Colin or Martin

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

Which name do you like better, Colin or Martin?
We live in the midwest (I don't know if that matters).

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[love-in-war.livejournal.com]

Colin- cute name

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Colin. Colin Creevey from Harry Potter!
Martin makes me think of an old man.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Martin makes you think of an old man? All babies will eventually be old, you know...

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

>Martin makes me think of an old man
worse than George or not? We already have a son named George. I am not a native speaker so I don't have the feeling for such nuances.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

Colin

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Colin all the way

[yelya.livejournal.com]

You have any third choice? :)

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

LOL :)
My husband likes Jack (Яша), but there is only 1/100 chance that my crazy pregnant brain will go for it.

[ant-fugue.livejournal.com]

Jack is great if you don't mind the "j".

Martin is a fine name.

Colin sounds like "colon". Lots of people think it's a funny-sounding name b/c of that.

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the J. We would have to pick some middle name other than James I suppose.
My biggest issue is that we already have 2 Jacks in the family - FIL & BIL.

[sherball.livejournal.com]

Colin.. 100%

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Martin.

Colin sounds wimpy. And I think Martin is less popular.

[yukonsally]

That made me smile, I know a Collin Martin.

I like Colin better, though with two Ls.

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

Colin

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

I like both, but Colin better.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

Martin 1000%. Colin is far more popular, and overused for its merit, IMO.

[oh-snitch.livejournal.com]

I love both, actually. But if I HAD to choose...Martin.

[olisko.livejournal.com]

I have a bad association with Martin - here in Ohio Martys are middle-age borish kind of guys...

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

older and more borish than George? ;)
I don't like the nick name Marty though, so if people will tend to call him that we should think twice.

[olisko.livejournal.com]

I love George! It's very manly and elegant. It was one of our runner-ups :))

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I like both a lot.

Martin is probably a bit more cutting edge, and will get a lot of people (non namers especially) turning up their noses at it as an ugly old man name. But it's one of the names I predict will be chart climbing within a few years. Use it now and I think you'd be ahead of trends.

Colin is nice and would probably get a mostly positive response. It's a good name that isn't too common, but is still easily recognized by most people.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Martin. In the UK, Colin is the old man's name; Martins are nearly all under 40.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

They both sound kinda middle-aged to me.

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

I guess I should have mentioned that my 18 month old son's name is George. How's that for an old man name compared to Colin or Martin :)
I don't mind if the name is a little dated as long as the kid won't be teased. What I really don't like is super-popular names where you end up having 3 Chloe's in a class or something.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Now George doesn't sound middle aged to me at all - it sounds fine for any age! I guess it's weird how people's perceptions of these things are different depending on people they've known and such. I agree about the super-popular names thing though. Best to go for something timeless.

Oh btw, I prefer Martin to Colin.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Colin

[xanya.livejournal.com]

I don't mind either. I have a cousin called Martin, but I love Colin Meloy of The Decemberists... I don't know, you have to make them work with a good middle name.

[xcuore.livejournal.com]

Colin^^

[boybychemistry.livejournal.com]

I like them both, but I'd choose Martin!

[scouty.livejournal.com]

colin ^^

[suthnoli.livejournal.com]

Martin

[smileygoldfish.livejournal.com]

I think I like Martin more. But I have a friend who has an almost one-year-old named Martin and I have to admit when I first heard that was his name is sounded like an old name for a baby.

[ladyjp.livejournal.com]

How are you pronouncing Colin? Is is Co-lin (Co as in Co-ed - only example I can think of! As in Collin Powell if that helps) or Caw-lin (Caw to rhyme with 'saw' more like Coll-in). In the UK it's the latter pronounciation which I prefer.

[ex-yzzzma459.livejournal.com]

I prefer the latter pronunciation too.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Martin, by a landslide.

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

Colin

[samolot.livejournal.com]

Martin, for sure.