Thoughts on boys name.

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My friend is due to give birth within the next few weeks and her chosen name if a boy is 'Sully'

What are people's thoughts on this I don't think I've ever heard it before?

I think of Monsters Inc

Mulder & Sully.

I think of the pilot who landed the plane in the Hudson River. I do like the sound of the name though.

It’s a word meaning taint. For example. Don’t sully the family name.

@Allmyeye

It’s a word meaning taint. For example. Don’t sully the family name.

Yes, this. Or Monsters Inc. It's not good.

Sullivan might be better.

It was Mulder and Scully not Sully

Solomon with Sol or Solly for short would be fine. Sully, on the other hand, means taint as a PP said, and reminds me of the words sullen and sulky.

Also thinking of Monsters Inc and sullen.

I'd rather sullivan and nn it

I like it! Sullivan is also great. Good luck to her.

Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

I like Sullivan, nickname Sully. I also knew a boy Tully.

Monsters Inc.,

DS2 is Sullivan but goes by Sully (he's 6). He loves it, we love it, not one person has ever been weird enough to say "his name means something is tainted..." 🙄

Strokethefurrywall

DS2 is Sullivan but goes by Sully (he's 6). He loves it, we love it, not one person has ever been weird enough to say "his name means something is tainted

Why is it weird? That’s what the word means. Just google it. If I met you and you told me your child was called Sully I wouldn’t dream of saying that means ‘taint’ or making any negative comment but we were asked to comment on the name.

On first hearing I would think it was a mispronunciation of Sally. But that's just me.

Sully means to defile. Not an association I'd want for my child. I'd be surprised on meeting a child with such a name but that would soon pass if the parents weren't native English speakers.

Don’t sully him with that name !

HeronLanyon
Don’t sully him with that name.

😂Wish I’d thought of that!

Literally just makes me think of Monsters Inc. Nothing unpleasant whatsoever. In fact, it's cute.

I like Sullivan, love the NN Sully. x