Cary or Ike

[PerettiChelsea]

For a boy, what do you think of these names

[Coldtoeswarmheart]

Neither, sorry.

[BettyBi0]

Ike is such a lovely name, it's a shame so many people's first thought is "..and Tina". My first thought was David Ike (not sure if that's any better haha)

I met a little Spike the other day. So cute!

[LaceyLee]

Cary sounds like a Girls name and Ike sounds like eek! Isaac is the full name, Ike a nickname. It would seem very bizarre in my opinion to just call a kid Ike...

[RockUnit]

Have to say I thought of David Icke.

[sooperdooper]

Sorry but my first thought was Ike Turner, I've never heard the name apart from that and it's given it dark connotations for me

[DafferDill]

Cary is very feminine. I used to think Cary Grant was a woman!

[DafferDill]

I thought of Ike Turner too, or the noise someone would make if they touched something hot.

[HarlettOScara]

I used to work with a man called Cary and people calling always assumed he was female.

[SirChenjin]

Cary is too similar to Carrie or Carey Mulligan and Ike was just a nasty piece of work.

Short answer - neither!

[Raahh]

I think there are issues with both names, although I love Ike, and the only person who commented when I mooted it for dd2 referenced Eisenhower. ( Who was actually David...). My first thought was Ike Godsey from the Walton's

Cary sounds very feminine, and there are a lot of Keira/Kyra type names around at the moment.

But I am totally biased towards Ike anyway

[MamaLazarou]

I like Ike a lot, but bear in mind that most people's association with the name will be Ike Turner. Although he was a musical genius (pretty much invented guitar distortion) he was a thoroughly unpleasant character.

[PerettiChelsea]

[Raahh]

Does- unfortunate auto correct there.

[Raahh]

Ike is brilliant- was going to be dd2's name ( short for Isaac though, had she been a boy).

Ike is now our dog's name. I love it.

Not keen on Cary, regardless of Cary Grant, it sounds like a girls name to me. also there is a Carrie Grant who crops up on TV from time to time (more often than Mr Grant dies these days). Better than Archibald though

[Sofiria]

Cary.

I don't mind Ike as a nickname for Isaac. It seems too insubstantial on its own.

[MadameDePompom]

Ike.

[Diddlydokey]

Just don't use both. I immediately thought of the Blue Peter pets Kara & Oke

[RockUnit]

Cary

[MissTessmacher]

Cary is great.

Ike is awful.

[3luckystars]

The reason I asked about Kal is because my friend had similar names on her list to you, and she loved Kal! She went with a different name in the end because when the baby was born he looked like an old man :)

I thought Ike Turner too, but I just googled him and he was named "Izear" so its ok!

[PerettiChelsea]

Not really, that seems like it might be short for Calvin which I don't like.

Is it not ok to name a boy the same as someone who was horrible? Surely he'll take on his own identity?

[3luckystars]

Do you like Kal?

[Sophronia]

I love Cary. It reminds me of Cary Grant too.

Ike I prefer short for Isaac.

[stumblymonkey]

I LOVE Cary as in Cary Grant.

I'm a big fan of old Hollywood names though...I called my cat Chester which is another of my fave boy's names.

Not a fan of Ike....I don't like the sound of it, it sounds quite harsh and makes me think of a bully, perhaps because of Ike Turner who was vile.

[CrystalMcPistol]

I prefer Isaac/Ike

Cary will get mistaken for Carrie.