Opinions on the name Monty for a boy

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We are keeping baby's name a secret to everyone we know, and are currently leaning towards Monty. I am having doubts about it though - and would appreciate opinions on the name. Thank you!

I know a 12 year old Monty and it really suits him (think he's Montgomery, but you could go with Montague or Montmorency...though that is the name of the dog in Three Men in a Boat, so might not solve the canine issue!)

Pics now on profile (I think)

I don't know if iPad is being unhelpful or if your name is just not clickable?

Try again - I had not set up my public profile but think I have done it now.

Yay!

Oh look at him, they find water everywhere don't they? How old is he? Am bit of his hair do and his curly tummy. Is yours self cleaning? Mine gets coated in mud but it just disappears (all over my car probably) and he goes glowy white as if by magic an hour or so later.

He is 4. He has never been glowy white in his life. He curls himself up under my chair and I think all the mud drops off there when dried, but he does hang on to a fair amount in his tail.

Mine is 4! 5 in April. I just looked at my pic again, he's sitting on mud soup at the entrance to our field and still looks clean. He is a noble spaniel. :)

Ah, you see, if you think that is mud soup, that proves you are a softy southerner who gets very little rain! (I have a thread in The Tack Room about mud rash )

I also think you must spray your dog with something to repel mud

We have now completely hijacked a name thread.

Sorry!

No I promise you, round the haylage rack it goes over the top of my boots.

Sorry you have mud fever. I'd be fucked if we got it again because mine won't go in stables at all now :( is it bad? Did you try muddy marvel? Or I could just look for thread!

(we do get very little rain I think, on average?)

sorry op!

Beautiful pictures Mitchie and Exit I have a Monty too but mine is a cat

Pip pip Monty. Let's given those Jerries a damn good thrashing. Last one to Tangier is a rotten egg.

That's what it reminds me of. Sorry. Though Field Marshall Montgomery is a fine person to name a child after, IMO.

My DD's best friend has a favourite teddy called Monty!

I also know a little boy called Monty though, and he's gorgeous. I think it's one of those names that people might be a bit when you first tell them, but in a very short time will be saying how they couldn't imagine your LO being anything else .

Ariel!

suemerry - we would go with just Monty if we do use it. We don't like any of the longer versions.

I'm not terribly keen on Monty (breaking the trend a little to me it is a cats name, or someone ever so posh) but think most of all you should choose a name that you. However I do think Monty on it's own isn't a great choice, because if your child doesn't really like it much there are no nickname possibilities that I can see as (Mon? Ty?). But then I really don't like nicknames as full names in any case.

My first thought is the gorgeous, talented Monty Clift although I won't mention the latter part of his life, so I like it. He was a Montgomery and was fairly posh.

Second thought is one of my favourite quotes ever, from Withnail & I. This only increases its value in my eyes :o