Husband loves the name Ty (Tye) for a boy.

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I'm really trying to love it too as I pretty much forced my favourite name on him for our first son.

Reason I am a bit unsure is I think it sounds a bit nicknamey?

Can I have your thoughts please?

WizardofOs is her mum a belly dancer? If so we know the same one!

Ty looks too short to me, but then I don't like Tye. Tai is probably a better spelling, but I may be a bit weird with my three letter minimum rule!!

I don't see why not, there are a couple of boys called Tye here, don't know how they are spelled though

DH's cousin is Tadgh, which is lovely. Great suggestion!

Makes me think of the surfer dude from Extreme Makeover: Home edition.

Oooo I do like the Tai spelling a bit better, makes it look more like a 'real' name.

I think people in Oz would look at the name Tadgh and go 'Tad-ghhh?' I love the pronunciation, but the spelling would leave most people quite confused in my part of the world.

Thanks for all your input though, it has really helped.

No no no to Tai! It's a style of knickers.

kitten hahaha thanks. Dodged a bullet there!

I've got a nephew Kai, I see no reason Ty/Tai/Tye couldn't stand alone just as well.

My cousin's name is Ty.

Dreadful name. Sounds more like an item of neckwear or a a person's nationality.

Sorry but I really don't like it.

Not a huge fan, but there are so many Tysons/Tylers/Tyes etc here in the States. It's a bit..well, we don't use the word chavvy and I wouldn't if we did, but that's the type of name it would be here.

I have a Tadhg. He's gorgeous

@ CheerfulYank

Tadhg does not have a "soft" g at the end. It's a fully pronounced g.

It does, however, have a soft Irish T at the start.

It's more Thigh-g than Tie-g.

Lovely name, but not really at all like Ty.

I personally would categorise that under Chav names.

I know that sound harsh and maybe I'm a snob and I'm know many people would consider the names of my DC as pretentious but just giving my opinion, which after all you asked for, so no offence meant.

It's a great name, I love it.

Makes me think of Mike Tyson and dog breeds with violent reputations. I like Kit as a short boys name. No offence intended just giving an honest opinion.

BinarySolo - no not a belly dancer that I know of. This Tai is in her 20's. I think named so because her Dad is a martial arts instructor!

My cat is called Tai.

Hes hasn't got a violent reputation though.

Wizard as in tai quando?

Eek now I'm thinking Thai "massage"

Tai bo, is that some kind of martial arts inspired Zumba type exercise thing?

Thai stick?

Mmmmmm mai tai!

AThingInYourLife these things often depend on one's accent.

Ty - sounds either asian or like its short for something else (such as Tyrone). I'm not a fan of it TBH.

What does your DH like about it? It can't be shortened maybe?

Sounds a bit like an Ozzie or American name to me.