Gatsby for a boy?

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General but polite opinions on the name Gatsby please.

No....very odd

Dont like it sorry. Dont think it has a nice sound to it and seems a bit pretentious (not sure i would think that about other literary names though so it might just be me)

It's a surname, not a first name.

Gatsby. Gats for short. Somehow reminds me of slang terms for vomit and/or testicles.

Gatsby is too much of a mouthful.

(sorry, not bring mean, but Gats also reminds me of guts )

Feels a bit of a faddish name with how recently the film came out.

Don't like the abbreviation of Gats which is highly likely to happen but I weirdly love Gatsby. Totally pretentious & bonkers - just the sort of name I would have had on my list but would have been vetoed by DH.

No, absolutely no.

Er..no.

If you want to go literary how about Atticus?

That's a cool name!

No. It just doesn't sound nice as a first name.

Great!

No.

No. As a first name it sounds ridiculous.

The connotations of that name make me thinks of decadence to the point of excess, American dream gone wrong. The novel is a cautionary tale in how not to live and the name is synonymous with that.

I'm sure there are lots of more positive literary characters to consider (can't think of any now though!)

Its very cool but.....It's more of a dogs name I think?

I just thought I should say that its the babies father who wants it not me. I like it but not for a child. Hopefully I can show him these and it will put him off

Dreadful. Sorry but it's just awful. Great novel though.

I had a horse called Gatsby once. He was beautiful. But it's not a name for a child!

He'll get called Twatsby at school.

No way, that's like calling him "fido", it is not even a name.

Gatsby is a surname. In the book the character's full name is Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is a really good name for a horse.

No

See all posts above.

No

You'd have to be a complete arse to saddle a child with that.