Woody

[FlyingSpud]

For a boy (duh). Do you like it?

Elwood?

Please give him a proper name and then shorten it to woody. It may not work/he may not like it as an adult.

Elwood...

Not absolutely loving it but not hating it either.

We're also thinking of Finlay. I reckon that would be a much better option than Woody.

The erection jokes will plague him.

Mark Owen from Take That has a child called Elwood. Awful IMO.

Elwood = Blues Brothers.

Yeah, it's a stiffy.

Findlay is better than Woody.

but just to add my son was known as Moose for many many years, it's not his name, it's nothing like his name - he just had a jumper with a Moose on it as a baby and it stuck.

I don't like it.
For purely personal reasons.
My maiden name was Wood.
"oy woody wots yer head made of-wood !"
kick kick batter.
Woodhead was a coommen surname in our area. They got the same.

Love love love it. I have a friend with 3 dc with some ...unusual... Names! She gave them a "normal" name as a first name (i.e. Sam, Ben etc) and the actual name as a middle name but they've only ever been known By their middle name. She argued that they can change to 1st name when they're grown up if they feel silly!!

I love woody- I say go for it- this friend, although her dc have names that would never have initially appealed to me, the 3 of them totally suit their names. I think you grow into what ever name you're guven and make it your own! Best of luck with your baby whatever you call him!

Oh man...I can't do it, can I? I'll cross it off the list.

I meant common.

Nooooo keep it on the list! Maybe he'll come out looking like he was born to be woody!

Surely naming a child Dick is worse?

The first thing that came into my mind was how unfortunate if he got random erections as most boys do

But dirty minds aside, I do like it but wouldn't call one of mine that. His pubescent years would be hell.

My friend has a William and a Richard. She obsessed with penis names. I expect number three to be called Woody.

DS1 has a friend called Woody and there's another one a couple of years below in their school.

Arf at Woodland.
I'd like to throw Timberland into the mix as the 'proper' name. Think about it, no shortage of personalise clothing.

Finlay is ace.

ENOUGH WITH THE COCK REFERENCES!

Timberland

No. It's like a cartoon name. Or the nice but dim bartender from Cheers.

Incidentally, I used to work with a Richard who insisted on being called Dick. He wouldn't answer to anything else, although he had to put up with Richard on his e-mail address because that was his official name. Every time I had to speak to him, i would just be thinking "Why Dick? What's wrong with Richard?"

Google" free BDM," there are a lot of unusual names uses in the 1800's, we are rather conservative by their standards.

I personally dislike, Milly, Sunny ,Lotttie, Archie, Evie, etc, ok as nicknames.
Just my personal take on names.

I prefer Stiffy. It's more of a classic than Woody.

Blue I know a lot of people who share that opinion. It's not something I'm overly fussed about, but I get why people think that way.

One very good friend of mine caused a big family rift by giving her DS a 'nickname' for a name.

Woody definitely off the list now. I can't imagine a CEO or high court judge being called Woody

Reminds me of Woody from the Bay City Rollers - big hair and tartan flares.