Please vote on our boy name shortlist

[Playdoughmustdie]

DS2 due shortly and we finally have a shortlist :) Middle name will probably be Robert (family name, don't like it enough for first name), surname is three syllables. DS1 is Rufus. Want a name which is a real name but not in top 100 or so. I know these aren't to everyone's tastes but they're the ones OH and I like - I'm not too fussed about which of these we end up with so just wanted to get an idea of reactions from MN :)

So:

• Humphrey nn Humph - think this is currently my favourite, not put off by Humps or camels
  
• Mortimer nn Mort or Morty - OH's favourite, don't care about death link, might be quite cool if he ends up being whatever the 2025 equivalent of a goth is
  
• Wilbur nn Will - DS1's favourite apparently! Love Will as a nn
  

Thanks!

[DelGirl]

Mortimer

[Hedwig3]

Rufus and Mortimer - fab

[rachel1970]

I like Humphrey the best, then Mortimer. I'm not keen on any Will names because to me will is a verb/noun and too close to Willy.

[tammytoby]

Humphrey is cute. I don't like Mortimer esp Mort (means DEATH in French) and I find Will a bit dull.

[countrybump]

Wilbur

[randomimposter]

Rufus and Mortimer go quite well.
Don't like the others with Rufus, sorry.

[dan1981]

humphrey - go with your favourite

[evamummy]

I like Humphrey. Not keen on Mortimer at all, I'm afraid (perhaps due to the mort beginning) and Wilbur/Wil is a bit dull imo.

[glamgrandma]

They are both great but my vote would be Mortimer...good luck

[Playdoughmustdie]

Thank you - I make that Mortimer 4, Humphrey 4, Wilbur 1 so far, and no "Hate all of them" which I was expecting plenty of (perhaps people who hate all of them just aren't commenting) :)

[Ihavewelliesbuttheyrenotgreen]

Like Wilbur best and think that it goes the best with Rufus. Nice that his big brother likes it too

[mopsyflopsy]

I prefer Humphrey. Dislike Mortimer - it doesn't roll of the tongue easily imo. I'm not keen on any Wil names (Wilbur, Wilfred, William etc) as I don't like the nickname Will - (Will, will you...) and it is indeed to close to Willy!

[JanMorrow]

Out of those, Mortimer. Wilbur makes me think of the pig in Charlotte's web, although it is quite cute. I'm not a fan of Humphrey at all.

[mopsyflopsy]

Thesecondcoming, surely the whole point of naming someone or something is to identify them as uniquely as possible - and as there are already a lot of Williams it makes sense to choose a different name .

[TRYSOR]

Mortimer every time humphrey reminds me of an elephant.
and wilbur is the name or a pig in charlottes web i think, Good luck he will be your baby only you have to like it .

[Meglet]

I love them all . Ace names!

But I think Humphrey goes best with Robert as a middle name.

[mopsyflopsy]

I have a popular name and hated being one of 4 in my class, I was always known as little XX or XX B. So for many parents popularity affects their name choice.

[Checkmate]

Morty is cool. Goes well with Rufus.

[ChippingInMistressSteamMop]

Ummm....

How do I put this.... no, no & definitely not.

If you are definitely going for one of these - then Humphrey, it's kind of cute in a 'isn't that an elephant' kind of way, the others are ... ummm ghastly.

But hey - if it was left to me then we'd all need numbers after our names!

[mopsyflopsy]

Please don't call you son anything containing mort - the death association is not good imo.

[LessNarkyPuffin]

I love Rufus. It's a lovely name.

[LetThereBeRock]

Humphrey is a truly terrible name,and that's putting it mildly.Definitely not that.

Love Rufus. Mortimer is just about ok.

I hate Wilbur.It makes me think of the pig from Charlotte's Web.