Nicholas

[LittleDonkin]

Opinions please!

Good, strong, traditional name. I like it.

not keen. A bit frilly for me

pointysayhiphip What do you mean by frilly?

Knicker-less

ehhmm, it's over-long and on the wet side for my own personal taste. Along the lines of Timothy.

Oh I love Nicholas,and I don't know a single one under 40 so he would be the only one in his school without having something freaky .Classic and good abbreviated too.

Beautiful, under used, go for it!

Not frilly at all, it's a great name, use it!
(I may be a bit biased, I have a 10 month old called Nicholas)

Great name - I have a grown up Nicholas (and a Timothy) and neither are remotely wet - one is a super cool DJ, the other a macho sports fanatic.

I like Nicholas and Timothy. They are two names from my generation that I would be happy to see on a baby. They have longevity. Unlike say, Neil, Martin, Keith, names men y age are called. Oh, and Steve. God, I know so many Steves. It'll be fifty years before I want to see a baby called Steve!!. Sorry, probably offending everybody's husband there, so I'll stop now. But I mean, Nicholas has a slightly dated feel but in a good way.

DS1 is Nicholas (or Nick, usually) I obviously don't think it's wet Good, solid, classic Anglicised Greek name which is why we used it.(Plus DH is a big fan of Nick Cave - also not wet)

I like Nicholas and Nick but you need to be prepared for child to be called Nick or Nicky, if that would annoy you and you would feel the need to insist on Nicholas then dont do it.

I actually like Nico as a nn!!!

My dh is Nicholas.Only his mother calls him that though!He also has a sibling called Timothy(can't say I like this name though)aswell as an Alexander and Jessica.
Everyone calls him Nick who knows him.I much prefer Nick to Nicholas.My nn for him is Nico.I absolutely love Nick/Nicky/Nico so I'd say go for it!!

Nickel-arse

always have always will

Nick is a good strong name though

My brother and DP are both Nick (Nicholas and Nicolas respectively).
Both very strong traditional names.
Tin Bum is the only bad nickname you can get from it.

Absolutely love it, but don't allow it to be shortened!

I really like it, shortened or not.

Love Nicky, don't like Nick or Nicholas.

Don't mind Nicholas, but really don't like Nicky at all (I know too many female Nickys).

I love the name Nicholas or Nicolas. Lovely strong sensible international name. Don't like nn Nicky. Wanted to use Nicolas for DS but was vetoed by DH n the grounds that it sounds like 'knickerless'

it was my first choice though, it's very nice

DD's primary school has two, so maybe not that uncommon still?

Mind you it also has a Martin, Andrew, Simon, Stephen, Jason, Amanda, Paul, Angela, Claire and Helen. I think I've moved to a 1970s timewarp.

my brother is nicholas, known as nick, and was always known as naughty nick! every nick i have known has been naughty or nasty come to think of it...then there is nick cotton! very personal opinion tho.

cripes, sorry to all those with Tim/Nick combos.

Of course, names have no bearing on the beautifulness of the people.