Samson

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What do you think about Samson? DH has just put it forward. We are not religious.

I have a friend called Edwin, I've known him for 35 years but, oddly enough, it's only in the past few years that I've even known his name was really Edwin. He was known by his middle (more mainstream) name all the way through school. Can't say I blame him.

Sorry it's awful , but love Henry

My grandad was Samson :) always called Sam though.

Grandma was Alice (born 1899) and I think his brothers were Wilfred Herbert and Henry. That probably doesn't help you any though LOL.

Oh dear, not making it any easier!! :) DH is a big outdoorsie type, can't imagine DS to be a small thing - measurements are big already. And yes, he would be a Sam...we like Sam, but we don't like Samuel, and would want a longer formal name.

My Sam/uel/son is a big lad, so the MWs were right in their nn! Have you considered Isambard Righteous? I toyed with it as a longer name for Sam (am an engineer), but then FiL discovered about 8 generations of Samuels in the family tree. On both sides!

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I like Samson. If not for a first name than perhaps for a different quirky middle name.

If you like Samson have you considered Hector?

Love it. Absolutely would have used it if not for the rhyming surname... Think Samson Johnson. Go for it, and Sam is a lovely nn.

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Delilah.

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Samson is better than Samuel though Im not keen.
Don't like Sam either, sorry.
Though they're all better than Edwin by a country mile!!

Samson is great. Really strong and masculine.

Edwin is a nerdy weakling!

Go for it, little boy at my play group has that name- everyone lives it x

I like all 3. There's a little boy on Emmerdale called Samson and I was thinking how cute it was yesterday

I love it, but I wouldn't choose it.

The Biblical character is so well-known that his physical attributes are what people associate the name with - and if he grows into anything than that image of a strong, muscly man there's a risk of people ending up laughing at him.
a fat, bolding Samson or a skinny spotty one is not something I think people would be kind about IYSWIM.

sorry, but that is what I think and I would not risk him being bullied or laughed at because of the dissonance between his name and look.

if you like it maybe use it as a middle name.

i like it and would use it could use sonny as a nn if you didnt want sam

Solomon Samuel solo Saul Simeon Silas
Sam is lovely

The Sunderland mascot is Samson the cat. He's mint .