Thoughts on the name Brick?

[Names00]

Just heard it on TV, I quite like it? What could it be short for?

[ExtraHotLatteToGo]

fortified

I swear it should be illegal for pregnant women to choose baby names. Op give your head a wobble and be grateful for MN!

Promise you'll come back and check before you go to register the birth!

[2nds]

I dunno I say go for it if you love it.

[BettyDraper1]

Immediately makes me think 'Brick loves lamp'

No really what you are after, I'd imagine.

[Roussette]

Briquette is what you put on a barbecue and light. Surely not...

I've seen some bonkers names on MN in my time, but this is getting close to the top of them!

[AddictedtoGreys]

Pam is Welsh for "why"

[MadrigalElectromotive]

Dire

[Maybebabybee]

Is your last name Shithouse?

[SteviebunsBottrittrundle]

Is there a character in Anchorman called Brick?

I don't like it, sorry.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

Not even for a dog.
Sorry.

[Hariasa]

No.

Think again.,

[jobrum]

I think the American boyfriend of the crazy sister in Outnumbered was called Brick. It's not a real name!

[ShatnersBassoon]

Brick is ugly. Except for when it's Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

[April241]

[LemonBreeland]

There was also a character in Hart of Dixie called Brick.

My DC's love it. In fact one of our chickens is named Brick. I think you can only get away with it if you live in the deep south in the US.

[PurpleDaisies]

I think the American boyfriend of the crazy sister in Outnumbered was called Brick. It's not a real name!

Yes, I was just about to post this. Karen keeps asking him "but what's your real name?"

Don't do it op

[Mrsraypurchase]

Do you mean Breck? That's a boy's name.

[Madbengalmum]

Ridiculous and awful.

[Footle]

I do know of a child called Slate. That has a bit more of a ring to it. Brick is more of a dull thud.

[ShatnersBassoon]

Brick is definitely a name, but I think it's one of those American 'surname as a given name' ones, which makes it sound like a made up thing, especially as it's a noun (and a spectacularly dull one at that).

[EverySongbirdSays]

This is Brick from Anchorman. That's who I would associate it with.

[GerdaLovesLili]

Brick Shitt-House of the Arkensas Shitt-Houses?

[MrsGuyOfGisbo]

from age 7+ he will be know as Prick
Just...don't.

[SteviebunsBottrittrundle]

I've heard of Flint, which is similar maybe but less... brick-like! I think maybe I don't like it because I don't think bricks are particularly lovely objects.