Is Donovan cool or tacky?

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I can't decide if it's a fab name or not?! And what about middle names - I like alliterative names so something beginning with d.

It isn't to my taste.

I quite like it, it's one of the few surname-y names I like.

Middle name suggestions:
David
Drake
Declan
Drew
Davies
Dermont
Derwent
Dermot
Dylan
Douglas
Dougell
Denver

(bit of a mixed bag there!!)

I like Donovan Drew

I just think of Jason. Whether you think thats a good idea or not is up to you!

Cool!

I would probably use a more con entail middle name, or it could sound too "trying to hard to be different" if that makes sense.

Donovan Daniel / David / Darren / etc

The scottish singer Donovan is cool. The TV show Ray Donovan is cool (mostly because Kate Moennig is in it!)
I used to know a guy named Donovan who was decidedly tacky however!

I think Noel Gallagher has a Donovan.

I don't like it. "this is my son Donovan"... nope, sounds weird!

also if you're not convinced yourself I'd steer clear!

"They call me Mellow Yellow!" I'd be humming that all day if I met a Donavon.

Don't really like it

Not a fan... Solomon on the other hand is fabulous.

Tacky :/

Donovan Drake is a cool name!

Hmmmm, it's tacky. Not a fan of surnames as first names, they're just too try hard.

I'm not a fan but I have fairly conservative taste in names. It is a perfectly valid choice if you really love it.

My first encounter with the name was the singer Donovan, so I don't regard it as a surname first. He's Donovan Leitch, I think, but just used the name Donovan. I don't dislike it at all.

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind .....

Tacky (well you did ask )

you may as well try and catch the wind....

DS was very nearly a Donovan but when he came out he just looked like he suited the other more traditional name that we had picked.

I really like it, but I remember the mid-wife pulling a face when I told her that was one of our two options. I wanted it because I wanted a little Don or Donnie, but not a Donald IYSWIM.

My OH was desperate for it so he could call his son The Don. ???? What a saddo. Soon put a stop to that. Chatted with Donovan the singer once. It was enough to put me off the name for life.