Bede?

[ArsenicyOldFace]

For a boy (obviously?)

As in 'The venerable...'

[TalcumPowder]

I like it. And I know a cool teenage Bede, from a rather posh family. Has a brother called Ambrose. Haven't seen Bede in aeons, but think he may be at Harrow.

[Beautifullymixed]

I actually thought it was pronounced Beady or Bee-day sorry

Like the name Hebe -Hee-bee (or maybe I've got that wrong too.
Had never heard of this name, but love anything slightly different, and I've learnt new things reading this thread.

[BlackberryandNettle]

Hmm not that keen - you/he'd be having to explain it a lot wouldn't you? 'Not bead, not the bum washing sink'

[FatherSpodoKomodo]

I'm a southerner and I've heard of Bede, though I know nothing about him. Will go and google now! Although it's not a name I would choose, it's actually quite nice.

I never get the problem with having to tell someone how to spell names forever. I have a very common name, but it's got quite a few different spellings so I have to spell or correct it every time I tell someone new my name.

And I'd rather they asked than guessed and guessed wrong.

[babyblabber]

totally not in the know and seeing it written down I would have thought it's pronounced beady. so wouldn't be a fan

[ArsenicyOldFace]

I'll PM you DH's mobile number alma. He needs a supporter.

[almapudden]

I prefer Caractacus

[GlacindaTheTroll]

I've always liked the name Hrothgar.

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Unusual without being outlandish.

Exactly my feeling Dapple. Thank you

[GreatAuntDinah]

Actually I toyed with Lothar for DS. As long as you steer clear of Eggfrith.

[Dapplegrey]

I like it. Unusual without being outlandish.

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Clovis has possibilities. But they aren't eras I have studied or have any familiarity with and I hate the 'pick a pretty word' school of naming. Still, work is quite light and I always wanted to be a medievalist, I could get some serious reading done . They had all the best names.

[GreatAuntDinah]

Not particularly, it's just that both have that Dark Ages vibe. Or you could go continental with Pepin or Clovis

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Good for him Families Oliver is an awful name

Ambrose makes me think of a rustic in a smock Dinah. Do you think the spelling and pronounciation of Caedmon are well known? Besides, I'm not looking for an NE connection specifically.

[GreatAuntDinah]

I'd presume you were pretty religious. I know a small Caedmon, which I think is just a brilliant name. Or how about Ambrose?

[FamiliesShareGerms]

No reason, Arsenic - we had an agreement of right of absolute veto with no need to explain. He also said no to Oliver with out any explanation!

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Arf @ small eyes.

Families Your DH is silly. What reason did he give?

[ArsenicyOldFace]

Every single time you tell anyone your name for the next 85 years? Really?

Not everyone will be so daft Hak

I always thought of The Venerable as his first names

Miranda

[SwedishEdith]

I know of a young one - devout Catholics so I would assume the same of any others. I'd worry in case he had small eyes and his name providing the perfect nick name

[FamiliesShareGerms]

I wanted it for DS but DH vetoed it

[MirandaGoshawk]

It sounds like a surname to me. I always thought of The Venerable as his first names

[Hakluyt]

"Doesn't take much to correct Nigella and it is not a complicated spelling for people to remember, once they have been told"

Every single time you tell anyone your name for the next 85 years? Really?

[ShadowStar]

I do like Bede.

I think you'd be fine with it if you live in northeast England -where the venerable Bede lived, as I'm sure you know, so where people are most likely to be familiar with it as a name.

Outside northeast England? Not so sure. Probably a lot of people thinking he's called Bead and / or has parents trying to invent a unique name, unless they're particularly religious / historically minded.