What are everyone's thoughts about baby baby name - Fenton?

[bluebabydinosaur]

Interested on everyones thoughts, has anyone ever met a Fenton?

Fenton gives me a mental image of a creepy butler, I have no idea why. Sorry not very helpful.

You cannot do this to a your child. They will always be “FENTON ! For Christ’s sake” etc

That video (and just thinking about it) still makes me snigger our loud

Another for either Fenton the dog or my old PE teacher!

Fenton the dog!!

FENTON!! Oh god

It just brings to mind Stoke-on-Trent which is not the most positive association for me!

Yeah 🙋‍♀️For the dog here too😂

How strange to see this- I googled the Fenton dog video last night as I hadn't seen it in ages then this thread comes up today

Dog video sorry. Doesn't help that the only child I came across called Fenton was born just after the dog video (guessing\hoping that wasn't why they chose it)

Fenton gives me a mental image of a creepy butler, I have no idea why. Sorry not very helpful
I thought the same haha! It’s too surname-y to me so makes it sound like someone is summoning a servant!

FEEENNNTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

Yep, dog video

Runaway lab is my first though too, sorry!

But I'd probably only inwardly giggle the first few times I heard it and then it would become 'them' not the dog. But pretty much everyone would be thinking the same thing.

That video is a few years old though isn't it? By the time baby Fenton is school aged it surely won't be a thing anymore so any associations are more likely to be in the next few years when he will be very young and annoy you rather than him.

I’ve never met one but it’s OK as a name. I didn’t think of the Richmond dog, though I know the video. I might assume it was Fintan, though.

Ha thought of the dog video straight away!

FEEENTOOOON

Definite no from me. I had a Fenton’s procedure after DC1. If you call him Fenton don’t be surprised if at baby groups you get a grimace from such Mum who had a tear/episiotomy that went wrong...

Isn't there an Archers character with this name?

The dog video here too!

And I really wanted to call one of my cats Fentanyl.

Fiontan is much nicer

The dog vid

Thanks for posting that video - gave me a good laugh!

Worst performance parenting I have seen was a Fenton on a train from Cambridge.
We heard the name so many times , put me off but dont like surname names much any way.