Douglas or Gregory

[Greedysquirrels]

I've posted before about Douglas (to be shortened to Dougie) which I'm pretty keen on for our DC3 due in a few months but DH is less keen and is now trying to push Gregory/Greg instead. I'm struggling to imagine calling a tiny baby 'Greg' although I do like the idea of it on an older boy and man.

Any strong views on either of these names?

Both lovely - unusual but not 'made up'. I recently watched Wolf Hall and Cromwell's son is Gregory. Really grew on me.

I really can't abide Gregory. Greg is a 'dad name', and an ugly-sounding one at that.

Douglas is slightly better.

Pretty comfortable that the supporters outweigh the haters of our name choice - thanks all!

Love Rory as a nn for Gregory!

But prefer Doug, wish I could use it.

I prefer gregor or Douglas

Gregory.
I dont hate Douglas though. It is nearly ready to come back.

Big fan of Gregory. Would have been on my shortlist if we weren't having a girl.

I like both of them a lot. I wanted them on our boy's shortlist, but DH has vetoed them

On balance though, I prefer Gregory, as I'm less keen on Dougie / Duggie than Greg as shortenings.

I would try not to worry about Greg not suiting a tiny baby though, remember your DS won't be a tiny baby for all that long.

Timeless and cool for little people and big really they're not.

Timeless and cool for little people and big really they're not.

Douglas!

Gregory puts me in mind of grey eggs.

I think they are very similar types of names and dislike them equally!

Dougie is quite sweet. I know two under 10 but it's certainly not common.

I really dislike Greg but I like Gregory more.

The Douglas I know gets Doug for short, never Dougie.

Gregory is nicer. Makes me think of Gregory Peck.

Douglas is okay.

Gregory is dreadful.

Oh dear, I'm going to try to agree to disagree with the Gregory haters. It's really grown on me and is looking like our best content right now.

Best contender

I like Gregory and it's due a comeback IMO.