WDYT of the name Kingston?

homediva · May 2012

Just curious! Our son is Max (Maximus). We met in a town called Kingston, fell in love here, etc. and it keeps rolling through my mind as a possible future name for baby #2. Love it or hate it? Or somewhere in between?

BlueRidge8 · May 2012

It just sounds like it's trying too hard for me.

*Edit* and I'm not against naming a child after a place of significance (see DD's name) - but Kingston has that celeb-a-baby association.

LaurelBee · May 2012

I'm not a huge fan, but I like the idea of using it as a MN if it's paired with a traditional FN.

Ie- James Kingston

Fink · May 2012

I like that it has significance to you and your DH, but I don't like that there is no good nn and I feel like Kingston is a "big" name that would need a nn.

Lauren79 · May 2012

I like it.

lovebug33 · May 2012

I like it and think it goes well with Maximus!

mlf625 · May 2012

Blech. Fine for a middle name but don't like it for a first name. Plus, you make it sound like you still live there? If so, NO. I think it's so weird when a Madison lives in Madison, Austin lives in Austin, etc.

MarSamWhitney · May 2012

I agree that it goes great w/ Maximus, but it screams Gwen Stefani to me. Like PP said, I love it as a middle name though!!

karen_loy · May 2012

Makes me think of Jamaica; is NMS but if it has so much significance to you and DH you could totally make it work as a MN

CocoBrynne · May 2012

Joy2611:
This is a guilty pleasure name for me. I wouldn't use it, but I do like the sound of it.

This. I agree with other PP's who suggested to use it as a MN maybe.

BLONDRAVYN124 · May 2012

lovebug33:
I like it and think it goes well with Maximus!

This. ITA.

ChelsiAnn13 · May 2012

I like it. I think a sib set Maximus and Kingston is powerful. If it didn't have a meaning to you I would be a little worried because Maximus you can use the nickname Max but it would be hard to find a nickname for Kingston. But especially since it has that meaning to you I really love it.

Sawyerplus1 · May 2012

I'm not a fan of Kingston. It sounds like a little too much "try" for me. Plus Kingston and Maximus are both BIG names, kwim?

nikkisam14 · May 2012

homediva:
Just curious! Our son is Max (Maximus). We met in a town called Kingston, fell in love here, etc. and it keeps rolling through my mind as a possible future name for baby #2. Love it or hate it? Or somewhere in between?

That's so FUNNY!!!

I'm having a girl this time around, but when we have a boy, his name is Kingston Maxwell!!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

nikkisam14 · May 2012

CocoBrynne:
Joy2611:
This is a guilty pleasure name for me. I wouldn't use it, but I do like the sound of it.

This. I agree with other PP's who suggested to use it as a MN maybe.

TOTALLY disagree!!! Kingston is way too strong of a name to be a middle name!!!!!!!! I say name him Kingston and OWN IT!

(Kingston is 100% our boy's name!--we chose it together when we were first dating WAYYY before Gwen Stefani was even thinking of getting pregnant)

Jamie074 · May 2012

I love it! I think Kingston and Maximus go great together since they are both bold names.

Congrats!

PunkyBooster · May 2012

Eh, I think it sounds a little pretentious.

With that said, it will always make me think of Gwen Stefani.

strawberrytree · May 2012

Maximus and Kingston just seem a bit...too much together. Maximus on its own is fine, and Kingston on its own is okay I guess, although nms, but together it seems like the parents are trying really hard to give their boys hyper-masculine names.

katiefalls · May 2012

I know a Kingston Teddy who goes by King. So he's a toddler named King Teddy. That's pretty bad IMO.

pinkie529 · May 2012

LaurelBee:
I'm not a huge fan, but I like the idea of using it as a MN if it's paired with a traditional FN.
Ie- James Kingston

Completely agree!

homediva · May 2012

I appreciate all the feedback!

plainandsimple · May 2012

Phonetically it sounds nice, but honestly I think it sounds kind of pretentious and trying too hard.

Lilleybug · May 2012

I kind of like it. I could see it used as a FN or MN.

Todd&Laura · May 2012

BlueRidge8:
It just sounds like it's trying too hard for me.
*Edit* and I'm not against naming a child after a place of significance (see DD's name) - but Kingston has that celeb-a-baby association.

This. Can it be a middle name instead?

ChynaDholl · May 2012

Being that I am from Jamaica, I LOVE it

But I think it goes well with your other DS' name as well. I have known other people with it as a name that has a nn Tony.

WannaBAmama · May 2012

PunkyBooster:

Eh, I think it sounds a little pretentious.

With that said, it will always make me think of Gwen Stefani.

I know someone who named their son Kingston and she calls him King, it sounds very pretentious to me! I don't like it. It does remind me of Gwen Stefani too. I think since it has a meaning to you I would use it as a middle name.

mrsmklynch · May 2012

I love it even without the significance, but that just makes it even better. I say, go for it!

My husband and I fell in love in Cambridge, and tossed around the idea of using it as a middle name but just couldn't make it work for us.

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