Blaise for a boy..?

[claudib]

any thoughts...?

A bit too effeminate - he will have to be a very self-confident lad to carry it off, unless you live in a rarified environment where lots of other boys have poetic names.

I think its a nice name, and we could use it (DH french heritage) BUT you do know that Blaise Pascal was as mad as a box of frogs, don't you?
I think it just carries negative connotations.

my best friend was desperate for this when pg with her ds, she went with Ben in the end and am glad she did

sorry but it just does nothing for me either

Too girly imo

If you want your son to sound like you allowed him to be named by a 6 year old Valley Girl, go for it. Don't be surprised if he later takes up ballet, or on the flip side, knife crime, as a reaction to the public response to a name like Blaise.

I had a horse named Blaise - he was a touch of a wuss!

Am I the only one here who remembers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise? That was a woman, btw.

Sorry, claudib, but you did ask!

Fancy trying out any other names on the MN coven?

Blaise is the sort of pseudonyms names used by strippers in America.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I kinda like the name

I kinda like the name

oops, sorry posted that double...!

Mills and Boon hero.

Christ no, that's vile.

Awful.

No, its a girls name, sorry

sounds dreadful, and I agree about the gay ice dancer suggestion earlier

I rather like it.

Dreadful!

No it's not a good name.

how about Beau? More of a 'proper' name....

i love it

no, don't like it. It's teh name of Barbie's boyfriend once she's dumped Ken.