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Boy Names - Final Two!!

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matthe1 · 01/08/2012 21:12

Days away from my baby being born and still on the fence so looking for the feedback to help with my decision making. Which of these names do you prefer?

Silas Matthews or Drake Matthews

INSIGHT:
My last name is fairly common so looking for a first name that's not nearly as common yet still sounds nice.

The name "Drake" is paying tribute to his half-English and half-Chinese background (it's Year of the Dragon and Drake means 'dragon' in old English). Naturally everybody assumes it's named after the rapper, which is kind of annoying but i can live with it since he's also Canadian and I like him. My mom associates it with the meaning of "male duck" (i didn't even know that was the meaning until she said it)

"Silas" we just like how it looks and i think it's a bit more unique. Where Drake seems to have a strength element to it i find Silas to be charming and slightly less pretentious/trendy sounding.

Middle names are going to be "David Rui" (pronounced ray).

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squoosh · 03/08/2012 16:15
Grin

Just realised why I think that. Duh!

Joe from Friends played a soap opera doctor called Dr Drake Ramoray on Days of our Lives

squoosh · 03/08/2012 16:15

Joey

squoosh · 03/08/2012 16:16

And I see that other people have already made that link. Silly me.

princessbonnie · 04/08/2012 15:50

hi

i love drake

Spuddybean · 04/08/2012 16:03

vote for Silas - Si is a nice nn.

Drake sounds like an inanimate object to me. A drake. but still not awful, just a bit american, surname as 1st name type thing.

tummytickler · 04/08/2012 16:39

Silas

BooBumpDaddyandMe · 08/08/2012 21:57

I love Drake & its meaning - really lovely - great middle names too! Think you have it cracked there!

Olympicpark · 08/08/2012 22:00

Silas!

noelstudios · 08/08/2012 22:10

Silas!

Have you read Silas Marner by George Elliot?

Drake to me just means male duck I'm afraid. Or Sir Francis. Great name though.

Weenugget · 09/08/2012 08:02

I'd go for drake because I use a computer database
At work called silas! Also was he not the baddy in Heroes? Drake Matthews is a nice name

Ecgwynn · 09/08/2012 08:24

Silas is a bit of an evil name in my mind- no real reason for that but those are just my associations.

Drake is an awesome name, it does remind me of ducks but in a good way, those lovely mallards with shiny green necks. It's very masculine.

I would go with Drake.

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