Rory, Corey, Toby? Any bad reputations?

[Liland]

I've been perusing these boards for a while in search of our due next month first baby boy's name, and it's become apparent that some names have a certain reputation I wasn't aware of - I have no Mum friends or involvement with kids yet, so this is new ground for me, and I don't want to pick a name people will make judegments about before meeting my child, at school and such.

Are there any prevailing opinions on Rory, Toby or Corey? Me and DP like all 3, but have been struggling to agree on any others! All work well with his last name, and we'll work on a middle name later on. We're based in the UK if that matters!

Any opinions would be very gratefully received!

Toby is very wet and blah, tbh. Rory is nice. Never really liked Corey, always seemed like a very American name to me.

None are my cup of tea (sorry).

I have known many naughty Coreys. But it looks like you've ruled it out now.

Toby is very wet fish.

And Rory is okay but a bit blah. I know quite a few.

There was a very naughty boy who lived near me called Rory when I was growing up. Everyone used to say "Rory, Rory, tell us a story" so he'd get upset and smash a window. I don't like the name.

Corey is a very American name, I knew a few people called Corey when I lived there. I don't like it.

I like Toby the most. I've only known two people called Toby. One of them took a drug overdose and died though, very sad.

Hope that helps.

Rory and Toby are great

Corey = Haim or Feldman, American, not so keen on it

Ruairaidh/Ruairi and Rory aren't interchangeable. I've only ever seen this being said on MN, they are completely different sounds. Roo-ree and Roar-ee!

Anyway, back to the point.

Rory - It's fine but it does sound like it should be short for something to me, I have no idea what/why though!
Corey - I know 4 under 10, all lovely kids and I like the name.
Toby - I know 2 human Toby's and 4 dogs.

We had Toby on our shortlist & I agree with the PPs that you should put Tobias on the birth certificate. One of the reasons we didn't choose it was that we didn't agree on the pronunciation of Tobias.

I have a Rory, who is indeed ginger, and he is the naughtiest boy in the world. Here he is yesterday after discovering one of my lip crayons...

Lots more input, thanks again :) We've definitely ruled out Corey, and I'm going to have a chat with DP about the possible problems of pronouncing Rs, so thanks for pointing that out too!

I quite like Toby. The only one I can think of (showing my age here) is Toby Mangel from neighbours a billion years ago. I’m know a few Tobias but never shortened.

Rory is nice too but there seems to be a surge of female Rory’s - I personally know 3 girls across various toddler groups, all short for Aurora.

Corey, yes it’s used for penis where I’m from (east London) but was also the name of the little boy who ate the poisoned doughnut and died in ‘flowers in the attic’ so I always feel sad when I hear it.

Toby and Rory are good. Corey not good.