Hey all!! I was recently speaking to someone who was considering naming their son [name]Windsor[/name]. At first I wasn’t fond of the name, but now I’m really starting to love it. What do you all think?
Thanks!
Not a fan. It’s the name of a town near where I grew up, so it will forever have that association in my mind. Plus, with all the royal wedding hoop-la it seems a bit like a desperate “creative” attempt to sound royal and fancy. The nickname [name]Win[/name] is cute … but feels more feminine to me for some reason.
Definitely not a fan. I can’t imagine the name on anyone but a pale, snobby rich boy with bad teeth.
As a Royalist, I love it. I hope she goes with it.
Has there been a blog on people named after places? I have one in my family tree who has the middle name of [name]Thornton[/name] and they lived at [name]Thornton[/name]. I also worked with a lady who had ten children and all her children have middle names of the local area. Can only remember Macleay. Maybe there was [name]Sherwood[/name], [name]Gladstone[/name], Frederickton, Kempsey etc.
Definitely no. This takes aspirational surnames to a whole other level.
I agree with everything cathey wrote.
It’s a lovely name on paper, for sure. But for a real person, as a real first name? Definitely not. I work at a baby/children’s store and met a little boy named [name]Windsor[/name] once. My immediate reaction was “Eeeek! Pretentious!” Outside of the royal family [name]Windsor[/name] just isn’t usable in my opinion.
It sounds like an okay idea, it would depend where you live though. I’m within driving distance of [name]Windsor[/name], [name]Ontario[/name]. If you’re unfamiliar, Detroit shares a border with [name]Windsor[/name] and the two are very similar. [name]Windsor[/name] is also a big brand of salt here.
If fans are going to use [name]Kate[/name]/[name]Catherine[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Harry[/name] and [name]Pippa[/name] fully intending on honouring the royal namesakes, I don’t see how [name]Windsor[/name] is really any worse. It’s perhaps a little more blatant but the intention is all the same.
[name]Winslow[/name] is a less loaded alternative. [name]Win[/name] makes a wonderful nn. Could make it [name]Winn[/name].
I like these suggestions. Honestly I think even [name]Wendell[/name] or Winchester could work. I know a guy in his 20s named Winchester and he’s made the name more “realistic” for me. There’s also [name]Winter[/name] to get the nn [name]Win[/name].
Ermm. “I named him in honor of the current royal house of the commonwealth realms” is a little [name]OTT[/name] to me.
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Ermm. “I named him in honor of the current royal house of the commonwealth realms” is a little [name]OTT[/name] to me.[/quote]
Yeah, but a lot of people who use names they hear don’t necessarily look into the backgrounds. Obviously folks on NB do, but in general I’d bet there are a lot of people who hear it and think “oh, cool” and move on.