Opinion on the name Rawdon

[Booklover137]

I’m very strongly for this name and have loved it ever since I first read Vanity Fair in my teens. I just want to gage reactions before announcing it to family and friends as I’m aware it may sound a little too old-fashioned or even pompous for some (or perhaps I’m overthinking it!)

We would use the nickname Rory, and middle names would be Michael John.

I used to know a Rhordan, pronounced like Jordan

Rawdon is a village north of Leeds so, coming from W Yorkshire, it's difficult to think of it as a person's name.

Vanity Fair was my first thought; unfortunately negative as Rawdon was such a dimwit.

It's honestly awful. If be pretty confused if one of my friends or family named their child this.

I assumed you had made it up or that it was a place name, it doesn't sound like a person's name at all and is quite ugly to say.

Horrible. Sounds like "rotten".

Raw dog as in unprotected anal sex between men

Ooh my son was conceived in rawdon, I could've used it!

Use Rory as the formal name and Rawdon as the nickname

Absolutely dreadful.

Rawdon Crawley was awful though, wasn't he??

Sounds like raw dog. OP don't subject your kid to this!

I am aware of the VF connection but hadn’t heard of it as a place name.
Quite a cool name but maybe not of you live anywhere near the place.
How about Bingley? Bing for short.
Rochester has a distinguished sound to it.
Beckett?
Piers

Sounds like dog food.

I'm assuming you don't live in Yorkshire?

Sorry OP it's getting a bit of a roasting here but honestly - I don't dislike the sound of the name as much as some people (and didn't know the unprotected anal sex meaning) but he's such an awful character. Well-meaning isn't enough to redeem the fact that he's an idiot and a Hansel l gambler and just.... dreadful!

Going against the grain here, I really don't mind it at all! Think it might be one that has to grow on people. If you love it, go for it. I don't think you have to love the attributes of the particular character to be inspired by a name. For some reason it also makes me think of the name Holden (prob because you've mentioned links to literature and similar ending syllable) which I also like but dont know if i'd use. I like less usual names though (and struggling to chose another boy name myself!).

Sorry it sounds like two names put together, it’s really tricky to say. Rory is so much better.

Also can’t get past it sounding like the other made up names, Jaydon, Kaydon and Laydon (ok I made the last one up 😆)

@SallyCinnabon what about Shaydon

Awful. If you’re thinking of the nickname Rory then use Rory.

Sounds like a new character on dinosaur Train. If you're dead set on it I would keep it secret until the birth then present as a fait a compli. That way everyone will have to keep their traps shut about what they think of it.

Never heard of it before, and I have to say I don't like it at all. It has a very ugly and clunky ring to it.

Rory is nice, and a perfectly good stand-alone name. Use that.

I think it’s fine! I think at first glance it’s a surprise because of the start being “Raw” but if someone you knew was named this it’s actually pronounced “roardun” so is much softer in real life. Don’t listen to the haters!

[quote superlyduperly]@SallyCinnabon what about Shaydon [/quote]
Is that a name? 😮

I’ve never heard of Rawdon as a name, (or as a place name for that matter) but I really don’t like it.

Yet I like Riordan, which is not too dissimilar but a lot softer sounding.