What do you think of Howard?

ktzen3 · January 2015

nickname Howie? our last name is Stuart. Another option is Larson. Both are family names which is a must for us.

I like classic names but so many sound BORING with Stuart. Henry, John, Jack, Samuel, Oliver... all sound boring. I feel like it needs a bit of a punch which is why I think Howie is kinda vintage/cute/but still classic.

Thoughts?

rosainky · January 2015

I don't think the classic names sound boring. You can add a more interesting middle name!

Henry Larson Stuart
Oliver Larson Stuart

Howard is NMS but Howie can be cute on a little boy.

this decaf life · January 2015

I think I like it. I love Henry and Oliver and I like Howard.

4N6s · January 2015

Not bad

ejj06 · January 2015

i like Larson better

Spin313 · January 2015

Sounds bad with your last name

DawnJM25 · January 2015

Howard nn Howie is great, IMO. Have you considered Walter nn Wally? Other traditional/classic names would sound fine with your last name. I don't like Larson at all.

ashiscute · January 2015

Meh. I actually think all of the "boring" names you listed sound better. I'm not really a fan of Howie either.

nurse714 · January 2015

I don't like Howard. It just sounds ugly to me and I don't like how it sounds with Stuart. I like all the other names you listed much better.

Steph1673 · January 2015

Howard is a fairly common surname and with your surname being a common first name it all sounds kind of awkward. I agree Howie is cute, but I would stray away from giving him "two last names".

Your classics sounds better.

mamayo26 · January 2015

I like it. It is the name of my late uncle. I can't bring to name either of my son's after him as he was such a wonderful man, and it is just too hard (emotionally). I did give DS1 his Hebrew name at his naming, but He will always be my Uncle Howie and the only Howie I can image.

Go for it!

AliceKC9876 · January 2015

ladynymeria said:

ugotstarbucked said:

Howard is ok but kind of dated - I don't know any under 65. Unless you count the character Howard Wolowitz, but he's kind of a skeeze. Classic names go great with Stuart - which is my maiden name. In our family we have a Charles, Arthur, George, Ethan, and John. Henry would be wonderful.

At this point the name Howard only makes me think of Howard on the Big Bang Theory. Especially with the last name Stuart since there's a character named Stuart on the show too.

Haha...my first thought was Howard wolowitz too!