Is Bear really that bad?

[YellowGrass]

We would love to call our child Reuben Bear, but have seen some very negative comments! Lots of people seem to be asking!

Is it really that bad? He's 4 weeks old and plan on registering him very soon.

I know! It's an awful assumption to make but I can't help it Like I said, I would never dare say that to someone out loud

Yes.

Speaking as someone who endured 24 years of an embarrassing name please please please do not call your child bear. I'm lucky enough it was my surname and got rid of it when I got married. I cannot tell you how much easier my life got once I got rid of that stupid name.
BTW Bear Grylls is actually Edward Michael Grylls and bear is a nickname.

When I hear the name I wonder if it's grizzly bear or bare arse.

It sounds the same as the bare as in bare arse and is slightly ridiculous

Why do people do this to their dc, is it because they can't think of anything reasonable or are a bit thick or common?
I often wonder why a parent would choose a really daft name.

I adore the name. Probably my favourite and I'd choose Edward with a shortening of Ted teddy or bear

'Bear' is beyond twatty. I would think only halfwits would saddle their poor child with such a non-name, sorry.

Surely the fact Cheryl Cole has named her baby Bear is enough to put you off forever and a day?

Isn't Bear a popular slang term used to describe a gay man with a huge physique and ample body hair?

Where do you live OP?

Unadon, you are correct.

I like it. I know 2 Bears (first name) and no one comments on their names behind their back at all. As a middle name I would definitely use it.

Yes, Bear really is that bad.

Please don't do this to your poor baby.

Bear is fucking hideous. People wouldn't call their child 'Penguin'. Everyone has only started loving this name because it seems normal after Cheryl Cole has done it. That should be enough to put you off the name forever!

It really sounds like Rupert Bear expect lots of references to tartan trousers

Do you really need to ask? You're not naming a dolly or a pet, and he won't always be a baby/toddler where it might seem 'cute' Sorry to be blunt, but...

I'm with Kindle. And what's going on here at the moment, Bear and Wolf, and the like, on a few threads

No, leave Bear behind.

Why do you want to use the name Bear, OP? What appeals about the 'name' exactly?

Reuben Bear is a particularly bad combination. I don't like Bear as a name much at all anyway, but that really doesn't work.

But you know, your child, your choice.

Cute nn. Terrible given name. Would assume parent lacking judgement if not rather thick.

If you have a girl next call her Dolly, if you wouldn't then that gives you your answer.

To add child's perspective, I once knew a 'Teddy' that, at age 11, asked everyone he knew to start calling him Edward as he didn't want to go up to high school with a nickname. Imagine if he didn't like it and didn't have the choice.

And a 'Lottie' who asked to be Charlotte from the same age in.

As a second name, it's (I was going to type 'bearable' then realised the pun) ok. But it's better to give a 'proper' name as if he wants to go by his middle name at some point he has a choice.

Our ds nn is Bear, everyone calls him it and he even answers to it. Frankly I give zero fucks if anyone doesn't like it or looks down their noses at me. Call your son whatever you want, he can always change it when he's older if he wants.

I like Reuben but not Bear.

Well it's an animal. That's all I think of.

What is Cheryl Whatserface's child's surname? Not Payne, surely?

Dunno OP, it just seems a bit celebrity bandwagonny.