Is Christopher boring?

[MyMN]

I've loved the name Christopher for years and am finally getting the chance to use it. Unfortunately, I saw one woman say that she knows 40 Christophers, Johns, etc. and would never consider using basic names like those for her own kids. (This was in a comment section where she was receiving criticism for naming her kids Rowdy, Arrow, and Dixie.) Seeing that discouraged me. I'm not someone who wants to give their child a super uncommon name. I actually like very traditional names, but I also don't want to pick a name that everyone will secretly be thinking is bland and boring.

One of my children is called Christopher. So I am biased when I say I love it. Not common these days. My Chris is 30.

I have no idea what “a boring name” means. Rowdy is a deeply tedious name and indicates an “Oh, I’m such an individual, not like all the mundanes” deeply tedious parent. Christopher is a good solid name with some great shortenings-some more off the wall than others. In other words, it provides choices.

What does it matter what others think? It is a great name. I would have had one if I had had a boy!

It’s a great name.

Around 250 baby Christophers in the last couple of years. So 250 out of 300,000. There are unlikely to be 2 in a class!

I think it’s beautiful - you rarely hear it in full

will be perfect

I like it. I like Kit as a diminutive too.

Lovely name, never dates

I have a Christopher he's 18 now. I went with old names for all my children.
Better then having a common name what's everyone is called

I absolutely love it, although might have been biased as I have a much loved family member called Christopher. I haven't met any under the age of maybe 30 for a long while but it must be due a comeback, and I don't think it would sound dated at all.

Rowdy... there are no words really. I once knew a very bouncy labrador called Rowdy.

Christopher is a great name. You simply can't go wrong with it.

I'd forgotten Kester as a diminutive of Christopher - particularly as I decided I wanted Henry abbreviated to Hal from the same book (Wheel of Fortune). Sadly, DH vetoed this, and I didn't have another boy anyway.

But, yes, Kester is lovely.

Lovely name. I’d much rather hear of a little Christopher than yet another Albie, Freddie or Theo.

You don't get many young boys called Christopher these days, so it would sound quite refreshing! He is unlikely to have to be known as Christopher X at school, too.

Christopher is great. All the older (40+) Christophers I know are known as Chris with the younger ones Kit. In any case, a pretty good name for nickname choices.

It hits the - sometimes hard to find - sweet spot of a well known, traditional name (no one will misspell or mispronounce) whilst also being pretty rare these days.

I like it. I hadn't really clocked that there aren't any young Chris's so I think it's due a comeback.

My brilliant son is Christopher, he’s 36 and a star. Mostly known as Chris, never Kit or Topher.

It sounds so fresh and clean somehow. It's a good strong name and so sweet for a little one

Agree, it does sound fresh and clean and lovely in a way that other very popular 80’s boys names don’t yet

How about Christy?

It’s always been my fav boy name

I'm not a fan of Chris - that is very dated to 80s and 90s - but Christopher with Kit as a shortening is lovely.

And not boring, there are very few in classrooms etc these days. Christopher is outside the top 200 in England and Wales, Kit is 157th.

Rowdy! Christopher is one of those classics you don’t hear much these days. It’s rather nice. Prefer Kit to Chris as a shortening.