Is Henry too "Grandpa" sounding?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-19-2008
Is Henry too "Grandpa" sounding?
24
Fri, 04-11-2008 - 6:18pm

Is Henry too "Grandpa" sounding?



  • YES
  • NO


You will be able to change your vote.


iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2004
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 9:57pm

It's just so old-fashioned to me.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-04-2008
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 10:09pm

When I met my husband, whose name is Henry, I remember thinking, "How could this hot guy have such an old man name??" But that was 16 years ago. Now I like classic names. We're probably going to name our boy Henry but I want to come up with a nickname so they don't have the same name.

All I can say is...at least it's not Hayden or Caden or Jaden... I can't believe how much I'm hearing those kinds of names these days. Ugh.

pregnancy
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-25-2008
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 10:38pm
YES! YES! YES!

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-16-2003
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 11:19pm
Peoples likes & dislikes sometimes can't be explained-that's good or there would only be 4 or 5 names in use!

Andi


iVillage Member
Registered: 04-13-2008
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 11:48pm
Good Lord! Some people in here just cant take the negative opinions. That's why it's called opinions people. She didnt say give me only positive things about Henry, she asked if it sounds too grandpa and some people think yes and some think no. Quit making things so dramatic.
 <img <img <imgWedding: 
<img src="">src="
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-01-2008
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 12:23am

I really like the name Henry. I think it is old-fashioned, but in a good way.


Also I don't think that anyone said anything to over-dramatic. IMO.

Kaitlin, mommy to: Elijah Patrick (10), Emma Cass (7), and Millie Grace (5 days!!!!!!)

Kaitlin, mommy to: Elijah Patrick (10), Emma Cass (7), and Millie Grace (5 days!!!!!!)

Avatar for dr_kae
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 04-15-2008 - 1:38am

I can see that...I have a soft spot for really old names, so I guess I'm looking at, say, Braxton (which has a nice enough sound) and going "I had Braxton-Hicks contractions for six weeks! Why would you name your child after that?" But I've used Ezra and would use Moses, Amos and Epraim if I could figure out just what order to put them in with my chosen first names, so I obviously lean towards things that sound like they should come with an old fedora and a pair of suspenders. (But, really...Salmon P. Chase was a Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. Every time my husband references him (he's working on his dissertation, revolving around the Supreme Court) I get the giggles. Salmon! It's biblical, apparently, but all I can think is "fish.")

And now it's bumped back up.


<Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2004
Tue, 04-15-2008 - 10:34am
I do like the sound of Braxton as well but it definitely reminds me of braxton hicks.
Avatar for dr_kae
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 04-15-2008 - 1:41pm
Moses in on the list BECAUSE it's biblical. And I had a great-uncle Amos. I figure it's safe in the middle name position. (Besides, seriously...people use Tucker and all you have to do with that is add a line to the T.) But they both seriously blur with Scott, which is the most likely candidate for a second middle name. (It's my brother's mn and one of DH's best friends from college. We like multireason names!) Also considered Abel, Eben (as in Ebenezer,) Gideon, Shepherd, Jasper, Boaz, Timothy (more common than I usually like, but it's BIL's name and fits in nicely)...yep, geezer names, largely. And I'd use Jethro in a heartbeat if DH would stop making that face he usually doesn't make so I take it seriously when he does...

<Photobucket
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2004
Tue, 04-15-2008 - 1:57pm

I like Boaz and Shepherd.