Thoughts on Mark?

[Robinson1990]

Think it’s quite a strong handsome name, will serve him well throughout life. Happens to be the name of both mine and DH grandfather. Middle name Joseph. What do people think?

I much prefer it spelt Marc.

Fine. Inoffensive but a bit dull. Prefer Marcus

Prefer Joseph Mark

not needed, they’re only babies/toddlers for such a small portion of their lives.
Um that's your opinion but you understand that you can't just tell someone what to call their own child ?
I'm not very fond of some nicknames/shortenings myself (I never had one) but I accept that other people might feel differently to me and may want the choice....

Anyway (to get back on topic OP) I think Mark is a nice classic and underused now, but I think I slightly prefer the sound of the similar feeling, single syllable John or Hugh personally (perhaps because Mark has a sightly harsher sound when said aloud).

Oh, and I think Mark goes well with Joseph - both are strong, traditional names and lovely to be able to honour both grandfathers with the one middle name too!

Mark is not common at all now for kids and so he would be very unusual but with a classic name, which is definitely not a bad thing. And maybe it will make a comeback and be considered "cool" when he's an adult while all the current cool names will be out!

I guess the more contemporary sounding version is Marcus if you wanted to make it a bit more now. If you like Mark though, I would go with it.

Go with Marcus. As in Marcus Rashford. Hero.

I like it with a c

a good solid classic name. go for it . and joseph too.
how can it be dated. it's timeless.
it's biblical, and classical. st mark's gospel. marcus aurelius.
at last, someone who doesn't want to name their child after a pop singer, or have a name more suited for a dog. or babyish.
well done OP and partner.

I don’t personally like it, Joseph Mark sounds nicer (in my opinion) then could be Joey when he’s a baby, like a little kangaroo

@IamnotwhouthinkIam I never said no one couldn’t do that with their child. I was responding with my opinion to your suggestion I could use an unrelated cute nickname for a baby/toddler Mark.

@HumptyD unfortunately don’t like Joe so wouldn’t opt for Joseph as the first name.

DS has a very short name with no obvious nicknames, not Mark but not a million miles away. His nursery call him Markalicious and my sister calls him Markington Bear. You can make a nickname out of anything!

It’s fine, but I prefer Marcus.

Its OK. I know a young Marcus, but no young Marks.
I think id have to nn him Mork

Dull and dated in my opinion. Very 70s/80s like Tracey or Sharon. It also just makes me think of dirty mark or skid mark!

@Pinkypink

I much prefer it spelt Marc.

I knew a “Marc with a C”

We called him Cark.

Fabulous name.

Ignore the nay-sayers.

I like it. DB is Mark, and I know several others in the 35-45 age group. All lovely men.

Haven't heard of a baby one in years!

Short, simple, classic and underused. Much more interesting than some of the names of the moment.