Trent or Trenton

[Anonymous]

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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.

Not sure what trendy means to OP but why would specific surnames be a bad idea if they've been relatively popular since the 1800s as first names?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not sure what trendy means to OP but why would specific surnames be a bad idea if they've been relatively popular since the 1800s as first names?

IMO, there’re 2 categories.

Steady: Oliver, Lucas, Martin, James, Thomas

Trendy(not necessarily the specific names, but the type): Grayson, Grant, Graham, Elliott, Hunter

[Anonymous]

Go with Trent.

Ignore all the stuck-up people here. They have no idea plenty of "normal" people make fun of the names they have chosen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not sure what trendy means to OP but why would specific surnames be a bad idea if they've been relatively popular since the 1800s as first names?

IMO, there’re 2 categories.

Steady: Oliver, Lucas, Martin, James, Thomas

Trendy(not necessarily the specific names, but the type): Grayson, Grant, Graham, Elliott, Hunter

Interesting. I consider a name like Lucas to be very trendy- not popular until the 1980s and way more popular today than ever before. Grant on the other hand has has steady popularity since the 1800s. I guess people might group it in with other trendy surnames.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not sure what trendy means to OP but why would specific surnames be a bad idea if they've been relatively popular since the 1800s as first names?

IMO, there’re 2 categories.

Steady: Oliver, Lucas, Martin, James, Thomas

Trendy(not necessarily the specific names, but the type): Grayson, Grant, Graham, Elliott, Hunter

Interesting. I consider a name like Lucas to be very trendy- not popular until the 1980s and way more popular today than ever before. Grant on the other hand has has steady popularity since the 1800s. I guess people might group it in with other trendy surnames.

It’s partially subjective, I agree. When I think “Lucas”, my first thought is “first name”(it’s many countries’ version of Luke); when I think “Grant”, my first thought is “last name.”

I see Lucas as being trendy the way Oliver is; and Grant as being part of a trendy category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Expecting another boy- thinking about Trenton/Trent for the first name. I like both of these a lot.
If we went with Trenton we would likely call him Trent from the beginning. Normally I prefer a nickname to come later on and not start out with a name that I know won't really be used (if that makes any sense)
but I also avoid names like Jack even though I like that because I don't want a nickname for a real name.


Thoughts?

If you must, then use Trent. Trenton only brings Trenton, NJ to mind and no one wants to be a reminder of New Jersey.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Yes, exactly. Meet baby Van, would you like to hold him?

[Anonymous]

Those are both awful.