Dougie James or Tom Joseph?

[KatyG123]

Less than a week until due date and still not decided on a name 😬

Narrowed down to Dougie James or Tom Joseph.

Reservations are Dougie maybe not good for an adult and Tom maybe boring/safe?

Any views on either name much appreciated 🙂

Hey Duggee or Doogie Howser pronunciation? Either way Douglas is better
Are you a McFly fan?

Hey Duggee pronunciation 🙂

Could have Douglas on bc though and NN Dougie

My cousin's name is Douglas. As a child he was mostly called Dougie but from teens onwards he became Doug. It depends if you'd be OK with Doug.

@user1493494961 Yes, I do like Doug but worry my child would hate me as a teen...haha 🤣

Tom Joseph is safer but wonder if I’d regret not going for Dougie as always loved it 💙

If you've narrowed it to two names, you could wait to see which suits him best.

I'd go for Douglas James on BC, known as Dougie.

I really like Joseph Thomas! Just to mix this up a bit!!
Not keen on Doug/duggie or Douglas though.
But as always, that’s only my opinion and it’s your child so go with what you like best!

I know an adult Dougie and he is super cool. I love Tom too though. As PP suggested wait and see what he looks like

Dougie James!

I'd also put Douglas on the birth certificate.

I second going for Douglas James, you can call him by the diminutive (as we do for our son who has a more formal full name). I'm generally against naming kids with diminutives, as when they're older they may want to use a name with more gravitas.

I have a 3yo Douglas. He is Doug, Dougie (Duggee pronounciation) and Douglas at home and at nursery. He likes being called all three

Douglas James for sure

You have the same taste in names as me! My eldest is Thomas Joseph (and awesome, of course ) and I wanted to call my youngest Douglas but his dad vetoed it. Go for Dougie

Dougie for sure

Round here a "dougie" means an unintelligent person

@ChihuahuaMummy1 oh no, not heard that before 🤦‍♀️

@Ricketyswimmer good taste! Xx

Dougie James but Douglas in BC and official things

@KatyG124 I'm from yorkshire if you're somewhere else I'm sure itll be fine

Douglas James

Douglas is really nice, bit more imaginative than Tom. Not keen on dougie because I hate boys names ending in ie (so twee) but at least if you go for Douglas he'll have the choice when older.

Dougie James stood out so much - great name!

Douglas James was the name of someone absolutely lovely who I sadly lost last year. Go for it. Perfect name.

@RitmoRatmo 💕

Tom Joseph