Rory?

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What do you think of the name Rory? It's my DH's front runner if we have a boy but I'm not sold. All I can think is Rory Mcilroy and I'm not a golf fan...

I dislike it.

I never said that Rory was a shortened version of any of those names...That is because Rory is an established name on its own - not short for anything! I simply meant that each of those names have the reasonable potential to be used with Rory as a nickname.

Talk about being argumentative for argument's sake.

I like it, but there are lots of Rorys in Ireland so it doesn't feel at all unusual or like it should be short for something.

I think any Rory-short-for-Auroras would have a strange time in Scotland or Ireland!

I love it. It's a great name.

I dislike it because I worked with a shitty male colleague named Rory. I recently had a son and went with Harvey.

Christopher can be shortened to Kit. I too like Rory, though, my nephew's name.

I have a Rory and adore the name. So much so that we have a 2 week old ds with no name as we can't find one we love as much! It's becoming more popular but I don't know of another one x

I get what to mean about the long/short names. I used my favorite long versions as middle names so they would not get shortened.
I love Rory. What about Alexander/Alex/Sandy or Philip/Phil/Pip? These were the only two I liked the long and short versions of!

We have Irish blood on my side, so I guess there's a connection there.

Like Kit as a nn for Christopher, but would assume that he'd end up a Chris despite all efforts when he goes off to school etc.

Alexander is lovely, but not sure about Alex. See I'm a nightmare

I like Alexander and Alex. Not sure where in the UK you are from but I am in Scotland where Sandy is a common shortening of Alexander.

lovely

We're in England. Didn't know sandy was short for Alexander until just now

Love it was on my list but never got to use it as never had a boy x

Love Rory or Ruari/Ruairi (Irish)/Ruaraidh (Scottish)

Also love Sandy (one of the most handsome men I have ever known was called Sandy - swoon)

I have a Ruairí and love the name!

I really like it. I know a girl Rory and a boy Rory both under 3

Haha assigned my dad is called sandy but he's late 70s ....

Another owner of a cheeky gorgeous Rory here, I wasn’t fussed to be honest husband picked it but now I love it and it suits him so so much great name x

Adore the name 😍 DH vetoed it but was talking to a sonographer at our regular scan and she knows she is having a boy but couldn’t agree on a name- I suggested Rory to her... when we returned 2 weeks later she informed us that’s what they had agreed on 😂😂

Rory isn't originally short for anything, although I have heard that in Scotland it has sometimes been used as a short form of Roderick.

I have a relative called Rory who is most definitely male, and I've always liked it for a boy. I don't really like it for a girl.

Two combinations I've heard with it that I liked were Rory James and Rory Alexander. They both have the advantage that while Rory isn't really shortenable ("Ror!" is OK for shouting across a football pitch but doesn't really stick as a nickname), the middle names offer a few more possibilities if Rory ever fancies a change.

I really don’t like it. I’ve never met one and I’m not into golf so do associate it with a girl because of the Gilmore Girls. Much prefer Christopher/Kit or Alexander.

Some people can't pronounce their R. That would be a problem with Rory

Rory Bremner, Rory McGrath...

I really like Sandy, Sasha, Alec and Alex.

I love Rory. Is your surname Lyons? Cute!