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Guy??

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canwegotoparis · 10/10/2020 20:04

What's your thoughts on Guy? I really love simple underused names and this one is winning for me atm. Tia x

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FredtheFerret · 10/10/2020 20:06

Really like it.

Aquamarine1029 · 10/10/2020 20:07

Horrible.

MikeUniformMike · 10/10/2020 20:07

Really like it.

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canwegotoparis · 10/10/2020 20:08

What do you like/dislike? What vibe to you get?

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Aquamarine1029 · 10/10/2020 20:11

I don't like it because of the meaning. To "guy" someone is to make fun of or ridicule them, and "guy" is also just another word for man, lad, etc...

AllPlayedOut · 10/10/2020 20:11

Hate it. It's a very unattractive name and is so generic it's like calling them "man" or "boy".

SadWife2020 · 10/10/2020 20:14

I think it’s fab & very cool

Harvey3 · 10/10/2020 20:14

I don't like it

dementedma · 10/10/2020 20:15

DS’s best friend is called Guy. he’s 18. It’s a cool name

DramaAlpaca · 10/10/2020 20:15

I really want to like it. It's such a shame it's become a generic term for a man.

june2007 · 10/10/2020 20:15

I think it is cool, I knew one or two at high school but not many that many so not too unusaul but also unlikely to be 3 others in the same class.

EhUp · 10/10/2020 20:16

I don't like it

How about Hugh?

LaVitaPuoEsserePiuBella · 10/10/2020 20:29

It's lovely

Tillygetsit · 10/10/2020 22:57

Not keen. I always think of a flashy business man with an overly loud boss and penchant for mansplaining.

MamaLoLo1 · 10/10/2020 23:11

I think it's a great name that lends itself to many personality types. I'd use it 👌🏼

pumpkinpieinmyeye · 10/10/2020 23:13

I love it

wannabebump · 10/10/2020 23:35

I really like it

daisypond · 10/10/2020 23:38

I really like it. Strong, simple, old name.

Auto · 10/10/2020 23:44

I'm not keen TBH. Guy is either an annoyingly informal word for man, or a stuffed figure you put on a bonfire. However if you like it then use it. There are always some who like a name and some who don't,

FizzyGreenWater · 11/10/2020 00:45

It SHOULD be great - classic but unusual, short, cool etc but somehow... it’s just weird and creepy.

VenusClapTrap · 11/10/2020 08:27

Love it.

pinkpinecone · 11/10/2020 08:28

Really dislike it

UntamedWisteria · 11/10/2020 08:29

Very cool name.

Like Guy Fawkes.

I know some great men called Guy.

WhiteHairReally · 12/10/2020 11:46

On our list for DS, as was Hugh.

When he arrived, we went for the third name on the list instead, because he looked more like one of them. That name also has a prominent use of the letter ‘U’ too.

Still like Guy though. I suggest it to others, so one does have a son with it as a middle name. Another had a girl and Gaia didn’t stick.

Changedname81 · 12/10/2020 17:44

Don’t like the sound of it, it makes me think of a middle aged man on holiday in a shop in Marbella buying British crisps, walking around in speedos and flip flops

Love Gus though Grin

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