Thanks for the comments so far. I deliberately didn't say anything about the baby's heritage originally as I wanted to gauge responses to the name itself, but it seems it's difficult for people to say whether or not they like the name without knowing the background, which is useful feedback in and of itself
I am 100% English and my partner is 100% Spanish. We met whilst I was living in Spain, but are now living in England. It's likely we'll move back to Spain in future, but will be here for at least the next couple of years
I was hoping we could find a name that was spelled the same in both English and Spanish, but there are few options for boys names and all those I like, partner doesn't and vice versa- so will have to be either English or Spanish I think
@LubaLuca I really like the nn Santi, but I'd like a name where there are different options to choose from as my own name is really short and you can't play around with it at all and I always wished I could!
@Louise0701 I like T- like when they're little, but works when older too
@iloveorange Thank you- that's what my partner says re Tiago too, though he also says it's become popular as a boys name in Spain too recently? I wanted to get an idea of it was just him who views it as a separate name, or Spaniard's generally, as the first time I heard it, I automatically assumed it was short for Santiago. When you say you don't know any your own age, do you mean they tend to be younger or older? I can actually only think of two Santiago/Santis I met when I lived in Spain and I think both would be in their forties now. Does it feel like a middle-aged man's name to you?
@USaYwHatNow yeah, that's literally the only thing I know about Dani Dyer. I saw a headline that she'd named her baby that when I was struggling with infertility and my heart sank a little bit, not sure why exactly, but I have always had the name at the back of my mind in case we ever had a son and it felt a bit weird seeing someone else use it. I think I also thought it might trigger lots of other English people to pick it, but don't think that's happened...
@whosaidtha oh no! How sad! Good to know though, thank you, as never would have made that connection myself. Even after you said it, it took me a minute to figure out how they'd arrived there! I think it's very likely we'll be in Spain by the time we have to worry about that sort of bullying though, so hopefully won't be an issue. Maybe he could just go by Santi in England...
@Flangelica Oh, great! Nice to get a strong positive reaction 