Saul for a baby boy?

[Anonymous]

It is AWFUL. It's VERY distinctly an old man name, like Bertha.

Name him Sam or Scott and carry the "S" through.

[Anonymous]

Go for it! Most of the baby names that are popular now were old lady/old man names not too long ago. I see the names of my grandparents ‘ generation (born early 1900s) coming back full force.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go for it! Most of the baby names that are popular now were old lady/old man names not too long ago. I see the names of my grandparents ‘ generation (born early 1900s) coming back full force.

Yes. I have a Lucy (b early 2000s) and at the time everyone said - oh that’s an old lady name.

Go for it if you like it. You’ll regret it if you don’t. I still regret not going with Albert for my one son. If you like a name, you like it!

[Anonymous]

I don’t like it. The first thing that comes to mind is: Better call Saul. I’m not sure what makes the difference, but I do like it as a middle name.

Jonathan Saul XName, or David Saul XName vs Saul Jonathan or Saul David.

[Anonymous]

I’m Jewish. Sounds like an old man name to me. I would use it as a middle name. I could always use Solomon as a first name instead of Saul as well.

[Anonymous]

I love it. FWIW my son has an old man name and a little boy nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love it. FWIW my son has an old man name and a little boy nickname.

What’s the usual nickname for Saul? Is it Saulie?

[Anonymous]

It's a fine name.

[Anonymous]

I actually like it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love it. FWIW my son has an old man name and a little boy nickname.

What’s the usual nickname for Saul? Is it Saulie?

I guess? Or Solly? Pretty awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m Jewish. Sounds like an old man name to me. I would use it as a middle name. I could always use Solomon as a first name instead of Saul as well.

Why are you determined to use an awful name? Solomon is almost as bad as Saul!

Scott
Simon
Shane
Sebastian
Stephen/Stefan
Samuel
Soren

[Anonymous]

ANyone who would say Scott or Shane are better than Saul? C'mon, Saul is an awesome name! Lean into the quirky and go for it!

[Anonymous]

Love Solomon, too, btw

[Anonymous]

With names in the abstract you'll always get some people that love it and some people that hate it. But once the name's attached to a person, all anyone (at least, anyone sane and normal...which admittedly excludes many of us on DCUM, haha) is going to think about is whether they like the person and the name will just be...their name. If one of my friends named their baby Saul I'd automatically think it was cute because babies are cute! And when I meet someone as an adult the only thing I ever think about regarding their name is whether or not I'll forget it next time I meet them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ANyone who would say Scott or Shane are better than Saul? C'mon, Saul is an awesome name! Lean into the quirky and go for it!

I hate the way it sounds like saw So that would be a hard pass