Thayer?

Helenahhandbasket · February 2013

I want to get general feedback on this name for a boy. It's pronounced to rhyme with "player".

It's really outside of my style, but I can't get it out of my head. I first came across it maybe 10 years ago in a novel, and has stayed with me ever since.

What do you think of it? Is it terrible? Do you hate it?

Thanks for the feedback!

plunderb · February 2013

DD is currently obsessed with the book Beady Bear by Don Freeman (who wrote Corduroy). The boy in the book is named Thayer ? the author tries really, really hard to make it rhyme with "bear."

It's NMS, but I don't think it's horrible. It's the sort of name that I'd consider if it were a surname in my family.

bsinno · February 2013

I like it, but Im not sure i would ever consider using it for my own son.

wdyt of the name Theo?

blush64 · February 2013

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

bumpuser5823822 · February 2013

This is the name of a town near me. I don't love the name, but I don't hate it either. It could probably grow on me.

FakeFinn · February 2013

I'm not sure, on the one hand I could like it if I were to meet a little boy named Thayer (positive association). On the other hand, it comes across as a bit 'wannabe cool/hipster'. I don't think that it's awful, but it's not a name that I'd put on my list (I prefer Theodore). So I agree with plunderb.

plunderb:
It's NMS, but I don't think it's horrible. It's the sort of name that I'd consider if it were a surname in my family.

I'd like to add: as a MN.

Helenahhandbasket · February 2013

bsinno:
I like it, but Im not sure i would ever consider using it for my own son.
wdyt of the name Theo?

I like Theo but, it's my stepfather's name. We get along, but I wouldn't want him to think we were naming our (imaginary, at this point) kid after him.

Thanks for the comments all.

Helenahhandbasket · February 2013

LMvW85:
I'm not sure, on the one hand I could like it if I were to meet a little boy named Thayer (positive association). On the other hand, it comes across as a bit 'wannabe cool/hipster'. I don't think that it's awful, but it's not a name that I'd put on my list (I prefer Theodore). So I agree with plunderb.

Ew. I would not want to come off as either a wannabe hipster or even a real hipster-- lol!