what do you think to the name Dre?

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for a boy of course.

Dre-dful

when i was pg and people asked what we were going to call it dh always said 'andre 300

Moondog how on earth can you find it very offensive?.

I can find the term chavy offensive because it is.

a name is not.

It's not offensive Moondog, just not a great plan.

But ultimately who cares what we think? Once you give a child a name it pretty soon stops being the name of the person they were named after or a random set of odd syllables and just becomes who that child is.

Dunno why people post on here to be honest... I'm off.

Squirrels come to mind.

Trey is better

we prefer the shorted name Dre.

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Dr Dre aka Andre Romelle Young.you are on a roll tonight -shouty ole men,rapp star nippers

what next dog judo
fighting grannies
baby named after cuppatea

fail totally to understand why it is offensive moondog.

trey?
i don't like that.

we also have a relative in the US who is a cripp.

Dear god no.

which is fine and do what you want. but if you're ASKING for an opinion then I would put the full name on his birth certificate, giving him the option as an adult of the full or shortened version.

my son is known by a shortened version of his name. everyone calls him it. i still think it was the right decision to put the full length version on his birth certificate. to give him more choice.

you're on a wind up aren't you.

and i was suckered! more fool me! :D

I think it's ok - looks very abbreviated when written down which mighgt be why so many people have reacted strongly, but sounds ok. I think it's got a very strong association with Dr Dre which is fine if that's your thing.

I disagree that you have to name kids the full version of a name - Ds2's name is an abbreviated form of Henry - I didn't want to call him Henry it's not the name I liked!

I actually like Andre though.

you mean his name os cripp??

or are you going way off tangent

dre is awful as a name
IMO
it isn't a name IMHO

but you can call your kid what you like

I dont know why people ask OTHER people about naming their kids

its a presonal thing
if you want to call your kid something chavvy then go aheadm it really is noone elses business

well she has been gurning about shouty ole man,now rap star nippers,someone's pants on fire

dreary

but V predictable responses too.name threads always deteriorate into squawks of chavvy etc

There is a boy in dds class who was called Dre, but his mother changed her mind a year or two ago and renamed him Jay. Jay much better.

Dre very bad because it isn't a name. It's a bit of a name. Like calling someone Iam, or ual, or ard, or ick. You need the beginning bit to make it into a name. You can take it off again informally if you like, but start out with the whole thing.

as a 2nd choice we have Suge
pronounced shug

Well done