Cedric

[mygreeneyedboy]

Opinions? Will be A little brother for DS who has very traditional regal name: George/Edward/Henry/William etc.

Cedric in France is a bit dated now. Middle-aged almost, the majority I've met. Heard of very few new babies named Cedric

Okay so I exaggerated slightly, but it does seem to me that some people on here respond quite harshly to names that are clearly liked by the OP. Comments along the lines of "Ghastly", and "How cruel", and "You have no taste". It gets quite personal and I think that, yes, we should respond with an opinion, but we don't have to be aggressive about it. It's only a name, and it's great that people want to use different ones to other people. There are ways to say you don't like a name that don't crush a hormonal woman and make her feel miserable.

Quite often, you see posts from 3 years ago slating some poor mother-to-be over a name, and now it's not only normal, it's popular.

For what it's worth, my name is weird. I've never met another. It alliterates with my surname. It's a shortened version of an equally unpopular name. I've been bullied for a lot of things, but never my name. And I know for a fact it's helped with my work as a freelancer, because I'm the only one on Google. Only saying this to show that having an unusual name isn't always the school / career death knell people say it is.

Sorry to hijack.

Not a fan.

Diggory.

That was my first thought.

If you ask a bunch of strangers in an internet forum for opinions rather than just deciding upon a name with your partner, then you can get very honest and frank reactions - esp. if the name is silly/v unusual (ie unpopular)/has fallen out of fashion.

It's one of those topics which I just cannot get my head around. Why do you need the opinion of a bunch of random people who have no emotional investment in you or your baby? It's v strange

I agree. But I think people do it a) because they want to practise saying the name in public, and a forum is as close as some dare go. And b) because they want people to say it's lovely.

I think Cedric is absolutely fine but I have relatives called Nigel, Norman, Gladys, Neville, Ernest, Brenda, Marlene and Percy. I clearly don't have great baby-naming genetics.

"Why do you need the opinion of a bunch of random people who have no emotional investment in you or your baby?"

Because most of them will be direct and honest. They may point out something that you hadn't thought of, or were unaware of, which may change the way you feel about a name. You are less likely to get that IRL, because most people feel it is rude to criticise.

i like it OP. If you like it then ignore everyone else and don't ask for any more opinions

Don't like it. I think it's one if those names tgst has fallen out of fashion for a reason.

Unless you can guarantee your son will have cheekbones like Robert Pattinson, in which case he might be able to carry it off .

Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy a Cedric?

I imagine a little curly-haired boy when I think of the name.

Both - that was precisely my point (in relation to Mynd's earlier post), although I should have probably concluded "who have no emotional investment in you or your baby" with "if you don't want honest opinions" to be clearer - sorry, that was my fault. I can see why people might ask for opinions, but if you don't really want opinions then don't ask.

There is quite a fine line between "fallen out of fashion" and "the next big thing".

I for one find these deliberations fascinating, even though I have no child to name.

There are a lot of poor kids out there that could have done with someone telling their parents that the choice of name was awful.

Well yes, but those are the Bubblegum Princess Sparklechops type names, and that's a totally different kettle of fish to a name like Cedric, which is a classic old name that's just not been used much recently.

It's not been used much recently for a reason. It wasn't even very popular way back when.

I don't really like it but more so I think because it is so different from your other DSs' names. I think if you're going to go "adventurous" with a name, all siblings should have similar levels of adventure.

Apols OP you have one DS not several, but my point still stands

Yes Henry and Cedric, John and Cedric, or similar does jar a bit.

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CEDRIC!

A Cedric would be laughed out of school where I live. Please don't do it.

Very very interesting reading the feedback. Thank you mynd for speaking out - and you're welcome to add it to your list -

I'm surprised about the amount of negativity - obviously I expected some. Not hurt by it, it's not my favourite name - and I'm not pushed for time. Literally just created the post out of interest, thinking maybe I would have two replies.. We don't even know the gender! The name is in my family, but as I previously said, DP likes it.

And TBH, it's less 'weird' than some of DP's family's name - however those names are very traditional and very common from his country. But don't worry, we won't be picking them, or shocking you with how strange his family names are to British people!

Probably worth mentioning - we're moving country, so not too fussed about what it sounds like at schools here - even DS will have a strange name once we move!

YouBastardSockBalls Yes this is what I tend to think! And RiverTam if it's not too obnoxious/vain to say - me and DP's cheekbones are equally pronounced as Robert Patterson's

BothEnds Interesting picking up the fallen out of fashion/next big thing. I certainly don't want to pick a common name, it fills me with dread to imagine DCs going to school with several kids of the same name. So I prefer the fallen out of fashion.. Me and my siblings have very traditional, normal, names - but no one else in our school year (okay maybe at Secondary School) had the name.

It fills you with dread to think there might be others with the same name at school? Literally? Gosh . Hate to say it, but regal names are pretty common - unless it's Aethelstan or something, obviously.

Aethelstan is quite common around here, SirChenjin, it's on buildings and everything

Cedric, great in a French accent, or Spanish, in England it is a little harsh on the ear, perhaps as a middle familial name if you must.

The local parents must be weighed down with dread Where

Sir I also mentioned in my post that we are moving country in a few weeks - the names are different there. George is obviously used a lot, it was my favourite for DS until Prince George came along. To switch it to the girl versions - Victoria, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine aren't common names now- you get shortened versions, but not the full length ones used as the everyday name.