Thoughts on the name Hudson

[lil812]

Since everyone wasn’t a fan of Prairie 😂, I thought it was kind of cute. How do you guys feel about the name Hudson, for a boy of course

Great name for a Labrador!

It’s better than Prairie. I’m not keen on names ending in son and it feels too much of a surname to give as a first name.

But better than Prairie!

I don't like it.
I don't like any names ending in son either.

Pretentious

Very wannabe American-Essex. But definitely better than Prairie.

@MissConductUS, any of the above.
Do those the parent have any connection to any of the various rivers/straits/places with Hudson in the name.

It's a surname. I generally dislike surnames as first names. It's the river in New York. Not as ridiculous as Prairie though.

What's wrong with an actual recognisable first name, out of interest? Of which there are so many. James, Nathaniel, Louis, Sebastian etc etc. All so much nicer.

Not so keen.
I think the worst thing is that it will be shortened to "Hud" which is quite ugly.

imho it is a surname (son of Hud/Hugh). not what you want to hear I guess.
Unless you are in the US, where surnames as first names is much bigger than in the UK.

I really like it, it’s a very nice/manly name.

It's not awful but I keep thinking of the river and then the plane crash. Sorry!

Ok in new york where it has some meaning, but not in the uk.

It’s fine.
A bit Americanised for my liking.
But not awful.

My cousin is named Hudson - but tbf he’s Canadian.

Meh

I think it's a really ugly sound

Game over man! (And it's a surname)

Yup to 'Game over man, game over!'.
Aliens.

Not my choice but it’s okay — to my mind preferable to the popular Harrison. Go for it if you like it.
(No idea why anyone would think it was pretentious )

Higginbottom is much more unusual, and snazzy.

Naaa, not classy at all

Don’t like it at all.

It’s a surname.

Also it might be an idea to just make one thread for all your potential name choices, instead of a separate thread for each one.

It’s not pretentious at all...in fact I’d say it’s anything but!

Good name for a river, not so good for a person.

Are you a bit obsessed with America at the moment OP?

No, Hudson is not very nice - it’s a Jaxon/Kai/Riley/Mason/Tyler type name.