Matthew / Matthias / Maurice

[Siepie]

These are our favourite names at the minute.

DP is Belgian so Matthias and Maurice are more known there than here. We live in England.

Would be grateful for any opinions.

I have a matthew

In France Maurice is old-fashioned too. But at least you wouldn't have ten of them in your son's school ! That said I prefer the German version Moritz, or the dutch Maurits.

People would get used to it quickly though, so if you love the name I don't think it being old-fashioned is a good enough reason to discard it !

Out of all your names I prefer Mathias as Matthew is very common and a bit boring.

bookmum08 Ahh, a fellow Third Watch fan!!

I like Maurice. It reminds me of that song, The Joker by Steve Miller Band.

Maurice is lovely, I think! I’d be excited to meet a baby Maurice. I find the other two names a little dull in comparison. It is old fashioned, but I don’t think of that as a negative.

I love Maurice! Much nice than Matthew, which is such a wet name. "Matt" is an awful nickname.

Matthias is fabulous.

Maurice will be generally pronounced Morris in the UK.

CanofCant yes Third Watch. I wish it would all be released on DVD. I have seasons 1 + 2 from America but the rest hasn't been released due to copyright issues over the music .

I don't really like Maurice, but I like the English pronunciation better than the French/American (for someone who isn't living in a french-speaking country) and I think the other way is in danger of being perceived as a bit fussy or camp over here.

I love Matthew (and Matt for short).

Matthias is interesting - I quite like it, but it's pronounced differently in different languages and you'd have to be sure you agreed on one!

I know a couple of Matthiases. One is Matt-ee-as and the other is Math-I-as. Matt-ee-as gets called both versions.

I think Morris is nice.

Matthias or Matthew, definitely not Maurice. As pp said, it would more likely be pronounced Morris here. I know a 70 year old Maurice (Morris) and he's usually called Mo.

The only Maurice I knew died 6 years ago at the age of 82. I love Matthew but it needs to be pronounced properly. Where I live it would be matchew!!! Matthias is cool..

Matthias