Sterling or Steen?

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Bottom choices have come down to these two that we absolutely adore yet we can't quite pick one of them and also having trouble with middle names so even considering not using any.

What do you think?
Do you think these could work as stand-alone names or any middle ideas?

Thanks everyone xx

Steen is hideous. Absolutely vile. He'll be bullied to shit.

Stirling is passable if you spell it correctly.

I think Sterling is much better than Steen. I’m really not a fan of Steen.

I also really like Lachlan, Campbell and Fraser from your longer list. I prefer all of those to Sterling.

I think they're both awful. I know a Stirling and everyone joked about where was he conceived.
Fraser and Lachlan are both bearable.

Stirling, Lachlan, Campbell and Fraser are all fine. I suppose mor potential for mockery with Campbell. Steen is awful. You can’t call a human Race for reasons to many to mention. Ferris - bueller and wheel. No

Grim choices.

Stirling with an i would be better than Steen which is laughable. I'd assumed you had trouble pronouncing Steven.

Out of the long list only Fraser and Lachlan are names.

What was on the girls list? You have ....interesting ...tastes in names OP!

I like Stirling (but as PPs have said, with that spelling) and Lachlan. I don’t have a problem with surnames being used as first names, but generally I’d assume the family would be extremely well to do, or the opposite end of the spectrum.

Steen?!??
No please don’t name your child this!
I looked it up, it means Stone!?
Why?

How about Spencer?

Definitely not Race.

Not Steen!

Like Fraser, Lachlan and Campbell

Sterling is awesome! I agree I prefer the Stirling spelling though, like the place, rather than the currency.

I’m not keen on Steen personally. From your list I love Lachlan and Fraser (latter has a lovely meaning of ‘strawberry flowers’ which I noticed last week when considering it for our list!)

Oh and I know a little Ferris... I think it’s really cool. And Bueller is no bad association!

Steen looks like spleen, so forget it! Stirling is reasonable spelt that way, definitely not with an 'e'.

Fraser or Lachlan

Stirling is a great name! I also like Ferris and Holland. I don't think that a name being unusual automatically makes it a bad name. To me, your list are all strong names which are easy to pronounce and spell. Win win.

Stirling. Sterling is a currency.

Sterling or Fraser.
Can't stand Lachlan, it's like a brand name to me for white chocolate made in lapland. Or the name of a theme park or something.

Out of the long list only Fraser and Lachlan are names.

Not true. Campbell is a very normal Scottish name.

Stirling our of those two but much prefer Fraser or Flint from your longer list.

Genuine question, OP - how did Race make the list?

I quite like Stirling, after Stirling Moss, but not spelled Sterling (unless you're a family of rabid Brexiteers who wanted to Keep The Pound at all costs). The trouble about surnames-as-first-names is the danger of sounding like an estate agents, or a local solicitor - and Steen/Holland/Bingham/Callahan/Flint definitely fall into that bracket for me, personally.

Sterling = Furniture store. U.K. currency.

Steen = sounds like spleen. Looks like a misspelling of Steven.

Sorry OP that are both pretty bad.

I like Sterling the best from your list. Sterling Moss was one of Britain's greatest racing drivers, he died last month. Good name.

Except it wasn't his name. His name was Stirling.

I like Sterling / Stirling

Why do parents want to do this to their children?

@debrasmith not a fan of Bob then?

Fraser is the nicest of your names, and Lachlan. Sterling makes me think of the currency, Stirling is better.

Please don't call your child Steen or Race.