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Thoughts on Gregor?

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badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:37

For DS number three - what do you associate with this name?

Alternatives are Callum, Rory or Robin in that order of preference.

... I had forgotten how stressful I find name picking!

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 27/05/2020 18:40

I'm not too keen on it- sorry! I much prefer Rory or Callum. My first thought was that you intended to type Gregory and missed the Y, and then I thought of Mr Mcgregor from Peter Rabbit

Sexnotgender · 27/05/2020 18:40

Really don’t like it. All your alternatives are lovely.

LooseyGoosey · 27/05/2020 18:41

I like it, would have had it on my list but DP vetoed.

lilkim · 27/05/2020 18:41

Sorry I don't like it. It's not a nice sound to me. Callum is lovely though

Outfoxed · 27/05/2020 18:41

Gregor is a huge burly slavic man in my mind.

midsomermurderess · 27/05/2020 18:42

I like Callum or even better, Colm. Rory's a sound choice too. I don't like Gregor. It's a bit 'Kelvinside' to me, along with names like Adair or Barclay.

badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:43

Thanks!! For those of you who don't like it, can I ask why? I really like the name Rory but the more i think of it I'm not sure I can imagine myself with one. Also all Gregors I know are lovely whereas a couple of the Callums are a bit drippy or boring which I think is influencing my judgement 😬

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badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:44

@midsomer I quite like Adair!!

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Lucked · 27/05/2020 18:44

I like it. know a few little Gregors in Scotland. Very middle class up there with Struan and Ruairidh

midsomermurderess · 27/05/2020 18:46

😀

badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:47

@Lucked i guess middle class Scottish is my style... I like those names too!

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badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:48

I did not know this about myself but it is useful information to help narrow down baby name searches!!

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Boopear · 27/05/2020 18:48

Wasn't Gregor The Mountain in Game Of Thrones..? Mmm..

sweetnosugar · 27/05/2020 18:49

As Scottish is your style how about Lachlan?
Rory is lovely by the way.

AKissAndASmile · 27/05/2020 18:51

It's awful, sorry.

badg3r · 27/05/2020 18:52

@sweet i can't use Lochlan unfortunately but I do really like it.

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maddenlightfoot · 27/05/2020 18:54

I LOVE Gregor! Love, love, love. Really strong (much better than with a -y) and also love Greg. All girls here though so no chance to use it sadly. Also I'm not remotely Scottish 😊 !

LotusClover · 27/05/2020 18:56

I love it, and think it's much better than your other three choices.

ofwarren · 27/05/2020 19:01

The only Gregor I've heard of is Gregor Fisher who is Rab C Nesbit so it reminds me of him.

SnowdropFox · 27/05/2020 19:04

Love Gregor. As a pp said it's quite common here in scotland. Would be a contender if I ever have a ds!

Edenember · 27/05/2020 19:05

@badg3r I’m personally not overly keen for no reason other than it’s just not my taste (as an aside- wouldn’t like it being shortened to Greg which I think would happen) but positives are ... it’s easy to say and spell but not commonplace, cute on a little one, manly on a grown up. I’d think it was cool if I met one, just not for me personally. From your other ones I adore Rory. Gorgeous.

Edenember · 27/05/2020 19:06

I’ve always liked Hamish and Alasdair.

Joolsin · 27/05/2020 19:09

I love it - really strong sounding name and much nicer than Gregory (weird that the Y makes such a difference!). Don't like Greg, though!

badg3r · 27/05/2020 19:19

@Edenember i now what you mean, there are it turns out many many names that I really like but that just can't imagine using in my own kids!

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Blursula · 27/05/2020 19:34

Strongly dislike it, sorry. It’s very harsh sounding to my ears, probably due to the emphasis on EGG. It’s kind of like the sound I imagine a gigantic toad to make (you did ask!)

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