If we love this, what else might we like

[Xando]

DH & I both adore the name Brody for our little boy due very soon. Everyone we've spoken to says it's not a bad name, it's just very Hollywood. I'm trying to think if we both love this name, what other names we may like?

Corey
Kody
Brandon
Ethan
Logan

I like it OP. Are you thinking you might not use it?

Rudi
Louis
Seth
Bodhi
Zak
Eli/Elijah
Bryce
Bryant
Gene
Jude
Caleb
Conan

Hunter, Colton, Landon, Hayden

Use Brody. It is a lovely name.
I prefer the spelling Brodie personally.

Very Hollywood? Tacky. But too afraid to say

I don't think Brody is Hollywood at all! It's a lovely Scottish name. It's spelt Brodie though.

Murphy

Brodie is a Scottish name. Not a "Hollywood" name (meaning someone vaguely famous is named it I assume, or that it's too "American").

It's great, you should definitely use it and sod what anyone else thinks! My kids both have surnames for first names which inevitably get a raised eyebrow on MN as being too "American" but thankfully I live in a country where names don't signify class.

Brody is Irish, Brodie is Scottish.

I prefer Brodie too.

I love Brodie. DH has said the same and thinks it sounds too American despite it being Scottish. Last year there were 100-odd Brodie's registered in Scotland so it's definitely gaining popularity.

God, who cares what other people think! Call him Brody if you both love Brody. Hang other people's opinions.

Thanks for all the replies. We prefer the Brody spelling but that seems to be very popular in America whereas Brodie is popular in Scotland. We were pairing it with a very English middle name and love the way it sounds but all the overly American comments have put me off as we have no American connections. All the other names I like are very popular at the moment and this name seems like the only one we have which will be unique. It's so hard to not care what other people think!

Call him Brody if you love Brody. Bugger what other people say!

@YesimstillwatchingNetflix Yes I know. DH has that same opinion. My concern is I don't want to give a name that will be mocked or the child will be unhappy with and some opinions on this name are rather strong. I guess I'm overthinking it!

Lincoln

Golden rule Numero Uno: Never tell people what you're planning to name your child until your child is born! No name is universally loved. So the person who dislikes Brody might think Henry is a great name and then the next person will dislike Henry and think you should call him Joshua...and on and on.

Adolf is a definite no. And if his first name/surname combo is the same name as a famous (or infamous) person, that's also a no. Everything else however is just personal taste.

I don't think your child would be mocked for being called Brody. Kids these days are used to a much wider variety of names than in the past and Brody is pretty normal as names go, anyway.

As for whether he would be unhappy with it or not, well you run the risk of him disliking whatever name you decide on. You could call him something very standard and he might dislike it for being too popular. Ultimately though, most people don't agonise much about their own names and whatever name you give him, he will get used to it and probably not spend much time thinking about it either way.

@Xando I don't think you need to worry. Children have such a wide variety of names these days, Brody will not be considered outlandish in any classroom in the 2020s.

Congratulations on your baby

Good points, thank you all!

I like it! Go for it :D nothing to be mocked about from it

The only problem is that if he's with a group of boys and someone says "sup bro" he might think he's being personally addressed

I like it but would Bodhi be a little less Hollywood to these people? Pronounced like Brody just without the r.

Breifne
( Brefnee)

Brody is Irish

No it’s not. We don’t have a Y in the Irish alphabet.