Crispin

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What are your thoughts on Crispin?

I knew one growing up. It just feels like a completely normal name to me. I never knew it was such a marmite name until I joined MN.

Crispin Bonham Carter.

I like Crispin as a name. Go for it. Life’s too short to not use a name you like and you will never please everyone. Even a very usual name like Joe will bring the sceptics out if you poll it.

My first thought was that it was very pretentious.

It's up there with Tristan, Tarquin and Cosmo for silly posh names.

Sorry but sounds like crispy

Nope it's not a good one 😕 sorry OP

I am sorry, it sounds very wet to me. Overly posh too.

Makes me think of Crispin Glover and the rumours of how strange he is 🤷🏻‍♀️

I've known 2 Crispins. One at school (not a posh school and no one teased him) and one at work. Yes very posh and in a position where no one was allowed to tease him.

It's a nice name.

It's an old name which I had forgotten. My first thought was 'Apples'.

I know a Crispin. About 50. Terribly posh and eccentric and a lot of fun.

It's a saints name and not remotely pretentiously posh.

I've always liked it.

Go for it.

It's fine. I know one and he's great

Creme like the donuts?

I’m not keen on it , I don’t really like the “isp” in there

LOVE Caspian though , which I hear as really handsome & adventurous

Crispin Glover, a very odd actor

I like it! I know an adult Crispin and I’ve never thought his name was odd or awful, just unusual (which makes him stand out among the sea of Andys and Daves and Marks the same age, which I think is a good thing!)

It veers toward Upper Class Twit

I agree. And too many possible jokes around crispy etc.

Oh please. Nobody calls a baby Crispin 🤣

Not unless you live in circles full of Tarquins, Rupert's etc.

You are joking.

Please remember this is a child of limitless potential, don't inhibit them with a stupid name.

Can you imagine a judge, prime minister, MP, police officer, lawyer, astronaut called 'Apple' / 'Crispin' / 'Chardonnay' / 'Cosmo' / 'Princess'? Of course not, they'd probably have to change their name to be taken seriously!

I like it. All the PPs saying about teasing, but looking at some of the outlandish and invented names people have no trouble using, Crispin is absolutely fine.

I really like it! It is posh but that's a good thing!

It’s not my favourite name, but I don’t think they’re fair comparisons on the previous post - it’s a very old saints name. It’s fallen out of fashion but it’s not absurd or made up

You have run together two genres of names.

Apple and Chardonnay - things we eat/drink.

Crispin and Cosmo - established but not commonly-used names. There are a few contemporary Crispins floating about in public life and Cosmo Laing was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

I loved Crispin and wanted to use it for DS2 who was born close to St Crispin’s day but DH said no.