Opinion on boy name

kimbee009

I'm due any day now with # 3 and dh and I have yet to come up with any boy names that we like. I have a million girl names, so I'm sure this one will be another boy : )

Anyway, earlier today I heard the name Wells and it's the first name I actually kind of like, but I feel like it's incomplete. Is Wellesley with the nn Wells totally pretentious?

Thanks ladies!!

magsugar13

Wellesley= Well esss leee

maybe your  spelling is off and you meant wesley?

Coconuthead

Wesley is great! Wellesley is too much imo and none too easy on the eyes or tongue. Good luck in your decision.

erinms

Wellesley is too pretentious, but I like Wells. What about Briggs, Clark, Brooks?

queenbone

Wells is okay-ish, it is a name used in DH's family quite a bit. 

Wellesley is an over the top way to get to a FN option you like. It's unnecessary. Both Wells and Wellesley are surnames so modifying one to get to the other doesn't really make it more of a  'name.' 

And IMO, if they aren't family names for you, neither one makes a whole lot of sense anyhow.

DaisyZH

Yikes, I'm sorry but I really don't like it.

BlueRidge8

Yeah if I heard Wells I would solidly assume it was your maiden name that you wanted to pass down.

Wellesley is a prestigious women's college and should remain such.

Dr.Loretta

Stick with Wells

Mei&Mei

Wesley, please.

MarxieVonTrapp

emmyg65 said:

Ew. Wellesley is a women's college, so it's especially odd as a boy's name.

Wesley is nice.

Dude.  Don't give your son the name of a women's college.  I went to a women's college, and I still wouldn't do it.

I know several children (boys and girls) with the first name as Wells/Welles.  Not my style, but it's a real name.  And way better than giving your child the name of a college you didn't attend or have any relation to.

BookitBoo

Love Wesley!

Wellesley is nms and a little clumsy to say.

jennypolkadots

Lol Wellsley - I will chalk this one up to preggo brain.

Wells sounds pretentious, but is about 1000% better than Wellsley

Wesley is nice. What about Brooks? It has sort of the "feel" of Wells but is a name. 

catahoulatte

Maxwell NN Wells?

Wellesley is really bad for a kid's name. Extra bad points since it's a womens' college for a boy's name. Wells is just incomplete-sounding.

youenjoymyself

I went to school with a guy named Wells.  I like it.

greysweatshirt

wells fargo

kimbee009

jennypolkadots said:

Lol Wellsley - I will chalk this one up to preggo brain.

Wells sounds pretentious, but is about 1000% better than Wellsley

Wesley is nice. What about Brooks? It has sort of the "feel" of Wells but is a name. 

When looking up a full name that can work with Wells as a nn, I automatically thought it would be spelled this way, but all name sites have it's as Wellesley...I guess it's a British spelling : /

Ugh, I guess it's out there... I'm not going to lie, I still like Wells--just feel like it's incomplete.

4N6s

I agree with the others - maxwell or Wesley.