Cooper

[Janoschi]

Can't decide if I love it or not!

I think it sounds friendly and it has a very nice meaning (actually two nice meanings) to DH and I, but I also worry if it's a bit.... well... trailer trash!

Hoping it isn't because I do like it!

What do you all reckon?

I think of the nice doctor in Private Practice. So American. but not trailer trash

LOVE LOVE LOVE Cooper - always have :)

Go for it xx

DC2 (ttc) would be quarter American but living in UK.

I'll maybe add it to the list then!

Awful.

It is my maiden name, so I love it, feel it wouldn't work for a DC of mine though [bugrin]

I did think that if I had a DS it would make a cool middle name (had DD's) In all honesty though, not sure if it works as a first name in the UK.

It's the surname I had at birth....

Awful as a first name sorry

Love!

I like it but would depend on the surname.

Surname only to me.

It's the only surname-as-a-first-name name that I like but I don't think i'd ever have the guts to use it.

Boy or girl? I know a male one but he's American.

Boy.

I'm really not a surname as forename type, which could be why I'm struggling a bit with how people might perceive it.

Other option is Manfred (nn either Manni or Fredo). Named for DH's great uncle.

For a girl we have:

Rixt
Truda

Middle name is an idea....

Manfred Cooper K***.

Hmm....

I like it but it does make me think of Marissa Cooper in the OC whose nickname was Pooper Scooper!

I have an (American) cousin named Cooper -- it's very popular in parts of the US, so I'm not that keen on it!

Yes to Fredo

Pooper (sorry)

Okay, so I'll suggest Manfred Cooper K*** to my DH, little Fredo for short. I do like it. Thanks for the help! Knowing our luck we'll now get another girl!

That sounds very anti-girl - ooops! I meant after getting a nice boys name sorted, it'll turn out to be useless. [bublush]

I don't like it,though I generally love American style names like that. It#s much better than Manfred though.

i like it, for the same reason as boxoftricks nice dr in private practise :) its fine depending on your surname :)

oh makes me think of mini coopers as well! but my boys love mini coopers so that could be a bonus for a boy :)

Dreadful IMO. Sorry.

Thinking about it some more,I think it's a name that would grow on me,if the child suited his name. It has potential.

Manfred is incredibly bad as anything other than a middle name.

this is only permissible if named for the Greatest Man Currently On TV, aka Dr Sheldon Cooper.

Otherwise, NO.

Friends of ours have twins one of whom is called Cooper. I like it, not blown away by it, but when I heard one of them shorten it to Coop, all I could think was Chicken