guessing many won't like, but asking for input anyway: Edgar

BostonGayGal · June 2010

So I will ask for input out of curiosity. What do you think of when you hear the name Edgar? I like it more than I did when I first heard it. She says it fits future baby's filipino heritage better than most of the names I like.

(Or, suggest others ... Stuart is still my first choice boy name but my wife doesn't like it. The name we choose can't start with a 'c' sound or end in an 's' sound. Our top pick girl names are Eloise and Phoebe)

Dani816 · June 2010

i like it! i didn't used to, but then i had two really nice students with that name (both brazilian), so i have a positive association. one went by "EJ"

lovemytwoboys · June 2010

I think of a very, very old man. Sorry, I'm not a fan.

strangebird · June 2010

Edgar is a Pug or an English Bulldog . . . not a child.

TheLuckiestOne · June 2010

I like Edgar better than Stuart. I can see Edgar if the kid went by "Eddie" to soften it a bit.

HappyMrsK · June 2010

strangebird:
Edgar is a Pug or an English Bulldog . . . not a child.

I disagree. There's Edgar Allen Poe and Edgar Degas. I think it's a fine name for a human.

b2b999 · June 2010

NMS but there are certainly worse names in the world.

qtsreign · June 2010

It's very harsh sounding, but I agree with PP- Eddie for a nn would be cute.

Jessica*Fletcher · June 2010

I'm a huge literary nerd, so I love it in reference to Edgar Allan Poe. I actually like it better than Stuart and I really like Stuart.

Eloise and Phoebe are great, too.

strangebird · June 2010

Have you looked at the Baby Name Wizard website? They have a search feature that allows you to exclude beginning and ending sounds/letters, so you could narrow your search easily.

mr&mrswelch · June 2010

I think of an old man. But it's not a horrible name.

llo75 · June 2010

I absolutely love Edgar. Of course, our top picks are George or Frank so I rather like the "old man" feel of names.

Phoebe is my number one pick for a girl's name but my husband won't go for it.

BrittKav · June 2010

I like it. It makes me think of the hedgehog (I think) from Once Upon a Forest, my favorite kid's movie. It's definitely not trendy...yeah, the more I think about it, the more I really like it.

LOVE the name Eloise, also.

b2b999 · June 2010

Oh - and I was thinking about it more and couldn't remember what it was reminding me of and then I remembered that that was the name of the guy who the bug alien stole his body in Men in Black, and his wife said "it was like he was wearing an Edgar suit".

So I change my vote to definitely do not do that to your child.

SarahZ05 · June 2010

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan, but that's not too big a deal. He can go by Eddie if he hates it. Call me oblivious, but I don't get the connection between "Edgar" and Filipino heritage. Maybe it's popular there?

Your sig line cracks me up.

LadyXaverian · June 2010

I neither love nor hate Edgar. Same for Stuart. I don't think there is anything *wrong* with either name, and I rather like the Poe connection.

LOVE your girl names.

llizzyb · June 2010

rainbowfamily · June 2010

I really like it, it makes me think of this great guitarist I've heard play a few times, Edgar Cruz.

rin2809 · June 2010

I really like it actually! It makes me think of the fisherman on Deadliest Catch.

Smootchy · June 2010

I like edgar

d.cubed · June 2010

Jessica*Fletcher:
I'm a huge literary nerd, so I love it in reference to Edgar Allan Poe. I actually like it better than Stuart and I really like Stuart.
Eloise and Phoebe are great, too.

Yes! Yes! Yes! I LOVE this name. I love literary and older names, so Edgar is awesome!

Your girl names are also fantastic!

pinkflipflops44 · June 2010

I don't like Edgar or Stuart.

tay5267 · June 2010

I have a friend named Edgar and I think its fine. He's mexican and its a somewhat more common spanish name than in english. We call him Ger

starlight8323 · June 2010

You guessed right:

BostonGayGal · June 2010

Thanks for your input; I appreciate it.

The idea if people calling him Eddie makes my skin crawl.

I am not too concerned that a line in "Men In Black" would be an issue for a child, but it is good to know.

It isn't that it is a Filipino name per se, but it is a name in her family.

I still haven't found a name I love like the girl names, but there is plenty of time.

JDO · June 2010

Not bad, I know a couple Edwards and an Edwin but never met and Edgar.

ZTAsunshine · June 2010

I like it but then again I grew up with an Edgar in school. So I have a positive association with it. Stuart is nice too.

And Ketch · June 2010

Edgar would be my least favorite of the Ed- names. But, it isn't the worst name in the world. Stuart is okay too. But, I don't like the nicknames Ed, Eddie or Stu and knowing people would probably shorten both names regardless of what I said would probably turn me off.

I do love your girl names though!