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I don't really like it, it feels like a dog name to me.

Not a fan

I like it. It doesn't really stand out in any way, but I've never met a person with the name. I like it better than some surnames as first names (like Baxter, Hinton, Ainsley, Paisley, Hadley, etc.) but there are many that I prefer to Cooper (like Dax, Houston, Foster, Hunter, Clinton, etc.).

I used to babysit one (he had brothers Harper & Walker). It doesn’t bother me except that it brings to mind chicken coops. When I was younger I liked it because of Gary Cooper. I can kind of see the appeal that it has for some parents, kind of cowboy-ish.

Not a fan, but I'm not a big fan of the 'trades as names' genre ... like Tyler, Taylor, Mason, Carter, Sawyer, etc.

I know a boy with this name. He was named after his dad’s favourite football (soccer) player. Because I associate it with a particular child I don’t mind it but nor do I see the appeal.

Don't like it at all

It's less that I hate it and more that I don't understand its appeal. I think of chicken coops and barrels. I don't like Harper, Sawyer, Carter, Beryl, but at least I understand their appeal.

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But one time I looked back at my oldest BtN posts from when I was a teenager, and it was on my (longish) favs list. I couldn't believe it. My best guess is that I was influenced by liking Tamora Pierce characters with the surname Cooper.

This message was edited 10/18/2024, 12:10 PM

I don’t like it. I can’t picture it on anyone over the age of 12.

I hate it too.

I also hate it. A very normal woman who works at the research center with me has twin sons named Colby and Cooper...

I hate it too. I thought it was cute when I was 16, but turns out it's actually insufferable. I don't even like it on a dog.

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Also, it rhymes with pooper. Important fact.

Fine as a surname; as a lnfn it's no better or worse than the rest.