Tennessee

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I think it's beautiful for a boy.

However, dp thinks it's strange to use a name like that when we've never been to the place?

Thoughts?

It's certainly unusual...

Tennessee Williams.

I like it.

Honestly? It's awful.

Really awful.

It’s hard to spell

I know a Tenneson!

I see to have read somewhere that it wasn’t Tennessee William’s real name.
It is a bit strange using a place name you don’t have any connection to but then I guess a lot of Children called Paris, Sienna, Dakota etc have parents who have never visited those places.
Your son will be asked many times just why he is called that so you need to give him a convincing reason.

I agree with your husband...I think a name like that has to have some kind of link.

Everyone would assume he was conceived there!

Just remembered that a relation through marriage called her son York when she’d never visited the UK. Just picked it off a map. People just seemed to accept that that was his name. Must be in his 30s now

Tennessee Williams's name was Thomas.

I would assume you were a big country music fan. Of course there’s the playwright but I have to confess I think of Nashville before I come to classic 20th century theatre.

Are you from Tennessee? Coz your the only ten I see
Sorry it just makes me think of that terrible chat up line lol

@StevieNix

Are you from Tennessee? Coz your the only ten I see Sorry it just makes me think of that terrible chat up line lol

Lol, that’s exactly what I was going to post too

@campion

Tennessee Williams's name was Thomas.

I know.

Well either you have a connection to it, or a passion for Tennessee Williams... but even then it’s a middle name. But with no reason - yes it’s weird.

Well I've never been to Florence.

Well Jeff Bezos called his son Preston.

The spelling difficulty would concern me more tbh.

Doesn't Reese Witherspoon have a son called Tennessee? Although I like some of the playwrights works, I think I'd probably expect the parents had some sort of connection to the US State instead - plus like pp, I'd worry about spelling outside the US. Cool middle name idea though.

I don’t like it

What would it shorten to? Tenna?! Nope I'm with your dh.

Fried chicken.

I wouldn't be particularly surprised by it. I'd assume you were a Tennessee Williams fan.

I'm not keen on it. I have come across Tennyson as a first name and I like that much more.

Awful