Heath Grant or Edison Grant?

[Elanne]

I have written a post here before, as we love the names Heath & Edison for a baby boy due at the end of May. We both like Heath better, but unsure if it sounds good with the middle name Grant. We would like to take the father's middle name, the surname is 2 syllables. The fact Heath & Grant both just have one syllable, it making me want to go for Edison. What do you all think?

Both are awful

A light bulb moment. Henry or Edward?

Eddy Grant has a good vibe

And actually…do you really want people to be singing ‘Baby come back!’ Every time they hear your kids name. Because that’s what will happen if you call them Eddy Grant

Hah cross post

I don't like Edison but could get used to it. In my opinion Heath, on the other hand, sounds like you're giving birth to a 55 year old bloke who enjoys a pint and a game of darts on a Friday.

I prefer Heath out of the 2 names. Edison would automatically become Eddie, then Ed and I don’t like those shortenings.

If Grant is the middle name it really doesn’t matter because middle names are very rarely used.

I love Heath

He'll be good to rock down to Electric Avenue - happy memories of nights out there so thanks for the memory.

Both absolutely awful, poor kid

Edison Grant is the name I prefer from the two.

Hope Edison will be the brightest bulb...

They are both awful. Heath is marginally less awful but only because you can't give the child the initials E G, eg (for example) surname.

Some suggestions:

William
John
Thomas
George

or if you want a little more unusual:

Headley
Briscoe
Osric
Ambrose

Thank you! 🩵

No-one will ever use his middle name so it doesn't matter.

I do like unique names, but I am not keen on those ones. X

Yes, this.

Although I do think Edison Grant sounds like the name of a science scholarship.

Hugh

The G's are out because of Grant otherwise I'd have suggested Gawain or Gulliver.

Merlin
Lancelot
Maxim
Magnus
Tristan
Florian
Degory
Dylan
Wulfric

They are uncommon rather than unique.

Had to Google the Eddy Grant reference- it didn't seem like a bad association? And it's a middle name so won't be picked up on. And I am much older than their peers will be and still had to Google.

Having said that Heath is much the better name, reminds me of Ledger or Heathcliff, and just has a nicer sound.

Grant doesn't really flow with it but doesn't matter as much with a middle name. Could you add a second middle name to make it flow better? Heath Thomas Grant or something?

I really like Heath too!

Both of these are so common - we know so many Henrys and Edwards/Eds that I need their surnames to identify them! I even know two Edward Smiths and two Henry Taylors. We really don’t need MORE..!

Heath is a great name - well known but not overused.

I like them both equally - not names I would choose personally but wouldn’t think anything negative of a boy with either name and it’s nice they’re not commonly used. If you like something more unusual then Heath is best as Edison may become another Ed. Heath Grant sounds good to me - my boy has one syllable first and middle names so I think that sounds great! 😁

Flow is only important for the first and last names imo - as middle names are rarely said aloud by most people (though I still think it’s lovely for a family name to be used and Grant sounds fine to me with both)..

Heath is stunning - such a cool, romantic sounding name. Edison is nice enough - but there are a lot of “sons” around now and I always wonder if Jenson’s Dad is John, Harrison’s dad is Henry, Edison’s Dad is Edward, Hudson’s dad is Hugh etc. It secretly makes wonder if Mum is hinting at something 🤣