I will not call my son Carol, I will not call my son Carol [and repeat]

[sethkillsyou]

Carol is a male family name.
I would love to use it.
But in 2012 I just couldn't do that to a boy

We can't Charles/Charlie and Carl is a bit too much neighbourse for me

So we have just got Cary to play with.
But does it sound to girly. But then Cary Grant was a bit manly.

Opinions please?

Oh dear... I dislike very much... Both Carol and Cary.

I can't think of any nicknames or anything.

I think Cary is nice if pronounced Care-y rather than 'Carry'. I know an Irish one.

What about Carlo? A LOT more manly than carol!

Karel is the the germanic version of the name.

Carlo/Carlos are great.

Cary Grant is what comes to mind. I don't think that any children today would consider Cary as anything other than a male name if they met a little boy Cary. In other words, Cary is not used for girls these days, is it?

How about cory/Corey?

How about spelling it Karel (the Dutch way) pronounced Carl?

Go for Carol as that embarrassing family middle name and use what you want as a first name

I know a male Carroll who is a massive hit with the laydeez. He wears it perfectly. However he did go to a public school... which makes things a bit different eh...?

Carl is underused and classic imo.
I do also like Carey, though admittedly it's slightly girly sounding too.

I wouldnt go for Carol or Cary for a boy, just too feminine!

How about:
Carlos
Carlton
Carl / Karl
Caleb
Carlito
Charlton
Carlson

Sorry, struggling a bit!

Could you maybe have one of these names as a middle name and something totally different for first name?

From your OP you obviously know that Carol is derived from Charles. I agree one of the other Charles-related names would be good.

I like Carlo, Carlos, Caleb and Carlton as suggested above.

Or how about Arlo, which can be an Italian variation of Charles?

I love Carey

Carey is cool but the name Karl, Carol is my biggest nightmare of a name. Any Karl I have known has been a prat.

Caleb is lovely

Cary can also be a girls name? Carey Mulligan? He will hate you for calling him after an actress, the spelling doesn't matter it sounds the same.

Why don't you start looking for some masculine names that won't cause him to be bullied at school?

Karol is Polish boys name meaning Charles. If that helps at all.

I know that Cary Grant was a guy, but I've never met anyone called Cary, just girls/women called Carey. I'd opt for Carol as a middle name to be honest.

I woudn't use Carol as middle name. There's always the "what's your middle name?" conversation at school and everyone remembers the "unusual" ones...! There will also be form-filling throughout life and there will be jobsworths who say "that's a female name, stop messing around, what's your real middle name?"

He will not thank you for Carol (isn't it Carroll for male version?) anywhere in his name. Seriously. I agree that a variation like Cary is your best option. If you can't have Charles/ charlie as a first name, could you have it as a middle name?

I would use Cary pronounced to rhyme with Gary like Cary Grant. A great name. Carey rhyming with fairy is IMO a girl's name and so just as bad as using Carol.

Life ain't easy for a boy named Carol.

Charlie is the best out of all the names on this thread! I would never call a boy carol or cary... or lucy or amanda for that matter ;)

Conrad is the answer then