CALEB. yay or nay?

[mumofthepsychofive]

if no can you please tell me why you dont like it.

not going to get huffy just like to hear why people dont like a name.

i.e if its because the annoying snotty nose lid down the road is called that it wont be a problem for me

My DS is Caleb. We wanted something very old and timeless (ie, not chavvy!) but also not in-keeping with the whole 'william and George' grandad name thing that's going on, something different. Amyway it turns out it's really popular all of a sudden. Bugger. Still I love it. It means bold, and his middle name Frederick means 'quiet ruler' and I quite like the sound of my son gowing to be a bold but quite ruler. lol.

I also quite like that it's hard to say. People say Calib instead so I find it ammusing when they have to put in this little extra effort to say EB. I supoose I have an odd sense of humour.....

I know a couple people who have given up completely and call him Callum which I think is just plain rude. It's not THAT hard to say.

He is not a trouble maker either. He is a total softie, but I know I'm biased.

Have I over thought this?

When I was in hospital, a couple days after he was born a nurse asked me his name and when I told her she said "OH I've never heard THAT before" and looked cross, I mean like ANGRY. It was very odd. I think she thought I was just being a stupid teen mum and giving him a wierd name for extra chav appeal, tis not my fault she knows nothing of history, it's a very old name.

a definate yes

I like it, but it does remind me of that American tv show where the son of the devil was called Caleb. It doesn't work in my Essex accent for some reason.

It's a rather clunky name.

I like it. I know a Caleb.

My best friend at school had a brother called Caleb. He wasn't very nice to her . She was lovely and I still think of her.

It isn't a chav name, I disagree with those who have said that. I thought it was posh!

I know one Caleb and he is very posh.

However...I don't like the name at all. It has "baddie/villian" connotations IMO.

I agree Caleb isn't a chav name - the one I know definitely isn't a chav!

I love this name and would use it (if DH would let me!) if DS ever gets a brother.

Love it, was almost ds's name, it does make me think of Kings of Leon first, (but thats no bad thing!) DEF not chavvy