Do you like my baby boy name?

[dais23]

Hi everyone!

I've been struggling to come up with a name for my baby boy, i have been set on Oliver for a while but it didn’t feel right. Last night me and my partner thought of the name Dexter, (Dex for a nickname)

Do you like the name Dexter?

I've always liked it - maybe due to a teenage crush on Dexter Fletcher.

Love Oliver
Dexter sounds a bit rough

There was a queue which my teenage self really hoped I was at the front of!

I think if you're going for Dexter it's a name that you'd really have to love. It makes me think of the serial killer too.

Oliver is a pleasant enough make but the popularity of it woukd put me off. DD had so many in her class that they were all know by both their first and last name in full as even using their first name and initial of their last name wasn't enough to distinguish them.

I did think for a while that naming your DS Oliver had been made compulsory here.

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I quite like Dex, but not Dexter so much.

I love Oliver, though.

I love it, I know one who’s about 10 and goes by Dex and it’s so cool

My first thought was Dexter cattle.

I know a ten year old Dexter and he is wonderful!

Yes

It's ok, but I wouldn't like it if pronounced without the 'r', like Dextah

Dexter is ok but far prefer Oliver but may be biased as I have one!

It's weird, Oliver is meant to be such a popular name but mine is the only in his year at school, in fact not sure I know of any others at his school 🤔. He's certainly not Oliver 'surname'.

I think of the really naughty donkey on YouTube, ngl.

I like Oliver but it's really common. I'm currently watching the new Dexter prequel about the serial killer so that's a no for me.

No I don’t like it. I think it’s a dog’s name.

No i don't like it. Serial killer and Dexamethozone/Dex

But I also find Oliver overused and unmemorable.

No, sorry

A no from me, serial killer and dogs name.

If you want a D name, how about Daniel - it's classic, works in different languages in case of future travels, can use Danny as a nickname. I can't think of any awful Daniels.

Not really, but only because it reminds me of that serial killer show!

Yes, I like it, but only if you're planning on giving birth to a labrador.

Oliver is way way way too overused.

I teach a Dexter and it really suits him. He's Dex for short.

No.

@TinyMouseTheatre
I was in that queue too!
Loved the name when I was pregnant with my DS (now 19) but DH hated it sadly. Still think it's great - though have never watched the serial killer programme!

Love it, but I'm biased 😊

As many PP have mentioned, there is the association with the TV show about a serial killer of the same name.

What sold it for me however, was remembering how much I loved Bing Crosby as the character C. K. Dexter Haven in the film High Society 😍
And Dexter Fletcher, of course- I loved him in Hotel Babylon.

It’s fine. I was also in the queue for Dexter Fletcher.