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Timothy - thoughts please...

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Aliway · 19/08/2008 19:48

I haven't come across many- or any small boys called this name what are the thoughts on this name- I haven't heard it commented on in any of the other 'baby names' bloggs

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MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 19/08/2008 23:04

Yes and I work with several, too!

loler · 19/08/2008 23:15

Dh is tim - just asked him what he thinks of his name. He said he alway want to be called Paul .

I think Tim's nice but don't like Timothy - dc all laugh whenever dh gets called timothy

turquoise · 19/08/2008 23:19

Tim is good but Timothy's rather awful and Timmy is forever Spoilt Bastard to me.

DontCallMeBaby · 19/08/2008 23:20

My brother's name too. He is now Tim on all his documentation and hasn't answered to Timothy in years. I think my parents found it a particularly satisfying name to shout when he was being awful, better than my monosyllabic bark of a name (DD has a three syllable name and I can confirm that too is extremely satisfying to yell in moments of frustration).

DB did get a bit of Nice But Dim (not least cos, well, he kind of is, bless him) but he's also 6'6" so doesn't tend to get ribbed about anything now.

He has NEVER been Timmy. That would be the dog in The Famous Five.

LynetteScavo · 19/08/2008 23:21

I like it - Tim goes really well with our surname, so was on our list for DC 3 (who turned out to be a DD)

EyeballsintheSky · 19/08/2008 23:22

LOL DH is Tim so am interested to see everyone's thoughts on it. He's never Timothy, occasionally Timotei though

MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 19/08/2008 23:23

I'd forgotten about Timmy the dog. And what about Mr Mallett?

CountessDracula · 19/08/2008 23:23

it sounds wet to me

edam · 19/08/2008 23:24

Tim nice but Tim and Ronnie Corbett are the first things that spring to my mind, I'm afraid.

Timothy is such an, um, wet name - all those soft sounds, just the one hard consonant all lonely at the start.

pgwithnumber3 · 19/08/2008 23:25

Cuuntess and edam have just replied with exactly what I was about to - it sounds like a wet bit of a wimpy name to me. Sorry!

pgwithnumber3 · 19/08/2008 23:26

Sorry, should have wrote Countess! Sorry if I offended you CountessDracula!

mrswoolf · 19/08/2008 23:27

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CountessDracula · 19/08/2008 23:27

no no not at all
Cunt is one of my favorite words

Fimbo · 19/08/2008 23:27

My friend's husband is Tim and he is such a mummy's boy it is unbelievable.

objectivity · 19/08/2008 23:27

Tim is frail and fragile and mousy.My mum;s friend's husband is named Tim and christ on a bike the SHOCK when we learned he had an affair! Timothy's just don't.

EyeballsintheSky · 19/08/2008 23:30

wet???

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pgwithnumber3 · 19/08/2008 23:33

Glad you are not offended Countess! In that case I think a name change is in order - CuuntessDracula has a certain ring to it!

jellybeans · 20/08/2008 13:10

I like it.

Jux · 20/08/2008 13:17

No no no no no!!! I know a few Tims; they all HATE it. Please don't.

Botbot · 20/08/2008 13:19

It's my brother's name too. We should start a club.

goingslowlyroundthebend · 20/08/2008 13:28

DH is Tim and hates it. Weirdly there are 4 fathers called Tim in DS's class (of 11!) I know they aren't keen either!

Jux · 20/08/2008 13:29

By the way, dh is a Tim. His mum calls him Timothy and he will one day kill her for it! The only help you can give a child with the name Timothy is to call him Tim and hope no one calls him Timmy (but they will). One guy I knew had an awful friend who called him Timmy-Wimmy. AAAAAAAAAARGH!

LongLiveCuckoo · 20/08/2008 17:42

I like it. Don't get the wet thing at all. The only Tim I knew was action man with brain. I prefer Barnaby, Gregory and maybe Jeremy. And I like Malachy. ARe they all really wet?

edam · 20/08/2008 17:45

As I said, Cuckoo, the word is a succession of very soft sounds. That's why it sounds wet. The you get all the associations with sit-coms and sketch shows...