Brooke or Berkeley

[BCW6]

Brooke Ryan
or
Berkeley Ryan

other B suggestions welcome

Berkeley = cigarettes.

Berkeley is rhyming slang for cunt
And shortens to berk

Brooke is nice for a girl. Berkeley is awful for a boy or girl. For a boy, I like Blake, which you might also like, or maybe Brady.

Oh or Brodie.

Brooke seems like a girls name and Berkeley a dogs name. Any others on the list?

I like Brooke for a girl, not keen if it's a boy.

I really don't like Berkeley for either gender, sorry.

Is the name for a boy or a girl?

They're both frightful

Brooke is fine, I like it!

Brooke is nice

Berkeley is bloody awful.

Brooke is dated for a girl. And Berkeley reminds me of a packet of cigarettes.
Agree with a pp. Briony ( spelt this way is lovely), and Benjamin is a great name.
What else do you like ??

@Scarby9

I agree about avoiding the Berk abbreviation in the UK. It sounds as if you like BK names, not just B names, and surname type names too. So what about: Baker Ryan Barclay Ryan Brinkley Ryan Brenkley Ryan Backley Ryan Bracken Ryan Brackley Ryan Braxton Ryon

A superb list! I sincerely hope I have 8 more children so I can use all of these as call them my Backstreet (another name suggestion for the BK sound?) Boyz!!

*and call them

Braxton hicjs

Barclay Bank

Berkeley Square

Op please don't go out of your way to try and think up a different or unusual name, often they miss the mark!

Are you just wanting the initial B?

Burger King will be the result of BK initials.!

Oh god

Maybe just call the baby Ryan

Eeww Berkeley..... as in a packet of cigarettes! Give your head a wobble .

Berkeley is the name of a castle just north of Bristol.
It also sounds the same as Barclays, as in Barclays Bank.

I do actually know an adult called Berke, wasnt born in the UK though, and I'm not close enough to him to ask where he got his name from, he's cypriot/USA. He never got any shit from us on his name, but then, we were all young adults and he was a great guy so no-one took the piss.

Its not a great name to use in the uk imo. In the USA Berkeley is also a university in california.

@MrsMoastyToasty

Berkeley is the name of a castle just north of Bristol. It also sounds the same as Barclays, as in Barclays Bank.

Yes.

Except it still says "Berk".

I knew a lovely lad called Brook a few years ago. You definitely need to lose the E on the end though...

Neither - sorry. Both sound harsh.

I do like Braxton and Brodie though

I like Brooke for a girl.

I’d assume Berkeley was a boy, and I’d definitely avoid the name if you’re in the UK. Theres the connotation of the Berkeley Hunt, rhyming slang / berk, and the brand of cigarettes.

Why don't you use Ryan as a first name?