Thoughts on Ben?

[Ella28_]

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I really like it.
I don’t hear of many Boys called Ben.

Lovely name

Grandad name.

Couldn’t imagine looking at a two week old baby and going ‘oh hi little Ben.’ It just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s along the lines of Victor - straight grandad name.

That’s just my opinion though

Love it! (I may be biased). Very versatile - if you like Ben there are a few longer names you can go with for official use. Easy for him to learn to read and write.

Bit blah.

I actually love it. However when I considered using it for dc3, a friend said it sounded like I'd got bored of naming children and just picked a name from a hat as it's a bit dull.

I think it's ageless, like Kate

I love it. I don’t think it’s a name that’s either dated or trendy. Just a great name.

It's fine. Not a name that people will be excited about but nothing wrong with it either. Benjamin is popular (#40 in England and Wales)and has been popular for so long that he is likely to be around Bens his whole life, if popularity is a concern for you.

To those saying it's a bit blah I agree in that DH wanted something standard. Me and DB grew up with unusual names and hated it. DH and his DB more classic names and like it so we decided to go with something normal but not top 10 (think it was about 25 when DS was born).

Dull, sorry.
Inoffensive though.

Can I have a cuddle when little Ben arrives, adore it. We knew a little blond Ben 20 years ago.

It’s fine. Good, solid, uncontroversial name.

Lovely name.

My nephew is a Ben and I think the name suited him when he was a tiny baby and still suits him now as a thirty something dad.

Booooooring.

To me the whole name Benjamin is so lovely that it's almost a shame to shorten to it Ben. Good solid name though with lots of abbreviations, will grow nicely with a boy/man and not date.

Really love it

It’s like the male version of Charlotte or Amy. Same as Sam. It’s fine!

I have a little Ben/Benjamin (well, almost a teen, but still my baby 😁!). I love the name, and always have done.

We’ve got a Ben, officially Benjamin. We chose it as it’s multinational, clear, traditional and a strong name. Only know 1 other Ben in his school of nearly 400 pupils so clearly not so many around where we live. Had a discussion about Benedict but decided no because of Benedict Cumberbatch. Also had Sebastian on our short list, but he looked very much like a Ben when we set eyes on him!!

I've always liked it.

Benjamin
Benedict
Bennett

It's perfect 😍 Benjamin shortened to Ben is lovely. Ageless, solid, classic. I love it. My son also loves it 😚

I’m another one who’s always liked the name. My younger son is a Ben - it suited him as a baby, a little boy and now as a 6ft something 27-year-old. But I like traditional names, I have to admit.

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