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Its cool IMO. Its my great-grandad's middlename (William Laird) so I might use it as a family name sometime...

Laird is alright, but very title-like, sorta like Duke, Lady, King, or Queen

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Andrew☺

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Ahh, nature . . .

Laird is still in use as a title and to me is as cheesey as naming your child Prince, Baron, Sonny, King, Duke

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Paula

I heard it several years back and took a liking to it for a while, but I agree with its similarity to the word "lard" (and in general just being so "different" in most people's opinion :-/) that it's probably not a good idea as a fn. Unfortunately.

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~Heather~

I agree that too many people are going to think of Lard. It's nice in its true pronunciation, but the misunderstand and/or teasing would happen too often imo.

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Baird would probably be less of a problem.

I know a boy who has a very common first name and his surname is Laird, and he gets called Lard all the time. I think it would be much worse for a boy whose first name is Laird, really.

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I like it. Baird is similar, but less problematic, I think.

Is this not the same as Lord?

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A Scottish variant of Lord. Lord is a name used for dogs, so to me Laird is the same.

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I think of the British series "Monarch of the Glen" and the "laird of the manor".

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I don't care for it as a name, sorry. I've seen/read too many Scottish dramas/shows where the lord of the manor/estate is referred to as "the laird." It would be like naming a child lord or prince, to my ears.

I think of lard.

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And Sharon Stone, whom I like about as equally. :-/

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This message was edited 4/9/2006, 4:13 PM

sorry, but it reminds me of lard, which is not a particularly positive association for a person