Who has a ds called Lawrence, Duncan or Dominic?

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If you do, can you tell me how old they are, whether their name gets shortened at all, and if so, what to?

Please note that I'm not interested in hearing from people who don't like these names, as dh and I are just about quite capable of picking for ourselves .

I love the name Duncan!
sadly had no boys and dh vetoed it from the start

There is a Laurence in dd's preschool, he is 4.

There is a Dominic in a different dd's year 1 class.

All gorgeous names

My BIL is a Laurence and gets called Loz, Lol and Laurie.

I know a Duncan and a Dominic, they get shortened to Dunc and Dom respectively.

No children called any of these names but know of 2 Dominics (1 late twenties, 1 is 4) both of them get called Dom. Know of 2 Duncans, 1 late thirties, 1 late twenties) both of them get called Duncan and I know of Laurence, my Dad who is 60, and he gets called Laurence but used to be nicknamed Larry.

I know Dominic (Dom, early thirties)
and Duncan (20) who is usually Duncan and occasionally Dunc and Laurence (16) who is never shortened

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is this name htread a weird anomaly wehre no one says yuk and yet the names are for some reason not at all common

i must say that hasn been my experience of laurence

The only two Laurences I know are in their 40s. One of them, my BIL, is shortened to Ronnie.

You just reminded me.
When I was little I wanted twins called Laurence and Lorraine.
Cor hadnt remembered that for 33years or more.

I had an ex called Duncan and he was also called

Dunc
Dunky
Doonky (It was in Scotland )

2 yo Dominic (nephew) gets shortened ti Domi.

my mate has a beautiful 8-yr-old called lawrence, He gets laurie (Lorry ) and Lawrence.
It's lovely and suits him.

I know a Dominic and a Duncan who are both about 10. The only Laurence I know (mismamma - he's married to a Lorraine!) is in his 40's.

My friend has an 8 year old Lawrence, shortened to Loz or Lozza by hus peers.

Duncan and Dominics I know all mid 20's.

I have a gorgeous Dominic who is called Dom or Nic by his friends... i used to hate the Dom version but he likes it!

This thread is proving very helpful so far, so thank you ladies for contributing.

I think we may have relegated Lawrence to 3rd place as a result of this, despite us still loving it in its full version. The fact that more of you are spelling it Laurence tells me that he will have it misspelled all his life (a problem already inflicted on myself and dd), and whilst not disliking the shortenings out there, we don't love them either.

For its short format I think Duncan is edging ahead, although we have been referring to him as Dominic for a while, so will have to see if we can get our heads round using something different for a bit.

We have another 3 months to decide for definite.

I should have included Barnaby in the list too, but may have to do a separate thread for that now, as no reason why mothers of Barnabies should click on this thread at all.

my brothers middle name is duncan (he is 30)

knew a duncan once, was called duncan!

on spelloing i am surprised there are more laurences as ime or ds experience most people do spell it with a w

i just think the u looks nicer

of course no one spells huw right lol

My ds's middle name is Duncan. Love love love it, sometimes wish I had used it as his first name.

My dh's mate is called Dominic (over 40!) but doesn't get shortened.

I know a Larry (Laurence) and lots of Doms.

I have a Dominic aged 4 whose middle name is Laurence! His name has not been shortened so far except by one person who referred to him as Dommo (quickly nipped in the bud by my Mum!). A very good friend used to lengthen his name to Dominicky noo noo when he was a baby but thankfully she has since emigrated to Australia and it did not stick!

My Dad is Laurence and has been known as Lar or Larry all his life except inexplicably, by his best friend who always calls him Jack!

No experience of Duncan I'm afraid.

I am sure when I looked up the spellings of Lawrence in a baby book the spelling Laurence is more commonly used as a christian name, whereas Lawrence was originally used as a surname. As I said, we took the spelling of our Lawrence from the Super Hero he was named after . It rarely seems to get misspelt. Some people ask if its a 'u' or 'w' including Dallaglio who was signing a mini England shirt for him. He immediately asked how Lawrence was spelt, so maybe its something irritating to him too!

I know a 3yo Duncan, and about three adult Duncans too. Only the oldest (in his 60s) has it shortened to Dunc.

Barnaby - I know a 21yo with this name and he's been know as Barney since he was a baby.

Aso know a teenage Dominic, who doesn'thave his name shortened.

When I was twelve I had a crush on a boy called Duncan, who became spunky Dunky, but after he made a move on my bestfriend he quickly became Duncan Donut.

Dominics I've come across have been Dom or Dommy. Laurence - Laurie.