Dawson

[OnNaturesCourse]

Thoughts?

Nothing wrong with the name.

Makes me think of the tv series "Dawson's Creek".

It made me think of Les Dawson & Dawson’s Creek. Sorry. I’m not a fan.

The best of me and Dawsons creek.

Dawsons crack, Erm, I mean Creek

creek

though thats probably just us <ahem> older posters!

I'm not sure about it as a name without that thought?!

One and only.

I've never seen Dawson Creek so don't know if that's a good or bad thing lol and had never heard of Les Dawson. Googled him and still a bit clueless.

Les Dawson was brilliant. Les Dawson - Wikipedia

Les Dennis is nice. How about Dennis for a name?
It suits DCat to a T.

I'm generally not a fan of surnames as first names. Dawson definitely isn't one of the worst though.

Daws, as a short form, is quite soft in sound. It probably has a similar vibe/tone to something like Dylan, Elliot etc. A gentle name. Depends what you're looking for a guess.

I really like it.

I like it.

I was born in the late 70s so OP saying she's never heard of Les Dawson is making me feel old 💀.

I was also a Dawsons Creek fan, though thise teenagers spoke in ways I really didn't understand but they were all cute, nonetheless.

Anyway, back to your point, OP, given your (assumed) age, Dawson would be acceptable but I don't personally find the name that appealing.

I'm a 90s kid so I don't think I'm that young lol but missed out being a teen in that era.

No.

A big no from me. It's just an unappealing surname to me.

No what? No thoughts? Lol

I think of Jack Dawson from Titanic! I don’t like the surnames as first names trend but if you like it then it’s a perfectly inoffensive name

It’s not my usual style of name but I do quite like it.

It's a nice name, I know a baby Dawson 😀

I love it but I’m biased because this was my dad’s name (Northern Irish, born 1916).

He had NN Danny.

Awful!

Middle name Les..

Not keen, if you want to go the “surname as first name” route then I think there are much nicer sounding ones out there (Sullivan, Brody, Bennett, Hadley, Fraser, Flynn, Thomson, Lewis, Heath, Clark, Bramwell…) . I think people often shorten to the first syllable too and “Daw” isn’t very nice imo.

However if there’s a drip feed that it’s a family surname that you want to use as a first name, then I don’t see why not. It’s not teasable or likely to cause him any problems imo - Dawson’s Creek won’t be a reference for most kids (and its hardly a terrible reference anyway, memes aside).

Don't particularly like surnames as first names tbh but Dawson just seemed nice - but hadn't heard it much so wondered what others thought of when they heard it.