Do you think Rory is a nice name?

[blondemumma]

Hi all, am 6 months PG and struggling with boys' names. DS is Samuel and we don't want anything too far out. Anyone have any thoughts about Rory?

I think its lovely and im irish born and raised and know 2 Rory's both spelt that way and both fab fellas congrats btw

I love it! We've called our son the Scottish Gaelic version Ruairidh pronounced Roo-ah-ray. A lovely name either way...

I love it....
..........now

Dh insisted this was to be ds's name throughout and I rebelled throught he whole pregnancy gave birth, dh came to hospital said what do we call him then?

I decided he looked "like a fucking Rory" ,.

I now love the name am so glad that dh came up with it and ds is very proud of his name and tell people it means "red king" and "brave".

disclaimer - I hav esince also let dh name our daughter and that turned out ok too

I used to love it - but now, every time I hear it the phrase 'Roooooaaaarrrry the racing car' echoes through my brain.

Sorry.

sorry, not since the Archers introduced poor little love child

LOVE it!!

I used to have no strong feelings about the name, but these days I know someone called Rory and he is absolutely the evilest, pettiest, stupidest tosspot I have ever met in my life! Just shows how much you are influenced by people you know I guess.

Er...other than that it's great.

I really like it (it was on our list too), even though the only Rory I know is a little thug.

I like it, but prefer the Gaelic spelling os Ruaridh. I find Rory quite a hard name to pronounce, and am nothing like Jonathan Woss.

Yes, nice name.

Rory is a great name.

Love it no matter how it's spelled. And I think it goes well with Samuel (or Sam).

I love the name Rory. Was on our list for all three children. I'm Irish with a not so difficult to spell name so all for the simplest spellings!!

DS1 is a Rory, so obviously I love it!

Thanks everyone, appreciate all the comments. It does seem to be a bit of a like or loathe kind of name, but I think it goes well with Sam and with our surname. Might well be our no. 1 choice. Will probably be a girl now

We've just called DS3 Rory and have had nothing but positive comments......

No

Ariesgirl I think I know him !

rory can be a girls name to apparantly never met one though

OK, for a start the Anglocised version of RUAIRIDH (the correct spelling) is Roderick.

Ruairidh = Scottish Gaelic spelling/name
Roary = Irish Gaelic name (unsure of spelling)
Roderick = English version

HTH

I love Rory.

But am confused about all the points re gaelic spellings. To me, they're completely different names as the pronunciation is different.

Rory - row (as in row boat) - ry
Ruairi/Ruaridh etc - roo (as in rue the day) - ry

Either way, both fab names. We couldn't use either due to sounding too much like another name (mine!) or someone close to us using it first.

Always used to like it but Reary the Racing Car has ruined it for me.

I think it's lovely.

I agree with Pip Rabbit and Ineedsomesleep, great name but all I can hear is 'Roary - the racing car!'.

NB: A couple of days ago I asked DS (24m) if he wanted a little bro or sis and he said 'Roary'....think he just meant for me to put the DVD on though.

I like it but have a good friend called Rory so may be biased.