Please can I ask your opinion on this boys name?!

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We wanted a name that was down to earth but not too common! Dh wanted something 'manly'!! It's been a long search...

What do you think of Cameron Jack? Does it fit the bill?! I feel comfortable shouting it at the park but might be missing something!

Depends where you are. Where I live, Cameron and Jack are about the two most well used names. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Jack is very popular where I live but Cameron less so with the younger children and more with the slightly older children.

They are both nice, solid, easily pronounced names - names are popular for a reason normally!

Nothing wrong with either name and CJ makes a nice set of initials.

I know a few Camerons and not a horrible one amongst them.

Where I live (Scotland), it is quite popular but over a number of ages, so no particular age group where there are loads.

Can I also through in Keir (Ciar) or Gregor? slightly less common, still manly. Both survive the back door test :o

Cameron reminds me of the Prime Minister.

Not sure Cameron is very 'manly' - reminds me either of Cameron Diaz or David Cameron .

And Jack is very very very widely used - I think it was THE most popular boys names for a number of years.

Thank you very much!! We had the same thoughts on pm and miss Diaz but wondered if it was just us!!! I also didn't realise that it was popular so thank you for that, I'd hate him to get to school and be just another.........

I like max and Alex but dh not convinced! We're overdue now so time is definitely running low!!

Hi

Cameron, Jack, Max, Alex - all popular names!

I think they are all fine but, as you seem to want to avoid a popular name, have a look at this data and then you'll be able to make a more informed decision about which one to go for: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-266770

This is a very user-friendly interpretation of the data too:

TOP 100 MOST POPULAR NAMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES 2011
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/08/top-100-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-2011.html

COMBINED SPELLINGS 2011 - BOYS (TOP 200)
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/combined-spellings-2011-boys.html

TOP 1000 NAMES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 2011
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/top-1000-names-in-england-and-wales-2011.html

TOP 100 NAMES IN SCOTLAND 2012
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/12/top-100-names-in-scotland-2012.html

TOP 300 NAMES IN NORTHERN IRELAND 2011
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/top-300-names-in-northern-ireland-2011.html

Max is a fabulous name and although becoming more popular is not as common as Alex or Jack imho.

At my school there are only 4 Max's out of 660 pupils.

I like Cameron but there's no way I'd use it whilst the current twit is in government.

As others have said, depends where you live. At DHs old school (teacher in east London) there were 4 Camerons in his class of 30 (7 year olds!) (one spelt it Camron).

I like Cameron. And although I'm aware of its popularity I don't actually know any. :-)

Hard to dis-associate Cameron from David Cameron, I'm afraid. Also don't find the name very masculine, perhaps due to Cameron Diaz?

I think Cameron is great! Don't worry about the PM, your Cameron will be his own little person.