All right, Mumsnet! Let's have a definitive vote.

[CheerfulYank]

I've asked this before. Probably a lot. But I want a number to point to as far as yay or nay.

I'm to be induced with #3 on Monday morning. (And I'm really nervous, which is probably why I'm starting this thread...I want to focus on something!)

Big brother is Samuel (Sam) and big sister is Margaret (Maggie). My favorite boy's name (he is definitely a boy :)) is Jack. I've always loved it and it's not nearly so popular in my part of the States. However...

Our surname is Brick.

So, once and for all time, I put it to a final yes or no vote. Is "Jack Brick" too abrupt sounding?

Personally I think Jack Brick sounds better than Will Brick. Will Brick sounds like Wilbrick.

No to Jack Brick, I would raise an eyebrow and think really? But here's my solution!

JACKSON BRICK!!

Will Brick is too 'matchy'. As someone said up thread Sam Brick sounds good because the softer name takes the focus off the abrupt surname. Whereas both Jack and Will accentuate it.

I would choose a soft first name, with two syllables.

And good luck!

Jack is a lovely name but no, it really doesn't go with your last name.

William Brick is lovely, Cheerful.

What about John or Jonathan Brick with Jack as nn?

There is an American professional tennis player called Jack Sock, which is similar in sound to Jack Brick, and works perfectly well for him.

I say go for it

Wow. Cheerful is your bAby due already. It only seems like a few weeks ago that you were announcing your pregnancy.
I wouldn't put Jack with Brick if I'm honest. It's too abrupt sounding if I'm honest especially with them both ending in the same letter. They're also not far off rhyming either.
What other names do you have.

Are you definitely having a boy, cheerful

Sounds fine to me in my American accent.

John William Brick, nicknamed Jack?

I'd go for Rick

I love the name Jack but didn't use it because our surname had a 'ck' sound in it too - so if I was you, I wouldn't use it. So it's a no from me.

I think it's lovely. People sometimes struggle with names that are two short, punchy single syllables together because our tendency is to pronounce them as trochees (putting a stress on the first syllable like in the word 'trouble'). It sounds odd to our ears to pronounce them with equal stress which is why people like a two syllable first or surname to balance it out (If it was Jackson Brick you'd stress the Jack and the Brick with a weak 'son' as balance). I don't mind it though. I think it's emphatic and striking.

It is amazing. Memorable, direct, no-nonsense. It has a lovely sense of gravity - I can't see Jack Brick taking no nonsense from nobody.

"an American professional tennis player called Jack Sock"

Jack Sock, really? I can't be the only one who's thinking what I'm thinking

Lol at FatWalda, I wasn't thinking it but now I am!

Hmm. My brother has a single syllable first name and single syllable surname and he's always complained that it doesn't work, and he'd rather have had a longer first name. So I'm going to vote no. Sorry.

Nope FatWalda, I was thinking it too :o

I do like Jackson but really wanted Dawson for a middle name if I went with Jack. And can't do Jackson Dawson obviously :) If he is Will he will be William Oliver.

Oliver Dawson is a very distant third runner up. Dawson was my grandfather and great grandfather's middle name, as well as the first name of a great great uncle who was a real character, apparently. I'd love to use it but don't like William Dawson...doesn't flow, or something.

Would you not consider Dawson as a first name? It sounds really good with surname and sibling names and has a lot of meaning?

Love the name Dawson. I know a Dawson (middle name) and he is the most lovely man (yes I'm biased)

I will never look at Jack Sock the tennis player the same way again. That had never occurred to me

Jack Dawson, nooooooo ...... Titanic!

Too short and harsh sounding for me, but it doesn't matter what any of us think, it's your baby

I can't see a problem with Jack Brick. A good solid name. I think it's easy to over analyse a name. Good luck op.

I can't see a problem with Jack Brick. A good solid name to me. It's easy to over analyse any name. Good luck, op.