Jeffrey or Daniel

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I really like Jeffrey, H wants Daniel

I don't partially like Daniel because of 'Danny boy' thing. Not great.

I love the meaning behind the name Jeffrey and think Jeff is a cool nickname whilst still being classic

Our other son is Vincent. DD is Athena. But they will be 18 and 22 years older than this baby

Thank you :)

Wasn't there a Jeffrey in Rainbow? Awful name.

I don't have strong feelings either way for Daniel.

I was going to say definitely Daniel - then I saw the sibling names.

It has to be Jeffery.

100% Daniel.
Jeffrey is awful. Reminds me of swearing. Effing and Jeffing

As others have said Dahmer not a good time to use Jeffrey . Daniel is beautiful & a classic name .

Jeffrey is dreadful even without the Dahmer/ Epstein/ Archer connotations. Daniel is nice, if a little dull.

When

*when it comes to Jeffrey, this scene in Get Him to The Greek is all I think about

Daniel

I knew a Geoffrey once who was a massive arsehole, so thats all I can think of!
Daniel is a lovely timeless name.

Daniel is a timeless classic. I don't think Danny Boy will spring to mind for most people.

Jeffrey makes me think of the phrase 'What the Jeff'.

Kit and Matthew are both wonderful names.

Daniel definitely.

Well at least your partner has good taste. Daniel is a lovely name and what on Earth is wrong with the song 'Danny Boy'?

I don't think the world is ready for a Jeffrey revival yet, your typical Jeffrey must be in his sixties or seventies. What do you like about it?

I knew a Geoffrey once who was a massive arsehole, so thats all I can think of!

To be fair, I don't think the two are inextricably linked! It's not like the baby name books say "Geoffrey/Jeffrey, boy's name: meaning 'massive arsehole'

Daniel

Unbelievable Jeff!

Daniel.

I quite like Danny Boy. A bit saccharine and sentimental but that's okay sometimes. Elvis does a lovely version.

Jeffrey is awwwwful.

Daniel doesn't mean 'to judge' it means 'god is my judge'

Also no to Jeffrey. It's not the same as 'Thomas the tank' as Thomas the tank wasn't a renowned murderer.

You say 'Danny boy' isn't great but Jeffrey is far far worse when it comes to connotations!

Daniel / Danny is nice.

I like Daniel - I have an Uncle Dan who is really cool. Dan is a great nickname.

I know a little Geoffrey who is about 18 months and every time I hear it I inwardly cringe a bit. It just seems wrong to my ears.

Feb isn't that far away! We had Amber on the top of our girls name list but then the Amber Heard trial ruined that name for us while I was pregnant. Baby is 5 months old now and I still see Amber Heard stuff everywhere so I'm glad we didn't use that name!!

Jeffrey Dahmer - it's all over the place right now!

Are you a big fan of Jeffrey Daniel (of moonwalking fame)? ;-)

Seriously, I like both names but I think I like Daniel more. I've always preferred the Geoffrey spelling rather than Jeffrey, although I appreciate that it's very out of fashion nowadays. It's not just the various dodgy characters called Jeffrey, it's also the fact that some people spell it Jeffery (more common as a surname, I think) and I suspect he'd be constantly having to correct them. Daniel has the great advantage that there's really only one way to spell it. I don't think people automatically shorten it to Danny although they might use Dan unless you ask them not to.

Same

Geoffrey was a contender for both DC. I prefer that spelling, but Jeffrey is nice as well!

Every Daniel I've ever known (I include my own brother) has been a bit of a twat and really arrogant.

On that basis go for Jeffery - those commenting about links with criminals etc - you can say that about any male name pretty much. Particularly those that are popular at some point.

Other suggestions:

Gordon
Dennis
Richard (wish I'd used this) "Richie" as a little kid "Rich" or full name as an adult.
Ronald