Konrad or George

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Hi, Konrad or George - which one do you prefer?

*TiredYorkshireMam
George is lovely.

Don't understand this trend of turning C names into K names.

Either way, I still prefer George over Conrad.

Didn’t realise Polish, German, Norwegian and Swedish were trends.*
This is great! My DD is Sofia after polish roots and I would hate people to think we were being 'trendy'

George is extremely overused (and a bit boring!)

Conrad is pretty cool - avoid the Ks though....

I love Conrad/Konrad! It's strong and memorable.

George is dull and reminds me of Georgie Porgie...

I like Conrad a lot.

But in Polish, for example, the only way to get something like the hard C sound in English is to use K. (Polish C is roughly like the English soft C, so Conrad would be something like Tsonrad or Dzonrad).

I'd use Conrad in an English-speaking country, unless you're naming the baby after a Konrad or the family's bilingual/has close ties to a country/language where Conrad-with-a-c doesn't work.

@toastofthetown

"Didn’t realise Polish, German, Norwegian and Swedish were trends.*"
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Well, no, that's not what I was referring to.

I assumed if the OP had Germanic roots and was using a K spelling for that reason, she would have mentioned it.

Both are horrid.

George

I like Conrad/Konrad, but would only spell with a K if you have family heritage form a country which uses the K.

George is OK but a tiny bit dull.

Konrad is a K name - depends on the language

George.

Konrad reminds me of condoms.

Conrad, spelled that way.

I don't like George much.

They're both brands of clothes ... Conrad has a higher price tag! Not helpful, but first thing I thought!

George is a fantastic name

Jesus..

GEORGE

Konrad is a hard no. Especially with a K

I dislike names beginning with a K

George.

that's so provincial.

I prefer Conrad if it's with a C although I suppose it's the spelling used in Scandinavia and Germany.

George manages to be a bit boring and a bit uppity at the same time. Not a huge fan.

I dont like George

I have a Conrad he is 20. We have met 1 other. Its 100% marmite name. I have Scandinavian roots and we wanted names that worked in both languages. Conrad does.

I still love his name I think its strong solid and balances that. Unusual without being weird. My favourite type of name.

Unusually for this thread I don't mind the Konrad spelling I just personally preferred the C.

Hate Konrad

George manages to be a bit boring and a bit uppity at the same time.

The perfect synopsis of George!

I like them both. One of them is my DS's name.

I knew a lovely Konrad once, he was Polish so had the K spelling. It's a great name.

Just want to add when we named our Conrad the reactions went between "I LOVE that name" to " oh" (and then my mother who said " that's HORRID" only to 11 years later tell me " I always liked the name Conrad its such good strong name" but my mum was a bit odd :))

I always think of Conrad as being a very 80s American name - like Justin and Brett. I knew quite a few back then whose families were here with the oil, must be one that’s coming back into fashion.

I tried to talk DH into naming one of ours Conrad. I love it, but he vetoed it (Conrad Black's misdemeanours we're still quite fresh in people's minds back then)

George manages to be a bit boring and a bit uppity at the same time.

I sort of agree..