Last boys name standing

[BlueJeansBabeh]

So we are going around in circles (still, I know!). I think we have reached the final name:

Drew Alexander

What do you think?

I don’t like Drew. Love Alexander though.

Definitely Alexander - lovely and timeless.

Drew is perfectly fine and not chavvy at all!

Normally only used as a nick name in my experience but nowadays people don't bother so much. I know adult twins who in general are called Drew and Doug but do have the full names (and as adults are rarely said together).

I think it really doesn't matter what the middle name is or how it rolls tbh as after the first few weeks you wont really be using it, so just pick what you want.

Personally i'd go for Andrew and use Drew but that's just my personal preference :)

With An(Drew) being scottish you could go for Alastair (or any other spelling) which is the SCottish form of Alexander in the middle.

Andrew Alistair sounds good

Andrew Fraser
Andrew Gregor
Andrew James (Drew or AJ)
Andrew Brodie

Alexander is great, but I’m not keen on Drew. One I know is called Drool even by his grandparents.
Andrew is a better option, in case he’s more of an Andy.

I prefer Drew over both Andy and Alex.

Love it!

Alexander is much nicer, shortened to Zander instead of Alex. Drew has a different vibe and not in a good way.

A zander is a fish 🐟!

I know little Xander. I think I'd go with Alexander and let the name happen organically as it were. A lot of options with Alexander and he has some choice then. There's nowhere to go with Drew, and I don't like it.

But op, if you know the name isn't especially well liked, but YOU like it enough not to care about that, then honestly stop posting, (in the nicest possible way ). You won't convince other people to like a name they don't like, but you don't have to care too much.

My dcs have names which not everyone likes. One always gets called boring on here and the other is a family name, quite unusual, Irish (I'm irish) and people sometimes don't like it. Obviously, they're wrong but you know .

There's nowhere to go with Drew,

Like where?

Where can Mark, John, Jane or Clare 'go'?

Yeah, but Drew isn't Mark or John is it? OP has said herself that it clearly isn't to many people's taste on MN at least. I suppose Mark and John are less controversial.

Also, Drew is already a nn, for Andrew.

And even if the choices were Mark, John or Alexander, from a nn perspective, I would say Alexander has the edge, then John as you can have Johnny or Jack.

But nobody is saying op can't use the name. She asked for opinions and some people, including me, don't like it, as she has found to be the case on previous threads. Either she gives a hoot about that, or she doesn't. If she doesn't, use it and stop asking! She won't get much pleasure out of asking and hearing people don't like it if she is going to use it anyway, so I personally wouldn't keep asking, in the nicest possible way.

[quote BlueJeansBabeh]@ladycarlotta I did, yes! I wasn't 100% what to go for but I do really love Drew and I keep coming back to it. It hasn't had great feedback on MN though, I really don't want it to sound chavtastic!

How old is your family member Drew? Is he just Drew?[/quote]
Yep, just Drew. He is 3 now, was a delicious baby and now a lovely little boy. For what it's worth I don't think it's chavtastic at all, but I wouldn't let the opinion of strangers on the internet become too much of an influence on your thinking. Mumsnet is a useful resource but it's not the real world. And when he's here, whatever name you've given him will become extra lovely because it's his.

Also, Drew is a name in its own right. People are like a dog with a bone re it only being a nickname. It is often a diminutive of Andrew, but it doesn't have to be - as a surname it comes from the Irish 'Ó Draoi', something to do with Druids.

I went to school in Ireland and I don't think Drew is an Irish name...not a common one anyway.

If you do a quick google you get English and Greek as its origins..?

I always thought it was short for Andrew, but my mistake if not! It doesn't change my opinion of it at all, but as I already said and as the pp says, who honestly gives a crap what a bunch of strangers on the internet say? Honestly, you will never convince everyone to love your chosen name as much as you do.

I don't know about "chavtastic"...I'd put it in a similar category to Blake or Chad maybe, if you pushed me to categorise or explain why I don't like it. Nothing terribly wrong with those names, but they aren't to my taste. I have met Blakes and didn't think too much of it.

I knew one Drew growing up and didn't think too much of his name either.

As I said at the beginning, it isn't horrendous to the point people will be like when the hear it. But no, I do not like it.

@ladycarlotta, so, according to wikipedia, as a SURNAME, it means of the druids. As a GIVEN name (ie first name), it is short for Andrew 🤷‍♀️.

Not that it especially matters. I'm definitely not a purist about using nns as full names. Some of them, I prefer tbh.

Love Drew, not as keen on Alexander. Def not chavtastic! Like Drew on it's own or Drew Xander sounds nice!

I’ve only ever heard it as a nickname for Andrew. Would you consider using that and calling him Drew day to day but then he also has options of Andrew, Drew or Andy?

My friend has a boy called Drew and is often called Andrew by mistake( he’s 14 now). He’s always disliked his name!

I like Drew.

[quote JacquelineLadyBugg]@ladycarlotta, so, according to wikipedia, as a SURNAME, it means of the druids. As a GIVEN name (ie first name), it is short for Andrew 🤷‍♀️.[/quote]
Blake, Lennon, Ashley, Mason, Stanley, Riley, Lincoln, Shirley, Tracy, Cohen, Elliot, Addison, Austin, Harper, Mackenzie, Quinn, Grant, Avery... off the top off my head, a bunch of surnames we use as first names. I really don't see where the problem is here?

And if people are allowed to name their kids 'just' Rosie or Nancy or Archie or Liam, why is 'just' Drew not OK?

I feel that it's now a name in its own right, it would only be Drew rather than Andrew. Just the middle spot is something we are thinking about...

It wasn't so much that I was hoping to persuade people to love it, it was just to see what people thought of the two names together. I'm open to suggestions for middle spot names.I knew it wasn't hugely liked on the last post which I am ok with, there are plenty of names I don't like too and we all have our own tastes.

Obviously not liking a name and it being awful/chavatastic are two different things. To me the name never conjured that image so it's interesting to know someone thinks that. It's not changing my mind however.

Those of you that do like/love the name, I really do appreciate that and it helps to reassure me it's not absolutely awful lol! I wouldn't do that to my child 😂 I love the name but always good to say a name aloud/right it down for some views on it as a full name. Appreciate the help guys, any more suggestions feel free to post away, every little helps

Jesus @ladycarlotta. Chill the fuck out will you? There is nothing wrong with the name. How many times do I have to say that? You said it was "not a nickname and WHY ARE PEOPLE SO FIXATED ON IT BEING A NICKNAME, WHY GOD, WHYYYYYY????" Ahem, slight exaggeration for dramatic effect, but you know. You made an incorrect assertion that i and others were wrong to think it is traditionally a nickname and not a first name in it's own right. I was gently contradicting your assertion. It isn't traditionally a first name in its own right, but many names aren't. It really isn't a big deal. I still don't like it and I actually do like some other surname as first name type names, so not sure why you are HELL BENT on convincing me to like it by arguing that I WRONG. Pfft and eye roll.

OP, obviously call him whatever you like, and thank you for taking the sane approach; it's personal taste. I don't like it, but I definitely don't think it's diabolical. I wouldn't have said "chavvy" fwiw, even if I used that word, which I don't .

@JacquelineLadyBugg very strange. You're the one swearing, writing in caps, picking a fight AND changing my words to make them sound more dramatic.

Tbh it's probably a bit shitty to be the OP asking for middle name advice and repeatedly being told her choice of first name is unattractive and 'a nickname'. Literally my only investment here is in providing a more positive opinion 🤷‍♀️ sorry that gets you worked up.