personally I am getting a little tired of the cutey type names for boys - Alfie, Archie, Charlie, Toby etc. They are very widely used and I think will start to date as people tire of them.
But it is your baby and your choice. But you did ask for honest opinions .

I love Beatrice, on the other hand.

toby is another name for penis where im from.

toby=penis - really? never heard that before.

i just think carvery. not a bad association though

othersideofchannel, I know both a Alfie and a Toby who are both far from cutey! I like Toby and think it sounds cute on a baby when he is young as well as sounding cool on a teenager and profesional on an adult. Good luck chosing! :)

It's ok, but I'd put Tobias on the bc.

honest to god, toby willy and boab are all penis words here

bit awkward for dd as one of our rellies gets called boab!

i've heard willy (obviously) but not the others. have to say though when i hear the name william i instantly think of willy and therefore penis. i'm just that mature

I know a lovely paramedical called Toby - he's 40

same here im afraid to say

I am also surprised how popular William is given the obvious Willy teasing potential. Perhaps due to Prince William?

Toby - I'm not keen, sorry. Tobias is quite nice.

between willy and williams wish wellingtons ..

for some reason tobias just doesn't work for me. i can imagine me having a toby but not a tobias. other names we have thought of over the last couple of days -
Angus (nn Gus)
Rupert.

love angus!

Love Rupert. Much nicer than Toby imo.

I can't believe there is so much Toby-bashing on this thread!

I think it's a lovely name. Familiar yet not boring & also uncommon.