Names to go with Rufus and Betty (Beatrice)

[phlossie]

So far we have:

Fergus
Finian
Albert (Albie)

though we love none of those names. It can't be one syllable, and Oscar, Felix, Freddie, Dominic, Rupert, Henry are ruled out because of close family/friend connections.

We love Tabitha for a girl.

[waitingforskinnyjeanstofit]

My due date today and we are going for Albert or Tabitha so rather predictably I think these names are great.

[Montsti]

Romilly, Theodore/Hugo/Sebastian?

Love Tabitha and Albert but prefer nn. Bertie.

[Montsti]

Good luckwaitingforskinnyjeanstofit! Lovely choice of names!

[filkin]

How about Bungle? It didn't seem very popular on my recent thread but we love it.

[waitingforskinnyjeanstofit]

Thanks Montsi

[BibiBelle]

Hugo
Herbert nn Herb

I love Tabitha nn Bitsy but maybe not with Betty

[Towndon]

Nathaniel, Miles, Edward, Oliver, Luke, Jonathan, Mark, Frederick/Freddie, Lawrence, Peter, Luke, William?

[phlossie]

Thanks everyone. I love Frederick, but it's my brother's name. I don't really like the more traditional names on the whole. Plus we have a really really common surname, so something a bit more out of the ordinary would be best.

LOVE Bitsy as a nn for Tabitha! Much better than Tabby.

But couldn't have a Bertie montsi with a Betty, even though I love it.

Great minds, waitingforskinnyjeans. Good luck!

Any more? My DH and mum like Hector, but what nn?

[Montsti]

Oh yes sorry phlossie - doh!

[Towndon]

Posh-trad names

Monty, Quentin, Arthur, Oscar, Tobias, Marcus, Jasper, Xavier, Fabian, Piers, Theodore, Gabriel, Barnaby, Maximilian, Edmund, Humphrey, Julius

[tattychicken]

I've got a Rufus and a Fergus, with an Isobel and Anna. Also considered;

Archie
Hugo
Hector
Hamish
Florence
Caitlin
Constance
Violet
Catriona

HTH

[phlossie]

Ooh, it does tattychicken! Thanks. Fergus is my favourite, by DH thinks it's too Scottish/Irish or we're too English - whichever way you look at it. I don't agree.

[charitygirl]

I'm almost loathe to share it, but I've just named DS2 Ira, and I love it!

[phlossie]

See I love Inigo, Idris and Ezra but they're too 'out there' for my DH. Ira is awesome, but I suspect he'd feel the same about that. Congrats on the baby, btw

[CaipirinhasAllRound]

what about Hester for a girl?
For a boy Dexter or Bruno?

[charitygirl]

Thank you! I love Ezra too. How about Hector? Had DS2 been DD2, he would have been Penelope, nn Nell.

[threecurrantbuns]

Hector is fab and from your list Albert.

But that partly because I have a thing about names ending in the same way Rufus and Fergus have very similar endings.

Love your first two dcs names :)

I'm just going back and forth between Iris and Beatrice if dc4 is a girl

[tammytoby]

Rufus, Beatrice and
Quentin
Monty
Xavier
all sound great together. Fergus is nice too imo. Love Tabitha for a girl.

I'd avoid Hector due to the negative meaning (bully, tormentor) and the lack of nice nicknames (Heck ).

[messagetoyourudy]

Good strong names - I have a Hector chosen for the fact that you can't shorten it although some have already sortened it to 'Hec'.

Also - Wilfred, Orson, Dexter, Stanley, Albert, Ralph.

[puffling]

Mungo, Rhydian, Orca, Vesper
Chepstow, Velveteen, Elspeth, Ute

[Spoutlet]

Ferdinand
Phineas
Benedict

[sonniebonnie]

I love Fergus, Marcus, Quentin and Inigo and think they go well with Rufus and Betty.

The meaning of Hector would put me off.

[phlossie]

Stanley's on the list (partly also because my dd suggested 'Poostand', which I thought could be shortened to Stan!) Thank you.

DD may have been Ferdinand, but I'm not sure about it. Liking Phineas and Benedict too...

sonniebonnie - I LOVE Inigo (and Ezra too) but DH can't cope with them - too out there for him!