Been thinking about Graham

[tummytickler]

What do you think.
I think it has such a lovely sound, and you dont hear it around much.
There is nothing about it to not like, yet it still seems a bit unusable.
what do you think?
I feel the same about Gladys - it sounds so light and joyous, spirited and fun like a sunny day. All the sounds are nice - but it still seems unusable!

So graham and Gladys - what is the verdict?

Really struggling with boys names, and the 'next big thing' thread has scared me that i will accidentally pick the next Finlay or Esme!

really dislike Graham, sorry. All those soft syllables and 'ay' sounds added together, with no hard consonants... just sounds wimpy. Think possibly it's the twisted vowel sound in the middle that's really off-putting, the transition between 'ay' and 'um'.

hmmm, I don't like it, but I don't absolutely hate it. I guess in ten years time it will have the same vibe as ARthur or Wilfred.

Gladys, again, I don't like it, but in style, I don't see how it's much different to Carys and Iris which ahve come back.

I like Ray too. But Barry! t hat's funny. Your friends and family would say, ha ha. But really, it's only one letter different from Harry. What about Larry?

What about Gregor with Grey for short? That is a bit 'tougher' than Graham.

But chances are Graham is going to be a dad some day. He's only going to be a 'sweet little toddler'/teenager for at most 18 years.

I can't bear all this giving baby names to people who are going to be grownups before long. All those cute little 'ie' (bertie freddie alfie wilfie artie) infants are going to be adults.

(Oh, and I always think of Graemes as Greemys, so it's Graham for me...)

I LOVE Graham and it was DH's (sadly deceased) father's name and we should have used it BUT I let bloody mumsnet feedback help talk me out of it! it got totally panned a year ago and we now have a Max.

the other issue for me is I'm American and if you say the word Graham to an American, they will say "Cracker."

(it's a yummy cross between a cracker and a biscuit.)

I'm not that keen on Gladys but there's nothing really wrong with it per se.

My dh is Grahame - I prefer it with the e, but honestly its spelt that way because the inlaws wern't sure how it was spelt bless them lol

I think its ok - as said, don't really like the usual spelling as so used to Grahame (but i do really like the Graeme version!!!!)

Gladys.....don't dislike it but wouldn't use it myself - nicer names from that generation imo

I used to know a Graham Graham. We called him Graham Squared.

Nope, sorry Graham does nothing for me, neither Glady.

No and No.

i like Gray....but not graham....