Guy - yay or nay?

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Just that really. Opinions welcome!

Love it. Short, classic. Only for a male though. Use the unrelated Gaia for a female.

Like it lots.

Apple - it definitely wouldn't be pronunced that way! In fact, I've never heard of that pronunciation... What am I missing here?

Thanks for all your replies so far everyone .

The "Guy pronounced as Goo-ey" tale is a no doubt apocryphal story that I remember my grandmother telling me in the '80s about a baby that was so named because the parents read the name in a book and didn't know how it was pronounced, and they pronounced it Goo-ey.

Sorry it's a nay from me

I like it

I like it, it was on my list for ds. As long as your surname isn't Roper! I think it would go best with a surname of more than one syllable though.

Great name.

It's awful. I can't imagine calling a lovely baby Guy, and it's rather like calling him 'boy' or 'man'. It probably works better in France though.

Not keen !

Thanks everyone for your contributions and to daisy for the Goo-ey explanation .

I know one in his thirties. Suits him and is distinctive without being odd.
It's not a name I would choose but perfectly nice.

Guy is cool.

It was popular when I was young (in my area anyway) so in my head it goes with other of their time boys names like Darren, Colin, Kevin and Trevor. Which makes it a nay for me.

Nay from me, especially for a baby! Although I suppose lol grown-up sounding named people were babies once.

I love it, it conjures an image to me of a handsome, chiselled jaw, dr type.

I just think of Guy Fieri. I wouldn’t call a baby Guy.

Never heard of him.

OP is not naming a baby she’s naming a man.

If more people realised this there would be fewer Bear, Fox, Billy, Alfies..

But he’s a baby first. Before he’s a man. And after he’s a baby he’ll be a toddler, and a child, and a teenager. And personally I don’t really like the name Guy for any of those.
And yes, Fox, Bear, Alfie et al are ridiculous too. Possibly even more than Guy.
Interestingly, I wasn’t the only one to say I wouldn’t call a baby Guy, yet I was the only one you leapt on.
And I suggest you look up Guy Fieri, he’s magnificent.

Guy Fieri, who wouldn’t want to name their baby after him ?

I wasn’t particularly referring to you just the sentiment.

If he lives to 85 he will be a baby/toddler for 0.04% of his life, and a man for 79% of his life.

I’ve seen people say they can’t Alexander or Sebastian etc on a baby, but that’s what nns are for.