Tiberius

ritzgrrl

We've been having a lot of trouble trying to come up with a boy name.  When I jokingly mentioned Tiberius James (Star Trek reference) to DH, he of course loved it.  If we did end up going with this, we'd call him Ty or TJ.

James Tiberius is out in my mind because FIL's name is James--I think more than one James in a family would get confusing.  Plus, SIL is considering using the name James anyway.

So...Tiberius...thoughts?

kiwi443

FirstBabyMomma

NMS if you were planning to actually refer to him as Tiberius, but I like initials as names so if you are dead set on it, I like the idea of calling him TJ (our LO is going to be AJ if he's a boy). Not a huge fan of Ty, though.

baeluevano

noo.

i like James though. & you mentioned calling him Ty if you named him Tiberious & i think that is adorable. name your baby Tyler & you can shorten it the same. 

abbzy85

Def no

k*princess

Look, I love Star Trek quite a bit, but no... don't do it. He will hate it and he will be made fun of forever. Use Tiberius as a middle name if you really want to use it; that way you still get the reference in there that you want, but he won't have to live with Tiberius as his primary name for the rest of his life. 

ritzgrrl

Thanks for your opinions, everyone, and feel free to keep them coming.  I never should've mentioned it to DH because now I'm afraid he has his heart set on it, especially because no one else likes it except the nerdy men in our life (he's a very stubborn guy).  I'm just going to go ahead and hope we have a girl, so I don't have to argue with him over this.

ames71

I think this is a pretty bad idea. What about Titus? 

EastCoastBride

I watched Star Trek and I didn't pick up on the reference.

Oddly, I like the name.  And I like the NN of "ty". 

I'm not usually in the minority on this board, but today I am!

Jermysgirl

I love it...I tried to get DH to use Tiberius - not for Star Trek because 1. gag, and 2. I had no idea it was Cpt. Kirk's middle name.  I've liked it since Latin class in high school.  Alas, DH said no.  Which I thought was funny because he likes Star Trek.

Firefly9

Personally...being a giant Trekkie and nerd....I don't think it's bad.  But you have to make sure your baby can do this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZtQxyPtyc8

LadyXaverian

I taught a Tiberius who went by Ty. I actually kind of like it.

jessface926

I have to say that when I saw the title of this post i though it was a joke.

Please don't do that to your kid.

foundmylazybum

EastCoastBride:

I watched Star Trek and I didn't pick up on the reference.

Oddly, I like the name.  And I like the NN of "ty". 

I'm not usually in the minority on this board, but today I am!

This. But I also like Latin names. I wouldn't be afraid to name my kid Augustus. Yeah I said it. 

lisa5201

Love the nn Ty

not a huge fan of initial names though (TJ)  

KarlsSweetie05

I immediately thought Star Trek/Capt. Kirk and will go against the grain and say "sure, go ahead and use it".

I actually like it. 

Just mentioned it to DH and he's said "hey, that's cool".  DH is a huge fan of series.

We have friends who named their son Maximillian Q. - yes, just Q. as the middle name.  The Q is after the Star Trek character.   So you can see that Tiberius James would work our in nerdy circle of friends.

heatherb_yo

I really thought this was a joke, but since it's not I will say IMO i think it's terrible.

starlight8323

I think Tiberius is fine for a middle name, as long as James and Kirk are in no way involved.

braveangel2

Not so good for a first name, awesome/bad @$$ middle name.

I'd like to say though that I'd take a FN Tiberious over an Aiden/Brayden/Caden any day. And it's a real, Latin name.

https://www.behindthename.com/name/tiberius

irish city girl

Maybe look at other Star Trek names?  I'm not a fan of Tiberius, but if you can live with it and are ok with Ty, then go ahead.  It's not my baby.

irish city girl

I found the perfect name list for you: https://www.namenerds.com/uucn/nerd1.html

 HTH! 

braveangel2

Other Tiberius threads....

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/34209881.aspx

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/40959857.aspx

ritzgrrl

irish city girl:

I found the perfect name list for you: https://www.namenerds.com/uucn/nerd1.html

 HTH!

braveangel2:

Other Tiberius threads....

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/34209881.aspx

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/40959857.aspx

Thanks for the links!  I appreciate it.  I'll have to read those other threads.  And the number names on that baby nerd list made me giggle.  See?  It could be worse.