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Willoughby?

by CN (CSwe)

1/25/2009, 10:22 AM

What's your opinion on the name Willoughby? I've seen it quite a lot in BA's from England and I admit that I like that it has an old, slightly pretentious side. But there is also the possibility to shorten it to just Will (which I think is a great nickname) and make it less 'out there'. What do you think?

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- Jörmungandr (Lucille)

1/26/2009, 5:18 AM

I think of Willoughby from Jane Austen's "Sense & Sensibility."

Which ruins the name for me.

- Pink Princess

1/26/2009, 12:24 AM

I actually quite like this name! It certainly sounds very British and very posh to me, but I do like it.

- LMS

1/25/2009, 5:20 PM

I really like Willoughby. It has a great Jane Austen vibe to it. I think it is spunky and if too long, can be shortened as you mentioned.

P.S. Please don't put it on a girl! Imo, this is a boys only name.

This message was edited 1/25/2009, 5:21 PM

- RegalAmethyst

1/25/2009, 4:13 PM

I love it for either a female or a male. For a male I'd use the nn Will, but for a female I'd use Willa.

- Alcyone

1/25/2009, 12:45 PM

I like the way Willoughby flows off of the tongue and I like the NN Will, but it's not a name I would use personally. It seems a bit too stuffy.

- V. (ars musica)

1/25/2009, 12:08 PM

Don't particularly care for it as a first name for a male or female.

- Fog-struck

1/25/2009, 10:54 AM

It's my favorite surname. I don't care for it as a first name.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

1/25/2009, 10:44 AM

I don't really like it but I suppose, as surname-as-first-names go, it's not too bad.

- Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

1/25/2009, 10:40 AM

I love it for either gender.

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