Is this a good baby name?

[MrRenter1]

Brian/Brian?

I mean Brian/Bryan

Is there supposed to be a difference in the spellings?

Cross posted with you. I’m not a fan but it’s a sensible name.

I really like the name Brian. If you like it go for it

So awful

I'm really sorry but it's horrible.

No it's hideous

Brennan is ok? As an alternative

No. Not ready for Brian to come back yet. Same for Graham, or Derek...

Brennan is worse.

No. Not ready for Brian to come back yet. Same for Graham, or Derek...

Or Clive. Or Geoff.

I know a Brian. He’s ace but it’s not a name I’d choose for a baby. Sorry.

Brian is better than Bryan, imo, and I quite like it. If you love it, go for it.

Sorry no I like unusual names but it’s sounds too like Brain to me 🧠 🤢

I've known so many, all now aged in their 60s to 80s, that I just can't feel any love for Brian on a little child.

I mean baby Paul made a revival thanks to Sam Faiers- not sure I can be swayed on baby Brian

Don’t like Brian
Agree it’s too like Brain. It’s just not a nice name. Has a horrid sound to it

@PurpleDaisies

How about Bryn? Wasn't Jerome Flynn's character called it in game of thrones?

It’s fine. I know a teenage one. It does seem dated but that’s because it’s out of use. I also know an impossibly cool and lovely Clive in his 20s. Paul is very popular - top ten? - for babies in Germany.

It's old fashioned and it's just not a nice name. Only my opinion though.

Probably time for it to come round again. That’s what happens.

@OnlyFoolsnMothers no paul didn’t make any comeback after Sam named her baby it. It’s been on a decline for the past 20 years. Numbers are continuing to fall year in year. About to leave the top 350 names

Perhaps Gary instead?

My cat is called Brian so no. I like lots of old names but Brian isn't one of them (unless for a cat) see also Ian (equally good for a cat)

No. But leave the B off and Ryan is beautiful!

A colleague married a Brazilian man they had a baby and called him Brian, he is now six. Anyway when she brought her newborn baby Brian into work to show everyone, quite a few people misheard/assumed and called him Ryan!