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Is James a classic strong name or boring

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bluebabydinosaur · 01/03/2019 08:07

Everyone seems to be picking unusual baby names these days which makes me concerned that James is just too boring. I think its a strong, handsome name but I could be wrong. Your thoughts would be really appreciated. Thanks

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Switsy · 02/03/2019 10:47

I can't believe some people have never met a child called James! I know loads of them.

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bluebabydinosaur · 02/03/2019 16:06

Thank you everyone. You have helped me so much. Really so much. Your comments have made me smile. All of them xxxxx

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Barrenfieldoffucks · 02/03/2019 16:08

Classic, strong. And bizarrely I only know one James under about 35.

Sakura7 · 02/03/2019 16:12

It's my dad's name and I also know a few younger ones. It's a classic name but that doesn't make it boring. It holds up well throughout a person's life which is more than can be said for the more faddy names.

CloserIAm2Fine · 02/03/2019 16:39

It’s lovely and classic, you can imagine James being any age and on seeing just the name you wouldn’t know what age he was.

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bluebabydinosaur · 02/03/2019 17:07

Hi Switsy, I just wondered where you live roughly? I know there are a lot of people called James in Ireland.

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notfromstepford · 06/03/2019 15:40

Love the name James, not boring at all but DS1 is called that so may be a bit biased Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/03/2019 16:31

Well its both. Its dull and boring. However its also classic, and while its popular. Its not faddy. It belongs in all brackets and classes.
Therefore I think its got more going for it than against it

spaniorita · 06/03/2019 16:33

My ds' middle names are James Matthew. Love them both. Go for it!

Antonin · 06/03/2019 17:12

I love it.

honeyman · 06/03/2019 17:15

Lovely name. Do not like when it is shortened to Jim !

Bumblebeesmum · 06/03/2019 17:31

Sorry when I said I have one who’s almost 7 & we’d never met another I meant children so Nursery, school, gymnastics & swimming classes etc. I know several adults myself.

elephantoverthehill · 06/03/2019 17:36

I have a James, he was named after his GGF on my side and his GF on his Dad's side. It certainly spans the generations.

mrsdavys · 08/03/2019 18:33

I don’t like James but I do love traditional royal and biblical names.
DD aged 17 has about 4 James/Jamie’s in one class at school alone but that may not be the case with younger classes

Melonwater · 09/03/2019 08:43

Very boring and overused. Sorry. So many other classic names that are nicer.

JenSFP · 09/03/2019 10:31

Good strong solid traditional and very smart name

Sessy19 · 09/03/2019 10:32

Boring. And a bit limp. Like Joshua. I think it’s past it’s best. There are so many names out there, the recycling of old names just seems so uninspired

Bananalanacake · 09/03/2019 10:37

My ex DP was a Scottish James, he told me it's the law in Scotland to name all first born sons James, was he winding me up?
Gordon Brown is a James, Gordon is his middle name and he called both of his sons James but obviously I can't go by a few examples.

NunoGoncalves · 09/03/2019 11:08

It's classic and strong AND boring IMO.

ThatsNotIt · 09/03/2019 11:10

James is a classic strong name. It wont seem to old for him growing up, and it wont seem too young for him when he is older.

I like some of these "fashionable" new names but you can't beat the classics, and the classics are quite rare these days in themselves so it's win win

aliceandkids77 · 09/03/2019 12:00

I adore the name James, don’t think its boring at all, classic & timeless.

Vestlandet · 09/03/2019 16:14

Beautiful name :-) I would chose if Norwegian part of family could pronounce it!

AliceAforethought · 09/03/2019 22:00

My ex DP was a Scottish James, he told me it's the law in Scotland to name all first born sons James, was he winding me up?

Er, yes he was! But I’ve always had the impression that James was a little more common in Scotland; maybe because we had so many king Jameses!

OP, James is a wonderful name, timeless, classic, strong and solid.

Ihavealwaysknown · 09/03/2019 22:18

Classic! DD (1) is bffs with a William, James and Thomas. All classic, beautiful names

Wedgiecar58 · 11/03/2019 16:14

i love it, strong and classic. It's a contender for my future DS.

People saying it has great nn potential, please do share. I can't think of any others and Jamie or Jimmy/Jim.