Thoughts on this boy’s name

[Silentfitness]

Deacon?

middle names Michael Ray

Surname begins with a V

No, sorry.

Deacon like the people below priests?

It's a job in a Christian church, below vicar or priest.

It was also sadly used as an insult when I was at school

I don't think it's a name. Dickon is a name. I used to know a Dickon.

Yes, as PP said, people of a certain generation (mine, sadly) used it as an insult. Came from a Blue Peter appeal to build a home for Joey Deacon, a man with cerebral palsy.
There's also the church associations, and it makes me think of Deacon Blue (a band that were around in the late 80s).

I don't mind it, it makes think of the US sitcom King of Queens.

Nooooo

Deacon blue
Archdeacon
Pick a proper name

So the initials would be DV as in diarrhoea and vomiting? (maybe you aren't aware if you don't work in healthcare?)

I've only heard of the name in terms of a Christian church. Personally don't like it as a name.

It's definitely a name; may be used more often in the USA I think. Never heard it as an insult. The clerical use of Deacon comes from the Greek word for servant (presumably of the Church), so the name may come directly from the root rather than being a title name like Duke or Earl or Baron. Or it could be from the surname?

No it is not a name, and as as another poster said the initials dont go well together. But if you are set on a d name I think Declan is better.

It’s probably more used in the US where I’m from then! Live in UK now so will rethink!

I love Deacon as a name.

Likely to be shortened to “Deak” which is not at all attractive.

Ah I like Deacon but I love the character in Nashville!

Initially skim read it as Declan.

I know a teenage Deacon.

There are lots of better names about.

Reese Witherspoon has a son called Deacon. If it's good enough for her...

I wouldn't ask mumsnet for an opinion on a name as generally, they only seem to like the 'classics'.