Am not pregnant but thinking on the off chance of ds3 - how about the name Byron?

[Jazzicatz]

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[Mummyof3and1angel]

I Like Byron Think Its A Lovely Name

Brooklyn Is Gorgeous Aswell

[kittywise]

Ron's a cool name!

[MadBadandDangeroustoKnow]

Did someone call?

I don't generally like surnames used as first names, but if you've got Welsh roots - and unless your surname is Wordsworth or Shelley - it could work. Sadly, it does now carry all that Storymakers baggage but that programme won't run forever. How about George Gordon Noel instead?

[MadamBovary]

Just a thought- when you shout his name people might think you're shouting "Bye, Ron!" He's also likely to get stuck with the nickname Biro at school.

[QueenBhannae]

I immediately thought it was going to be a joke and you would reveal the other two are called Shelley and Keats...
Its a no from me.

[Takver]

Loads of Byrons in Wales, nothing wrong with it at all IMO. Does make me think rather of elderly Welsh farmers though, come to think of it, but they are all very nice

[janeite]

I went to school with a Byron, who was drop dead gorgeous - and knew it.

Not a name I would pick tbh.

[kittywise]

I do like the name but only for those in fiction or poets. if I came across a child called Byron i'd think he and his parents should be avoided at all costs.

[MadamBovary]

But what if it's a girl? You could call her Bryony (IS that the correct spelling?)

[lljkk]

I know a 20 month old Byron (in England). Not my taste, either, but I'm getting used to it.

[Sidge]

I met a woman who had called her baby son Byron.

Oh, after the poet? says me.

Oh no, after the bloke on Storymakers, says her.

[olyoly]

My dh likes this name as well, but I just can't get behind it. It seems a bit pretentious, maybe?

That said, I knew a Byron and he was lovely. It isn't so popular in the US though - not in top 500.

[TwoFir]

Bye Ron Too flouncy!

[FAQ]

I like Byron - when I saw the thread title I thought of Byron Black ex-professional tennis player

[Ledodgy]

I once knew a byron he was very handsome.

[minouminou]

i like llareggub's byron, though!

[Hannah81]

My dad's name is Byron,
how about Breyen? That is my 11wk old DS2's name- -I love it - not many people have that name - none that i know of anyway.
x

[Anglepoise]

Afraid the only ones I've encountered have been the children of clients in (messy, depressing, legally aided) family law, so not too sold!

[llareggub]

I know a Byron.

He was a newsagent and used to serenade his customers with his guitar playing, wearing a cowboy hat and mayoral chain.

[minouminou]

We have twins round here called Blake and Byron
don't do it
It doesn't even SOUND that nice as a name, somehow....(repeats name to self)....nah.....s'orrible.

[kitsmummy]

Really sorry but I think it sounds grossly, horribly pretentious. Btw I met a Byron a few months ago, parents quite chavvy and it struck me as the most awful name choice for a child. And I do like unusual names, just not this one.

[lizziemun]

Not sure if i like it. But it could be because my dh knows a Bryon and he is the most boring person on this planet. Although having said that he is a nice person and will do anything for anyone.

Just bore you to tears in the process .

[Jazzicatz]

Now there's a thought Ruty!

[ruty]

i mean i wouldn't call my child Wordsworth either..