If you love it and it won’t cause the child issues (in your case I doubt it will), go for it!
I’m European and I don’t associated [name_u]Tate[/name_u] with [name_u]America[/name_u]. I also haven’t watched American Horror [name_u]Story[/name_u] so I don’t know if the association is bad or good, though I doubt kids his age would be aware of it anyway. Last but not least, I don’t think the [name_u]Tate[/name_u] Modern Museum is a bad association! I’d get it if it was [name_u]Tate[/name_u] Cemetery but museums are lovely places
I think a little boy would like the name [name_u]Tate[/name_u], it just has a fun sound to it. I’d just make sure he has a masculine middle name since [name_u]Tate[/name_u] sounds like [name_f]Kate[/name_f]
The only thing that could be a problem is the [name_m]French[/name_m] association, do you have family in [name_f]France[/name_f] that you visit regularly? If not it should be fine
Good luck naming your son
Well I am reassured about the associations now thanks to your points of view.
Now for the french problem : my family lives in france and communicate via letters and sometimes text messages, but i am worried that when they see the name written for the first time, they might think it is pronounced “TAT” and not “TAYT”, because they dont speak a word of english.
They might think I made a weird choice…
Also, I have been adviced to use [name_u]Tate[/name_u] as a nickname for [name_u]Tatum[/name_u] or Tatius, but I don’t like any of these names.
Maybe there is a name out there that could go with [name_u]Tate[/name_u] as a nickname?
I like [name_u]Tate[/name_u] - it’s simple and sweet - boyish and gentle. It does have a kind of ‘American’ vibe to it, but I came across a [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], a [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u] and a [name_m]Nolan[/name_m] in the UK recently, and they seemed to be fine with those more American feeling names.
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] could be a full name option. [name_m]Nate[/name_m] is the more obvious nickname choice but I don’t see why [name_u]Tate[/name_u] couldn’t work
Never been clear on what “too American” is supposed to mean, but we certainly didn’t invent the name. [name_u]Tate[/name_u] is an English surname. I see no reason it wouldn’t be usable in the UK.
I’m so sorry I know realize my comment might have seemed a little rude. And even though it seems American, that doesn’t matter ? As I said, you should absolutely use it if you love it
Would it be an alternative to pronounce it [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-TEH in [name_m]French[/name_m]? Or maybe be called by his middle name
I love [name_u]Tate[/name_u] and had it on my list. I like how it means “cheerful”. I will say the name is very southern American, and the boys I know with that name all live in the South of the US. But I still think it could work in the UK. The ONLY drawback I had with [name_u]Tate[/name_u] was that it rhymes with a particular term used for, ahem, “self-play”. I was just worried about potential lockerroom teasing…
[name_u]Tate[/name_u] is adorable! The only association I have with it is the adorable little kid from the [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] show. I’m a Londoner, and I didn’t even connect it to the [name_u]Tate[/name_u].
I’m British and I’ve met a little [name_u]Tate[/name_u] before, as well as [name_m]Cooper[/name_m], [name_u]Hunter[/name_u], [name_u]Hudson[/name_u], [name_u]Parker[/name_u], [name_u]Jensen[/name_u] and many other similar surname names. I don’t think it would feel at all out of place here, especially if you’re in [name_u]London[/name_u] where there’s such a wide range of names in use.
The real downside that I can see is the [name_m]French[/name_m] thing, since you have [name_m]French[/name_m] family who speak no English. As I understand it, the [name_m]French[/name_m] meaning isn’t bad, but you’re worried it would seem a little odd to your [name_m]French[/name_m]-speaking family members? Hmm, it’s a tricky one, and we struggle with the same thing since DH has [name_m]French[/name_m] family too.
Ultimately, I think you should use it if it feels like “the one”. It’s not a super-common verb anyway, plus the name is pronounced differently from the verb form (I don’t think [name_m]French[/name_m] speakers will struggle to say “TAYT” rather than “TAT” if you make the proper pronunciation clear).
Here are a few similar alternatives, just in case:
There’s the alternative spelling of [name_u]Tait[/name_u]. Would that clear up the pronouncation for your [name_m]French[/name_m] relatives? I personally love the name and it’s meaning of cheerful; brings joy. When I was naming my son, nameberry said that [name_u]Tatum[/name_u] and [name_u]Tate[/name_u] could mean long winded like a politician. That’s why I went with the [name_u]Tait[/name_u] spelling. Of course, now that I look again, that meaning isn’t to be found, lol.
I really love [name_u]Tate[/name_u]. It’s one of my favorite boy’s names. And I like it as the full name, not a nn. As an aside, maybe because of [name_u]Tatum[/name_u] O’[name_u]Neal[/name_u], I think of [name_u]Tatum[/name_u] as more as a girl’s name.
I really like [name_u]Tate[/name_u] and I don’t think it needs a “long” name to go with it. Surely once you introduce him to your family they will get to grips with the pronunciation?
I really like the name [name_u]Tate[/name_u], and it was one of my favourites for along time (along with [name_u]Harley[/name_u] and [name_f]Pixie[/name_f]), but to me I prefer it on a girl.
As a [name_u]Brit[/name_u] myself, it does make me think of the [name_u]Tate[/name_u] Modern but that’s not a bad thing.
I believe you just need to click on the highlighted [name_u]Tate[/name_u] to see that it does mean cheerful. Here is a link to show one source for the other meaning I found. It’s a Native American meaning for the name. https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Tate/m
From what I understand, from the 5 minutes or so of research I just did, [name_u]Tate[/name_u] and [name_u]Tait[/name_u], while pronounced the same, have different origins. [name_u]Tate[/name_u] comes from the Old English name [name_f]Tata[/name_f] of unknown origin while [name_u]Tait[/name_u] comes from the Old Norse word teitr meaning “cheerful”. Somewhere along the line, the names got lumped together. I find that most name sites—excluding the ones like Behind the Name which is definitely the most accurate—like to put down a meaning for every name, whether it’s the actual meaning or not.
(And of course what it means in my language, but that doesn’t matter anywhere except Scandinavia