Tyler for boy

[babynelly2010]

What does everyone think of it?
I like the name but never met anyone with it.

[Writerwannabe83]

Just noticed you had already noticed, haha

I'm not as ditzy as I come across, I promise.... we'll maybe a little

[Oblomov]

Common, Chevy and horrible.

[DancesWithWoolEnPointe]

See, if you said to me "My DD is called Tinkerbell" I think I'd say something like "Wow, that is an interesting choice of name" and I'd probably admire you for being unconventional. If one of my DDs came home and said "I'm going on a date with Tyler" I'd react no differently than if she said she was going on a date with Mark or Ahmid or Sebastian or whatever. (My reaction would be to be appalled regardless due to the fact that the oldest of them is 9 ). Maybe I am unusual in the regard, but it is honestly not a thing I have an issue with.

[Writerwannabe83]

I would imagine Tinkerbell's mom to be a bit of a hippy Or a woman with a Shrine to Walt Disney on her bedroom wall

If my daughter said she was going out with a guy called Tyler I would look forward to meeting him - I have always thought there to be a sexy element to the name and would think my daughter was probably going out with someone gorgeous!

[DancesWithWoolEnPointe]

There you go OP

[DancesWithWoolEnPointe]

I'm sorry Looki but - I'm standing by to see what you are about to say, but I'm assuming you are having a tablet/mobile fail?

[looki]

Apologies for two msgs posted above in error. Silly phone!

When I post I want to read other people's positive and negative comments about the name. Otherwise what's the point in asking at all? If I merely want affirmation about my chosen name, I'll simply call my baby that name and have friends tell me they like it.

When I post about a name I want the good, the bad and the ugly. Otherwise it's a futile exercise.

Ps I've just googled the meaning of.a sink estate and agree its not a very nice thing to say but it does sum up the posters opinion which is the whole point of asking.

[Writerwannabe83]

Sink estate is actually on Google?
I thought it was just a casual term used by the poster, not that it had an official definition! I'm going to have to go and look now....

[Rooners]

I don't really like the name Tyler, because of the way it sounds and also the association with the fashion of calling a child what has previously commonly been used as a surname.

However I think my prejudice partly comes from the way I have seen it used mainly among people whose taste in other areas I do not share.

There will be a lot of exceptions to that; I would not seek to judge a child based on his name. I would wait until I met him. But I may half-judge the parents' taste...again, it'a a wait and see scenario. You will have people naming children the same thing for utterly different reasons.

[PrincessFlirtyPants]

I don't think Tyler is a particularly offensive name. Do I like it? No. Would I choose if for my DC? No. I have no preconceived notions about any Tyler's as I have yet to meet one.

[ch1134]

I like the name Tyler

[evamummy]

I'm not keen on profession type names - Tyler (tiler), Baker, Miller.

[Sadie204]

I must be in the minority on MN cos I actually like it! Doesn't sound very nice with our surname though so was ruled out with DS. I honestly cannot believe how much controversy has been caused by a simple question regarding one name!

[babynelly2010]

oh wow, quite a thread this one turned out, coming back to it few weeks later it is pretty amazing the discussion my question created.
Turned out my boy was not Tyler after all so I gave him another name that is common in america but a bit rare in UK.
So far we received nothing but complements...

[mrsbugsywugsy]

Congratulations

What did you name him?