What do you think of Guy?

[kmini]

Hi,

We are really really struggling for boys names. My DH suggested Guy last night.

I don't hate it, but I don't think I love it either. It seems rather simple to me. It also doesn't feel like a little boys name to me, more appropriate for an adult.

What's your reaction?

Thank you!

I actually really like it and have just realised it would go really well with our surname (not that I'm pg, still getting over birth of DD!)
We only had 1 choice for a boy - Seb but next time around we might have 2 if DP likes Guy.
And he probably will because we are huge fans of Guy Martin!

I love this name, would love another ds to use it.

Hmm. There's nothing actually wrong with it but it just does not do it for me! A mix of dated and slightly odd - it should be interesting and unusual but somehow it just isn't.

Gabriel?

Think its great!

Fab name. (Is ds2's name!) Was rather underwhelmed by everyone's reaction to it tbh. And the spanish midwife just didn't understand it at all, so his nametags just said "boy" even though we told her his name. I don't care though!

I like it :) Gregory is another one I love, in a similar vein. I wanted Greg for a boy, but had to let dh have a day, sadly.

I love it. He will grow up to be a cool jazz musician

funnily enough I was just in a work meeting where a colleague said something about having to send something to Guy suchand such and I was struck at how cool it sounded when she said it out loud! I might mention it to DP tonight for DC2!

I hate it. It's a very unattractive name,and seems like calling a baby 'man' or 'boy'.

A 'Mark' is a thing, like a stain or a scratch, Fideline.

Imagine, "Here is my best beloved boy child, so precious and longed for, I name him.....mark"

It's one of the boys' names I like least, sorry, along with Seth.

it's a French name originally, isn't it? Not quite sure where 'guy' meaning 'man' came from. I have to say I would never associate the name Guy with guy the word, to me they are totally separate.

I like it, but Garth is better (imho).

I love Guy, it was a real option if one of the DTDs had been a boy.

Although I laughed at the poster who said they have a friend called Guy who interrupts conversations when it's used as in "This guy" - I have one of those too!

I love it. But then I have a Gus which I suppose is quite similar.

Uri - I have always thought exactly that, re Mark.

Such a bizarre name choice for a little baby boy.

My first major crush was on a Guy. He was significantly older than me and yes, would be 50-something now.

Still have a bit of a soft spot for it...

I'm an Is o bel, and I always head-spin when people say, 'is a ...' in convo, so can definitely relate to Montsti's friend...

I love it, a good strong name (it also helps that I know 3 Guys and they are all supercool and handsome)

Uri, you've caused much hilarity in my house this morning, well for me anyway, dh just looks bemused. I leave you to guess his name! Lol

For what it's worth, I agree!

@ A 'Mark' is a thing, like a stain or a scratch, Fideline.

i rather like it

Soon as I saw this I thought 'gorilla' then 'Fawkes'.

Not keen.

I see it as a posh name and picture someone who wears chinos and has a chiseled jaw and blonde foppish hair. I see it as a mid 20s name not an older man. You have to have a fairly unusual surname to carry it off Guy Jones wouldn't work as well IMO.