Timon? Tristram?

[LetThemEatCake]

I like Tristram but is it awful that it means sorrowful??

As for Timon - ow would you pronounce it? Like Tim-on, or rhyming with simon?

[MadreInglese]

I would have thought Timon was pronounced Tea-monn

[screamingabdab]

Timon - Tim-on

Tristram - no comment (sorry)

[PullMyFinger]

Why does Tristram mean sorrowful ? It's a v historical and romantic story

TImon - yeuch no

[MadreInglese]

Tristram might be a bit of a mouthful for kids to pronouce though, what about Tristan?

[LetThemEatCake]

prefer Tristram to Tristan. Just do.

It just does mean sorrowful!! derives from the latin for sad which is triste or tristes or summat

[southeastastra]

wasn't tristram the boy next door in george and mildred?

[everGreensleeves]

I know a Timo, pronounced tee-mow

[hotcrosspurepurple]

Timon and Pumba anyone?

[PullMyFinger]

Triste is french ackshewerly

But Tritram/Tristan is derived from an ancient pict name IIRC so ner

[LetThemEatCake]

Hmm, PullMyFinger. French, and many other European languages, are derived from Latin.

not denying that Triste is French but think you may find it is Latin too

[peanutbutterkid]

Tristram has nothing to do with sadness, says this website.

I thought Tristam was old Cornish for Tristan, and Tristan is Cornish for Thomas.

Tristram is a mouthful, though. That would put me off it. I have a Tristan, he's nearly 5 and can't even say his own name clearly yet, never mind if it had an extra r in it.

Timon is okay but it's a particular character in Lion King (the one with flatulence problem?).

[diedandgonetodevon]

Love Tristram. Sod what it means- who looks up meanings of names except expectant parents?

Timon just makes me think of Timon & Pumba and start to sing

[EdwardCullensWife]

Timon from Lion King? No, no, no, no, no.

[Simplysally]

Tristram is nice but I'd prefer Tristan myself.

[StealthPolarBear]

I have a Tristan WHen I was reading up about it I later read it meant sorrow but also that it means noisy- and it does!

[Simplysally]

I have to say that Tristan does bring to mind Peter Davison and Tristram reminds me of the book Tristram Shandy (which I haven't actually managed to finish about 10 years I began studying it).

I'm not quite sure what that says about my viewing or literary tastes .

[BunnyLebowski]

Lol at hotcrosspurepurple - my mind went straight there too

Tristram is a wee bit Little Lord Fauntleroy for me....not keen

[janeite]

Timon is terrible imho.

Tristan is lovely.

Tristram - I'm another one who failed to finish reading the book as part of my degree!

[Bonneville]

Is Timon a name?!!!!!!