Briar, Ford or Grey for boys names?

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Which would you pick?

Also not keen on any of them
Grey - 50 shades
Briar- incorrect spelling of Bryher, one of the Scilly Isles and more commonly used as a girls name
Ford - Mondeo, Focus, Fiesta etc

I like Grey - although it sounds like it’s short for Graham. As an aside I don’t think it matters if anyone else likes it. Why does it matter.

Grey sounds like the dullest name ever,. If any I quite like Briar.

If you’re looking for a really unusual name I gather that no boys were named Nigel in the UK last year

Briar must be one of the Autumn Flower Fairies or friend of Puck and Mustardseed.

Briar is likely to be misread/heard as Brian which is awful. Briar Rose for a girl is lovely but even then I don't think I could

Grey I'd assume shortening for Graham which is hideous. Or yes 5p Shades Fan. Also it's such a depressing colour. You can't name a baby after the colour of depression and rain clouds.

Ford is a car, which book had Ford as an bad leader? Def don't name him after a car.

Brian isn't remotely as awful as Briar!

None of them.

They’re all awful!

Just go for Brian and Graham and shorten them ... Ford could be Fordyce

Prickly stem, car, colour?
Or
Surname, surname, surname?
Either way, I'm not keen I'm afraid.

I do quite like Graham, which I suppose you could shorten to Grey?

Grey - 50 Shades fan, mummy likes it rough
Ford - reliable but dull, will be the butt of many a joke
Briar - only ever known girls with the name

So. Uhmmm. Keith? 😂😂

None of those. Sorry

Not grey, he's the domestic abuse bloke in eastenders

Ford - a very boring sort of car
Grey or Gray - a dull colour and also reminds me of Grayson Perry, and 50 Shades
Briar (Rose) - a princess
I'm sure you can find something more suitable. I'm not seeing a theme with these names so not sure what else you might like. Brian, Graeme, Ben?

Grey is like a weird sexual term
Ford is a car
So, Briar?! Please don't call your child Briar!

Briar is a girls name
Ford - too car like and they're awful cars - id be more inclined to go for Aston ( if I wanted a car name )
Grey - he'll be called Graham or Greyson

Are you in the U.S.? Ford and Gray/Grey are both very classic, old fashioned deep South (white) boys names. Very regional and uncommon elsewhere in the U.S. let alone in the UK. Not sure I'd go for them if not from there, bit odd.

Going against the grain here I love Ford, but I do live on the East Coast and so suspect it's just a more normal name here - never heard of it as a name when I was growing up in the UK. It's actually on our list but was never brace enough to ask about it on MN Also really like Gray. Briar I'd assume it was a girls name, sorry.

*brave, sorry

Briar I love for a girl, but I'd probably assume a boy called Briar was trans/non-binary tbh.

Ford is horrendous.

Grey is meh and a bit...grey, but better than the others.

I love Grey!
Also like Ford. Not to keen on Briar but still a nice name.

why not

lupin
vauxhall or
beige

Yep Ford Prefect all the way. Ask for towels at the baby shower

Why can't people just choose from actual names for their kids? It's not like there's only a limited selection.

One of our au pairs told me that in Czech they have to use approved names. You can't just make a name up. I approve of this!