I'm thinking about Olly

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Or Ollie. What do we think? I don't like Oliver.

Cute. I like it.
Like Oliver too.

Nice name.

Congratulations.

Do grown men really want cute names?

I personally dislike nicknames as the given name . Baby Olly will be a grown man one day and would probably like the option to be Oliver

A boy at my DCs school had a "cute" name. He changed it to a grown up version by deed poll, or whatever it's called, the day after his 18th birthday.

Cute names are fine on small children. Will it suit a solicitor, a policeman, a rugby player, an astronaut or a plumber though?

I know plenty of adult Ollys  she's not calling him snuggles...
Not to my taste op but perfectly ok name for any age

I think it’s lovely & in their generation Olly / Ollie will be fine amongst all the Harry’s Louie’s Archie’s Freddie’s etc.

Congratulations OP

I'm not keen on Olly, it sounds so weak and almost comical as a name, sorry. I prefer stronger more substantial names I guess.

I really like it (and also dont like Oliver).

I know an adult Oliver who insists on being called Olly. If you really like it, then go for it!

My friend has a DS called Ollie, not Oliver, but he's always being called Oliver by accident. Also like PP said he might want the option of being called Oliver

It's a nice nickname but I don't think it stands enough as am a full name.

It’s a nickname imo and the majority of people will assume he’s called Oliver.

Used to like Olly as a name until Jon Snow was killed by one on GoT  much prefer Ollie but would agree with PPs that it seems more nicknamey than a stand-alone name.

I have an ollie (not Oliver) and I love it!

Also no ones ever called him Oliver or assumes that it's his name 🙂

Oliver. Olly is just about OK as a nickname. It's not a serious grown up name.

Depending on which region you end up living in.

To me, it sounds like "Holly" in broad Yorkshire.

I would always assume that Ollie and Olly were nicknames! Probably for Oliver or Olivia.

Despite its popularity, I think Ollie is very lovely. Oliver is on my list. I think Oliver is the best idea as it gives him the option to have a longer and more mature name.

I think it's weak and silly-sounding, sorry.

I find it rather comical sounding as a name, sorry.

No. Fine as a diminutive for a child - if you really must - not as a real name

You're naming a future adult. Give him the choice of an adult's name.

Give the choice. We have friends who called DS Oliver but from the off told everyone he would be known as Ollie. That way if he ever decides otherwise he can be Oliver 😊

Yeah I also know plenty of adults Olly/Ollies but to my knowledge they are all Oliver.

I’m not a fan of nicknames personally. If I liked Olly but not Oliver I would have to rule it out.

He will need to be Oliver as a given name.
My 19 year old DS is Oliver.
He was Ollie as a young child, even when he went to secondary school - on the forms, preferred name: Ollie.

But now he is at uni. And he went there as an Oliver (his choice).

His mates still call him Ollie. But he is wanting Oliver as his 'adult' name. (as he should)

I would assume that any boy I meet called Ollie is an Oliver. Sorry.