Can you just confirm with me that this is not a good name

[hotcrumpets]

We have two so far

Harry or Max (both of which I love so don't mind which one)

but DP won't move off

Troy

he really want's it and i'm sorry to anybody with DC named it but I can't stand it

it isn't a good name is it?

Nop not good. maybe as a middle name. I quite like Harry Troy ...

NO!!! Others fine although they seem to be everywhere atm.

Troy McClure is what sprang to mind....

Other two absolutely fine but there will probably be a lot of them around.

((Sigh))
Brad Pitt
((Sigh))

I think you would have to be able to 'live up' to a name like Troy.

Which could be hard.

I mean, a tall, sporty, confident boy might get away with it.

A small, shy, studious type might not.

Get him watching the Rome series on BBC2 on Sundays, some great ancient names on that.

I taught a Troy once.

It means coming from the land of curly haired people iirc.

I like it

I knew a grown up Troy who was v attractive, rakish and spoilt

Another big fat no to Troy. Troy sounds like trouble to me. Max and Harry both good, slightly prefer Harry.

oh troy is troy mclure, surely

"hi, I'm troy mclure, you may remember me from such well known films as..."

"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on tv"

etc

am so that the simpsons is now shite

Troy is not great, don't know why but it just seems like trying too hard to be different.

i think i have enough evidence here to convice dp that the name is indeed crap

fillyjonk, have you seen the trailer for the Simpsons movie it looks very funny!

troy is a porn star name

I knew bloke called troy and he did indeed think he was a super stud

No, it's awful. Isn't it a Thunderbirds puppet? Sounds like one.
Or someone from Birmingham trying to say 'try'
(sorry)

well the try I knew was from very close to birmingham aloha!

I like both Harry and Max.

Not fussed on Troy.

friend of mine just had a baby their surname is Troy they have called baby Max

Hideous. Don't do it!

Troy is a no go.

But then I love the name Hortense, which according to dh and all my friends is also a no go.....

I actually really like Troy its different

i once worked with someone whose husband was called Troy
everytime she mentioned his name i got a mental image of a gladiator and it just made me

not a great name IMHO

Troy... the image that comes to my mind is the typical american football player, greek fraternity member, in posh Ivy League University.
Or perhaps I saw many melodramas during the 1970s...