Thoughts on Matthew?

[Sittingonthefenceagain]

I think that we have decided on Matthew and would love to hear your opinions. Also we need help with a middle name , any suggestions ? xx

Oh and he has Edwin and Dennis as middle names (maternal grandfather names)

I have a Matthew Jacob
He is 11 and it is never shortened to Matt, not even by his mates.

I have never heard anyone say maffew

It's a classic but that doesn't make it a fave of mine, I'm afraid. 'Matt' is inevitable - if not now, when he's an independent adult - and that (or 'mat') is something one wipes their feet on.

@Skyejuly My Matthew was Mafu as a baby because his cousin couldn’t say Matthew. He still calls him Maff sometimes.

Matthew is on my list too!
I know a Matthew who goes by Matty which I personally prefer to Matt!
Matthew Christopher is lovely!

I work with at least 4. None of them prefer to go by Matthew, they all like Mat(t).

Love it - classic and strong, easy to spell and pronounce. We didn't know our baby's sex and Matthew was our boy name

We say math too !

I love it.

My dd would have been a Matthew if she was a boy. Good name.

I love it, we almost went with it but ended up using another M name instead. Middle name would have been Jonah. I think the only thing that made us choose the other name over Matthew is that we already know so many Matthews.

Thank you all. Some great suggestions for middle names ,I particularly like Jonah , George or James.

One of my favourites and I like the short form Matt too (I don't think I like Matty, but I've never met anyone who goes by Matty so I can't imagine it happening spontaneously). I agree Matthew James sounds good, and I also like Matthew William.

Matthew James is lovely!

I have a Matthew Dylan . Almost 18 years old and we call him Matthew . School friends call him Matty or Matt chew 😩 . It’s a lovely classic name 💙

I always think of Matthews as being kind, gentle and intelligent

My Matthew is just like this :)

And it’s never shortened to Matt, but if he chooses that when he’s older, it’s his name, he can do what he wants with it.

His middle name is Thomas.

A good traditional name, I like it.
I like Matthew George best from your preferences so far. Every second boy has James as a middle name so I'd avoid it, very much the default middle.
Matthew Richard
Matthew Douglas
Matthew Edward
Matthew Jonathan
Matthew Thomas
Matthew Ellis
Matthew Flynn

Great solid choice

Love it. Solid classic

Love Matthew.
I’ve never met a Matthew I didn’t like so to me it’s got really positive connotations.

I always wanted to call a DS Matthew... And then I married one instead! Great name. Matthew Jonah is particularly nice.

Matthew Asher
Matthew Douglas
Matthew Everett
Matthew Ellis