Trent or Trenton

[Anonymous]

OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at it's popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at it's popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at its popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

OP- yes, I love Donovan but I really, really dislike Don and I think everyone would call him that. I feel like Griffin might be a touch too trendy but it's one of my favorites too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at it's popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

Same except griffin.

[Anonymous]

Reznor or New Jersey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at its popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

OP- yes, I love Donovan but I really, really dislike Don and I think everyone would call him that. I feel like Griffin might be a touch too trendy but it's one of my favorites too.

If you come strong out of the gate with Van as a nickname I think you've got a good chance of avoiding Don.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at its popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

OP- yes, I love Donovan but I really, really dislike Don and I think everyone would call him that. I feel like Griffin might be a touch too trendy but it's one of my favorites too.

If you come strong out of the gate with Van as a nickname I think you've got a good chance of avoiding Don.

Haha not a fan of that one either. Sadly that's why it's on the cut list.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at its popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like the bolded ones. Also similar enough to consider:

Patrick
Stephen
Zachary

OP- yes, I love Donovan but I really, really dislike Don and I think everyone would call him that. I feel like Griffin might be a touch too trendy but it's one of my favorites too.

FWIW, I know a ten year old Donovan who have never been called Don. My kid also doesn’t respond to a common shortened form of his name bc he honestly doesn’t know it’s him - I wouldn’t worry about this.

[Anonymous]

If you liked the sound of Trent, how about Grant?

[Anonymous]

Nathanial, Griffin and Donovan are all MUCH better than Trent and actually cool names. You have my approval to move forward with any of those three options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - wow, didn't expect such a response, thought Trent was a pretty tame name! After some consideration I have moved on from it though.

Still plenty of time left to decide and open to suggestions if anyone has any. We prefer gender specific names and not trendy (although it seems like some consider Trent trendy - if you look at it's popularity over the years I do not consider it trendy). Our first DS has a very traditional name.

Other names that we/I like but have dismissed for various reasons:
Ross
Maxwell
Nathaniel
Griffin
Paul
Russell
Donovan

I like all of these better than Trent tbh. Ross and Maxwell are my favorites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you liked the sound of Trent, how about Grant?

Grant is on our (very) short list!

Donovan is out because I'm convinced he will be called Don
Griffin seems trendy
Nathaniel was nixed because it seems to have a heavy biblical/Jewish connotation (nothing against Judaism but we are not Jewish)

[Anonymous]

Trent Crimm, The Independent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you liked the sound of Trent, how about Grant?

Grant is on our (very) short list!

Donovan is out because I'm convinced he will be called Don
Griffin seems trendy
Nathaniel was nixed because it seems to have a heavy biblical/Jewish connotation (nothing against Judaism but we are not Jewish)

If you’re against “trendy”, most surnames are bad ideas.