Nate?

[TerrysNo3]

My previous thread was about DH not coming round to the only name I like for 2 day old DS ( and yes, he did watch me go through labour for the third time!!)... which is Xavier (my Dad's family is from Portugal)

So I've had a reluctant look around and I think I also like Nate. I really don't like Nathan though and not sure I want such a long name as Nathaniel as our 2 DC both have short names.

What do you think of it?

Thanks!

I love Nate, but would use it as a nn for Nathaniel. I don't like Nathan either.

Love it as a nickname for Nathaniel.

Nate is lovely n doesn't need to be short for anything if u prefer.

Love it

Gorgeous name. You can just put Nate on his BC if you wanted. No law about full names. Xavier is gorgeous, too. Pity you can't get DH to agree to it.

Oh forgot my manners there.
Congratulations on the arrival of your new little prince

I hate Nate. Ugly sounding and American.
Nate would be a 'Server ' in a mid west McDonald's. Greasy, pimpled and sad.
Xavier, for example, is much better.

Love Nathaniel nn Nate.
(Also like Xavier.)

Sorry and a no from me. IMO it sound too much like Mate.

If you have Portuguese family will they be able to pronounce Nate based on the spelling?

Not keen on Nate, prefer Xavier

I really like Nathaniel. Nate by itself I'm not so keen on but nice as a nickname.

Congratulations!

I don't like Nate, sorry, much prefer Xavier.

But why do you care so much what we think, your dh and you have to love the name! Good luck choosing!

I know an alpaca called Nate. It suits him.

Don't like Nate. Love Nathan though (I am biased and cuddling my nearly 6 week old one)
Nathaniel is nice, as is Xavier. I prefer Xavier to Nathaniel though.

In Gossip Girl Nate is a handsome, high class, millionaire golden boy not a spotty McDonald's sever

Really like the name Nate, very masculine. Though I would probably have Nathaniel on the birth certificate.

I like Nate/Nathaniel.

I don't like it but only because I dated a 'Nate' from America and he was really arrogant Pre dating him I thought it was quite a cool name.

A date with Nate turned to hate?

DP is Nathan. I hate it when his friends call him "Nate". It's just...ugly.

Like a previous poster, I also have bad memories of an unfortunate American shag at university called Nate.

I love Nate/Nathanial. I think Nate on its own is fine if you're not keen on a longer name.

Oh and it reminds me of Nate from Gossip Girl not that I'm a fan or anything who was lovely and rather easy on the eye

I have a Nathaniel, nobody calls him Nate for short - it's always Nat/Nath or Natty (his rugby coach only).

I kind of think of Nate as a completely different name, the sound is totally different.

After a lot of thinking I've decided I like Xavier best and now DH is even road testing the name for the day!! He's asked me to compromise with the shortened version which I can do so fingers crossed our baby will have a name soon!