Law as a name?

[MummyJ2R]

My husbands grandfathers name was Law , not short for anything and that was in the 1900s! so I was wondering if it's too unusual to use, or I will be forever explaining or spelling it out? We really like it as we were wanting a short 3 letter name anyway....but ones like Leo Jed Ned are just not quite right ...

it’s not really a name.

Nothing wrong with it as such and I like the family connection but I think you'd be making your/his life harder.

Lawson with Law as diminutive

Oo, but wouldn’t it be cool if they grew up to be a barrister or better yet, a judge!

Have it as a second, so if he goes into policing/legal, he can rightly say ‘law is my middle name...’

I really like it. I doubt many people will need it spelling out but you may need to explain your reasoning. Very nice that it's your DH's grandfather's name too.

I met a judge, not fond of that or law x

It's different, I like it!

Lawrence maybe?

My initials are LAW and I work in legal so I do think nominative determinism is a thing!

Have you considered Lawrence?
Otherwise I probably wouldn’t tbh - or maybe as a middle name. It’s not so much that its unusual & obscure more that it’s a word that doesn’t sound like a name

Law as nickname for Lawrence is a great suggestion

I love it.

"nominative determinism"? Did you make that one up Dolly? I was a lawyer but I've never heard that before!

prefer Lawrence. Or Bonnar.

@Singlenotsingle

Nominative determinism is when your name links up to what you do for a living. So calling your child Woody means he’s more like to end up a carpenter (or a tree surgeon, etc) Or if your surname is Cook you’ll more likely end up a chef. I find it really interesting.

news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9664000/9664697.stm

Law.... I like it actually. In Scotland it means hill.

How about Laurie or Lawrence and have law as a nickname ?

They'll call him Coleslaw

Lawson, is a really cool name. Law just doesn’t feel like a proper boys name.

Ok as a diminutive of Lawrence.

I do think that if you do that, everyone is going to assume it's short for something (most likely Lawson or Lawrence). So it's up to you whether that bothers you...

Personally I'd call him a "full" name (Lawrence, Lawson) and call him Law as a diminutive. Doesn't matter what's on the birth certificate, and it's a lot faster to say "yeah, it's a diminutive" than to explain, "No it's not short for anything. No, really. It's 1a full name. Please don't call me Lawrence."

Also - Trafalgar Law is an awesome character in One Piece and I do love Law as a name in its own right, but it's not worth thr bother of having to explain it all the time imo.

I do quite like Lawson, with law as nn.

It’s a great story etc, but Law as a spoken word just isn’t a very nice sound...