Thoughts on Gregor?

[badg3r]

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!

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

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

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

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

Gregor is a huge burly slavic man in my mind.

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.

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 😬

@midsomer I quite like Adair!!

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

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

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

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

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

It's awful, sorry.

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

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 😊 !

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

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

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

@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.

I’ve always liked Hamish and Alasdair.

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!

@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!

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!)