Kingsley

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Any thoughts?
My best friends little brother was called this and I've loved it since I was little. My husband is yet to be convinced.
Middle name would be Cameron as that's a family tradition.

Just makes me think of the Inbetweeners. It's a surname to my ear, I find it a bit naff but each to their own!

I don't like it, but Cameron is nice

Agree with pp, a bit naff.

Bloody love it!!
Ime dc with an out there name do very well!

It's a no from me

I know a little Kingsley. I like it.

No! Reminds me of Pugsley. Don't understand MN's fascination with all these ridiculous made up names.

Good to hear a range of views...is it naf because it's try hard?? Or because of inbetweeners??
It's so hard because my association is just this lovely little toddler who we both adored! It's hard to break the love for it 😂

Love it. A good strong name. Reminds me of Charles Kingsley, a good man of his time.

Reminds me of Harry Potter. I really like it

I knew a little Kingsley in Edinburgh years ago. He would be in his twenties now. I can't say I love the name, but it's fine.

I used to work with a Prince and he was one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen irl, so it absolutely worked on him. Otherwise, I'd find the regal element of it a bit risky, if he turns out to be a laid back, scruffy surfer type for example

A rather chavvy couple on teen mom uk young and pregnant called their baby Kingsley so it’s definitely a bit naff in my opinion.

I really like it, reminds me of Harry Potter

A friends middle name, in his fifties.

Just makes me think of the Inbetweeners

I don't remember it from the inbetweeners, but it is a character from Fresh meat played by one of the inbetweeners actors. Its basically the same character though with a different name!

Its also a character in Harry Potter.

I like it

As in Kingsley Amis, the author?

It's a good name, and not at all made up.

I like it.
Pretty village in Cheshire too.

I know a Kingsley and I love the name. Really strong and old-fashioned

Rugby player from the 1980s for me.

My immediate association is with the Harry Potter character, not a bad reference, and one that only fans would be familiar with - not Minerva or Hermione which are associated by the wider population too.

I think it's a nice name, but for some reason I think it's a 'big' name for a child to take on, like Constantine or Achilles.

Bulldog's name.

Now desperately trying to remember Kingsley from Harry Potters surname 😰

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Now desperately trying to remember Kingsley from Harry Potters surname 😰

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I know a Kingsley. He has a sister called Thea. I think they’re both quite cool names.

It's too surnamey for me. Also with Cameron which is often a surname you have two surname sounding names.