Message: "Dexter" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Dexter

by Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)

2/26/2006, 11:45 AM

How do you feel about Dexter for a boy? I've always rather liked it, and the fact that it's the name of the lead singer of Offspring makes it appeal even more to me.

What do you think of these combos?

Dexter Ray
Dexter Christian
Dexter Francis
Frank Dexter
Horatio Dexter "Ray"

Any other good ones you can think of? Nothing seems to fit right today.

Array

No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
...
I'd like to leave the world as a better place.

#Dexter

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- Pink Princess

2/27/2006, 3:38 AM

I love the name Dexter. It's one of those interesting older names, that is kind of nerdy, but in a good way! :P
I like Dexter Christian and Frank Dexter. I also love:

Dexter James
Dexter Nathaniel
Dexter Luke
Dexter Charlie
Dexter Matthew
Dexter Pierce
Dexter Jude
Dexter Bryce

- Briallen (Ora)

2/26/2006, 4:33 PM

Dexter is a fun name imo. I'm actually using it in a story w/ the nn Digster (b/c that's what it sounds like to everyone when he says his name lol).

The only combo I really think sounds good is Dexter Francis.

"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble

- iris

2/26/2006, 3:02 PM

I've never liked it and I'm not quite sure why. But now seeing your post I've been repeating it over and over in my head. Perhaps I'm changing my mind about Dexter.

I like Horatio Dexter the most, although I don't care fo Ray.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

- Kris Rose

2/26/2006, 2:42 PM

Honestly, I think of it as a dogs name, maybe cat. I dont know why, but the nn Dex I would use for a pet...

Dexter Ray would get my vote.

~~Kris~~

- Juls (guest)

2/26/2006, 1:58 PM

I really don't like the name Dexter, sorry. It reminds me of the TV show Dexter's laboratory, which was not really one of the highlights of my childhood :) However, if I had to pick, I like Dexter Francis and Dexter Ray the best of your combos. Possible other combos-
Dexter Isaiah
Dexter Joseph
Dexter Michael
Dexter Marcus (Actually I think any Dexter and mn starting w/ M sound pretty good together)

- Mie (AJay)

2/26/2006, 1:53 PM

I love it. It's so adorably geeky, how can you resist? I know if I had a Dexter, I'd call him "Dex".

I like Dexter Christian and Dexter Ray.

"Substitution mass confusion
Clouds inside your head
Involving all my energies
Until you visited
With your eyes of porcelain and of blue
They shock me into sense
You think you're so illustrious
You call yourself intense"
-Bye Bye Love, The Cars

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

2/26/2006, 1:33 PM

dislike it

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

2/26/2006, 12:47 PM

It's a nice name, but I agree, nothing seems to go with it. It is sort of awkward sounding, and it reminds me of Dexter's Laboratory, a kid's cartoon about a brilliant young scientist named.

Dexter Francis or Dexter Christian get my vote. It needs something longer to balance it, I think.

-Jekyll & Hyde

- I_Love_Jesus

2/26/2006, 11:58 AM

Dexter Ray is not too bad

- Bethany (guest)

2/26/2006, 11:52 AM

in my top 5, i love it

- Elemmennope

2/26/2006, 11:47 AM

I love it.

I have a fondness for names that others write off as dorky or nerdy.

Dexter Ray -- blends together into Dexteray
Dexter Christian -- I don't like the name Christian.
Dexter Francis -- It's ok
Frank Dexter -- I don't like Frank
Horatio Dexter "Ray" -- It's ok

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