Will he be plagued by a silly nick name???

[MissMoodyMoo]

I LOVE the name Wallace but worried the whole "where's wally" will get too much

Opinions please

It’s fine. I like it. I also like Walter.

I know three young men called Wallace.
They get called Wal. I haven't heard them called Wally.

Have you ever counted how many Wally's there are in a primary school on World Book Day? It definitely has NOT 'had its day' 🤣

For context...this year I had 7 in my Year 2 class...overall in school there were probably over 30 🤷‍♀️

OP...please do not saddle a human baby with this name. It's simply awful!!

No, I can imagine a lot of awful teasing about the name.

Gorgeous name. I love it for a girl as well.

Any other names you like? I wouldn't go for Wallace.

You could always call him Waz for short! 😂

My son’s school is obsessed with where’s wally

Def not ‘had its day’

It's a lovely name but kids will be cruel to him...

A local primary did a whole school "Where's Wally?" dress up for World Book Day.

I think Gromit is as likely as Wally. I don't hear calling people a Wally very often these days.

Honestly not seen any where’s Wally at school book day for our primary (which is surprising as it’s one of the ‘easy’ costumes!) But we live in quite a multicultural area where many of the pupils parents grew up elsewhere, I imagine the children are aware of the books but perhaps it hasn’t had quite the nostalgic legacy at our school, appreciate this could be different in others.

If you love it, go for it. It'll be fine. It's not a name to my taste, but he won't be a Wally unless you call him that.

More cheese, Gromit definitely comes to mind,

I do know a Wallis if that would help prevent the Gromit jokes?

He might get lucky and be called Ace instead of Wally. Highly doubt it thou

Wally is much better than Willy!!

I like it and IMO Nicknames only happen if parents invite it and the child later on does.

2 of mine have names others were certain would be shortened they are both in their 20s and it has never been shortened.

I actually disagree with this. I've seen plenty of kids end up with all manner of nicknames whether they like it or not. Especially when they hit secondary school.

My dd1 is Phoebe whenever people tried Pheebs with her she simply said." Please don't call me that I don't like it." If they tried again she didn't respond. They got no reaction and then stopped.

Because she didn't respond the nm didn't stick. So like I said if it's not invited then you can avoid it.

Problem is too many do not say "don't call me that" because they don't feel strong enough too. Or feel it's impolite. Really then impolite person is the one using a nm the other doesn't like

I guess we will have to disagree.

Oh!! If he turns out to be a super cool teen then it could work …. if not then life could be brutal.

Wallace is a fine name, and if he's nn'ed ally, so what? Better than ... speccie/fatso/greaseball/plook/and a million other horrible nns that boys might or might not potentially come up with

Williams don't appear to mind being called Willy?! I can't see Wally as any worse.

I think it’s very cool. I’d put it on my list but I am done having babies.

& Grommet

I’d jump straight to Wallace and Gromit. Amy abbreviation of Wallace would be preferable to the name itself.