[identity profile] waitingonsunday.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Grant: What do you think of this name?

Andrew: Should someone by that name go by the nickname Andy or Drew? What's your preference?

Edit: What about the name Cullen? Your thoughts?

Date: 2007-08-20 03:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bornto-fly.livejournal.com
I like Grant, but I think I prefer it as a middle name.

Andrew is a gorgeous name just by itself, with no nickname. But if you need one, I think Andy. It's much more common and it's what most people will assume so he won't have to correct people. And Drew always gives me an image of Drew Carey.

Date: 2007-08-20 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silver05.livejournal.com
I agree - Andrew by itself is a great name.

Date: 2007-08-20 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] screaming--pink.livejournal.com
Not a fan of Grant.

My brother's name is Andrew and he's always gone by Andy. I nannied for an Andrew who went by Drew. Both are fine for Andrew nicknames in my book.

Date: 2007-08-20 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrsduryee.livejournal.com
I don't love or hate Grant. It's just ok.

Andrews should go by Andrew.

Date: 2007-08-20 03:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] requiem-morrow.livejournal.com
I have never been a fan of Grant, but find that it is growing on me. Andrew is fine by itself, but as far as nn go, I prefer Drew.

Date: 2007-08-20 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tia-karen.livejournal.com
grant has all the qualities of a good name: recognizable, but not overly used. people know how to spell it, isn't horribly old-fashioned or in any other way embarassing. still, i've never really gotten into it.

i prefer andy to drew, and i always have.

cullen is ok, but it will always sound to me like a butchering of colin. or color.

Date: 2007-08-20 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kelbellene.livejournal.com
Andrew is a horrible name and I don't like Andy or Drew.

Date: 2007-08-20 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sloane-hd.livejournal.com
Grant sounds old.
Andrew I actually like.
Cullen? I'm not a fan.

Date: 2007-08-20 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 0o-faerie.livejournal.com
I dont' really like Grant. It reminds me too much of Hugh Grant & 'That's grand!' ;)
I like Andrew, but I'm not too fond of either of the nicknames...although I can't come up with another nickname. If I had to pick one, I'd go with Andy.
Cullen...hm. I don't know. I don't hate it!

Date: 2007-08-20 04:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mystickiwi.livejournal.com
Grant's ok
Andrew: I don't think they should have to go by either, I personally like Andrew just as is, but Andy is better than Drew
Cullen: not a fan. Cull isn't really a word with a positive connotation, and thats what the name makes me think of

Date: 2007-08-20 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silver05.livejournal.com
Grant is too grown-up to be used on a kid. I can only imagine a kid with that name being expected to be very grown-up already.

I used to like Andrew but that's my ex's name, so now I'll never use it. I like Drew better than Andy. One Andrew I knew went by Ange. He was one of three Andrews and Andy and Drew was taken. He was a quirky kid so it fit him well.

Not so much a fan of Cullen. It sounds like kind of scythe or something.

Date: 2007-08-20 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feelslike-2day.livejournal.com
Grant is nice, simple, and relatively timeless.

Not huge on Andrew, but I like Drew way better.

Cullen is alright, not overly exciting though.

Date: 2007-08-20 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] requiem-morrow.livejournal.com
I like Cullen....only problem is where I live, we have a rich guy who most people believe got away with murdering is stepdaughter, the mom's boyfriend, and shooting the mom named Cullen.

Date: 2007-08-20 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com
Grant is okay. I like Andrew or Drew, but not Andy.

Cullen is cute, I like Cullum too. And Kellum, actually.

Date: 2007-08-20 05:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] americandiva.livejournal.com
the only one i like is Andrew with the nn Andy....but just Andrew is great too

Date: 2007-08-20 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sevensevenfour.livejournal.com
I like Grant. I like the way it sounds and looks. Andrew is a good name to use without nicknames, I think. I prefer the nickname Drew to Andy, though. I've just never liked Andy. Cullen is cute, but not one of my favorites.

Date: 2007-08-20 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bornto-fly.livejournal.com
Cullen is okay, I guess, but I don't really like it that much. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, but it's not one I'd ever use. I do LOVE Andrew, though.

What about Andrew Grant? Or Andrew Cullen? Or even Grant Cullen? They all sound really nice together.

Date: 2007-08-20 07:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corielcries.livejournal.com
I like Grant and Andrew, but I dislike both of those nicknames for it. Andrew sounds perfectly fine on its own.

I just don't like the sound of Cullen for some reason.

Date: 2007-08-20 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oni85.livejournal.com
Grant is my husband's name. I love it.

Date: 2007-08-20 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] politicking.livejournal.com
Grant i don't mind.

Andrew, i prefer the nickname Drew... well, i prefer the name Drew itself, actually. but i've know quite a few Andys.

i do not like Cullen.

Date: 2007-08-20 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] xpaniic.livejournal.com
I like Grant and Cullen better than Andrew.
If it were my kid I'd probably call him Drew, instead of Andy.
I have a friend that's name is Andrew James and he goes by AJ.

Date: 2007-08-20 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-suspenders.livejournal.com
Cullen says Edward Cullen to me. (If you've read twilight...)

Date: 2007-08-20 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] padfootinpurple.livejournal.com
Me too. And while I'm a huge fan of the series, I'd only be able to think of the book and Edward.

Date: 2007-08-21 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lneef.livejournal.com
I like Grant. For some reason I'd expect him to have a brother Pierce. They'd be very preppy and handsome.

I'm not a fan of Andrew but I prefer it in its full form if it must be used.

Cullen= no.

Date: 2007-08-21 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mountain-nest.livejournal.com
My husband is called Andrew and never was nicknamed Andy nor Drew. He has always just been Andrew.
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