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?

That's what I'm wondering... would Cooper grow on me? I love the sound of it but it's really not a classic name and he'd stand out in a family of 'proper' names on his German side. Would expect a certain amount of horror from them! Trouble is, they live in the US (DH's mother is American) and I don't know how Cooper is perceived over there, especially in the New England / Bostonian intellectual circles they operate in.

My own family is nuts re names (my sisters and I have weird hippy ones) so no worries with them.

We already have a DD Robin, which we liked because it sounded friendly and warm. Cooper does have a similar warmth to it...

Robin & Cooper K***. ???

Manfred I know is a Marmite name! It's the name of a dear German uncle and as I like Manny and Fredo as everyday names, I'm happy to put it on the birth certificate.

A cooper is a barrel maker. To me it would be like calling my DS "Barista" or "Lawyer". Doesn't work.

Nice. My sister's husband's brother's daughter just had a Cooper :)

Reminds me of Twin Peaks- agent Cooper or Coop for short
For some strange reason I am hearing it with a Geordie accent in my head

Does it sound nice in a Geordie accent? My BIL is a Geordie!

no, say pooper-scooper in an exaggerated geordie accent- it's not a good sound

[bugrin]

Guess we won't take him to visit then!