The name Dean (boy)

[cozyup]

Yes or No and Why?

Council estate-common.Why the WTF?

You think.people who live on council estates are common?

I like it. Its about ready for a comeback. Or you could go with Finley/ Oscar, Ethan :/. I know what I'd rather.

I think its a great name, I only know one Dean he's in his 20s and is a really nice bloke.

DH's name has been mentioned up thread as being awful, I like his too!

DD is 5yo and there is a Dean in her class. I know of two other Dean's, aged 30 and 22.

I am torn, on one hand is James Dean, on the other is Dean Dean the Big Baked Bean. So, overall it's a no, sorry.

Well, debates about whether people on council estates are common aside,
Dean was a common name on mine. Posh kids had different names to us, they had hilarious sounding names like Charlie or Henry or Jonothan!
Me, I like Dean, but I wouldn't call my son it - as I'd then feel obliged to have another one and name him after my other brother, Wayne ;-)

Very dated.
Love Sean though (different sound, I know)

i have a dean. i am not from a council estate. he is not naughty
dont know anyone else with that name

[Grin], yes add Gary and Wayne and you have half my class (I was born in 73). But it is kind of retro and a bit cooler than Gary or Wayne, I reckon. Depends if you live in a totally hip area, I would go for it. If you live in a slightly dodgy part of town, then don't.

Not for me. Sounds very dated, and not ready to be dusted off again yet! See it as similar to Gary/Lee/Wayne/Darren - very 70's. (I see it as 'before my time', and I was born in 1980). Am sure all of these names will be reassessed at some point, just not quite yet.

I know one, who's in his late 30s.