Do you think you could get away with

[wombatsandaplant]

Endeavour?

This is my dream name for a boy, don’t worry I’m like 3-5 years off having children, so not going to saddle a child with it anytime soon and maybe not at all.

Yes I am an Inspector Morse fan.

My step mum is a fan of endeavour so maybe I’m being encouraged lol.

Why not? - would you use a shortened name/ name?

Endive for short

One of my customers lives in Endeavour Close.
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It's a no from me..

@Kione I was thinking Endy :D lol

This is a real human being you are naming, he will be on the planet for up to 90 years. He won’t thank you for a name like that.
Inspector Morse wouldn’t even admit that was his name.

Think more of Scott’s Endeavour. Very mixed - not all good. Wouldn’t want any of these allusions in my name I think.

It's a no from me

James Cook’s Endeavour (Australia/n Zealand) not Scott of the Antarctic ffs !!

Sorry but it's awful

Why not!

Ed for short.

It is much better than the silly Teddy trend at the moment.

Sorry it’s a no from me. A good meaning but I don’t think it’s very wearable for a person.

I think a good rule in general is that if you have to ask "could we get away with..." about a baby name then stay clear as there's every chance your child won't thank you when they're older.

There's a common Irish man's name Enda.

I think it's cool!

Or Enda for short, perfectly good Irish boy’s name!

Endeavour makes me think of some of the rarer or perhaps more old fashioned “virtue” or “quality” names used in Nigeria and some other African countries: Blessing, Innocence, Goodluck, Hosanna, Progress, etc.

Probably heresy here, but I wonder if the US spelling would work better as a personal name (Endeavor), similar to how even in the UK the girls’ name Honor is more often spelled without the u.

Every reasonable comment I’m like, yeah can’t name him that. But then every comment that likes it I’m like, ooh yes.

Maybe I should just stick to a good Scottish name. But then I get all excited when I think about Endeavour. I’ve got a few years to mull this over, we were just talking about it today so I got all excited.

I like it. Really, for his peers it will just be his name.

Hmm…I like unusual names and I am pretty open minded about them. This one’s a no for me, strangely. It’s too whimsical I think.

Nooo. It's awful.

Dev for short 🤷‍♀️. But really, it's a bit of a mouthful...and for a 4 year old to learn to spell in Reception, I think the poor chap would spend quite a long time sobbing at the writing table 😞

Nice sound and we need more "virtue"/word boys names - but quite brave imo. If he's confident/outgoing he'll love it (what a conversation starter!), but if not, he'll be insisting on "Ed" once he's old enough or "Dev" as pp suggested is kind of cool too...

Maybe compromise and use it as a middle name?

[quote wombatsandaplant]@Kione I was thinking Endy :D lol[/quote]
Yeah, sounds better I admit

I think it's cool and could be used for boy or girl. But wouldn't be brave enough. It's quite a statement name. I would probably use it as a middle name and find a safer first name

I'm a Morse fan too, but wouldn't inflict this name on a child. Even Morse himself didn't seem terribly keen on it, considering he kept it hidden from everyone!

Absolutely not as a first name. As a middle name maybe... preferably second middle name.