Simon or Paul?!?

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We are debating if we should go with Simon or Paul??

Garfunkel.

Paul is awful.

Simon is nicer.

I have cousins called Simon Paul and Amanda. We are all in our 40s, to me they are retro 70s/80s names. Not a fan really.

Matthew is a retro name I like. Paul and Simon less so. Much less so infant.

Eric or Samuel are also nicely retro

Keeping in with the Paul Simon theme...

Gus, Roy, Stan, Lee, Sam.

Gus is great

Paul is great.

Not keen on Simon

Can I go for none? Sorry, Simon is terrible and Paul is for an older man, maybe one that plays the guitar left-handed

The only Simon I know isn't very nice. Up himself.
Paul is just meh.
Sorry OP.

I too know some Pauls who are tossers, but it was a popular name so am sure there a lovely Pauls too!

Matthew, Mark also v popular retro names.

Both are great classics that make a refreshing change from all the Archies, Teddies and other trendy names.

James? Also a traditional sensible name but doesn't sound so 70s/80s.

Not keen on this style but prefer Paul of the two. Don't mind Mark or David though.

Paul

Both sensible names that you can conceivably imagine a grown up man being able to introduce himself by without embarrassment.

The only downside is that your child will likely have a very unusual name for his generation, there'll probably be males 40 years older and younger with the same name but very few of his peers. The names may be used more often in his age group if you attend church, not sure if this is the case.

I like both but prefer Paul, my DH is a paul and I know a few, they are lovely blokes definitely not train spotters and I have to nag mine to mow the lawn.

Paul

Awful names, sorry.

Saul?

I've always loved the name Simon.

Like Paul too, but Simon is much better.

They are both terribly dull!

There are sooo many Pauls in this world. All 30/40 something bellends in the main.

Simon is nice, it's my db's name, but I've always thought it old for him and he's 29.

Paul. It's my dad's name and ds's middle name.