Not Arthur

[isntthatapippip]

I am so cross. We had a name we both liked: Arthur. It suits ds2. Ds1 loves it too. All great. Then H decides that he is going to shorten it to Arfie. I hate it! We need a new name and we have one week to decide.

I can't find anything I like as much as Arthur so decided to ask mn for some inspiration.

I quite like
Frederick
Louis
Luca
Monty
Quinn (I think this can be a boy's name?)
Gabriel

Thanks!

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Artorius?

Latin form of Arthur

[Alisvolatpropiis]

In all seriousness, I like Gabriel from your list.

[Irishkez]

Quinn is a fab name and yes I've only heard it used with boys!

Finlay
Tobias
Sebastian
Hugo
Milo
Archie
William
Patrick
George
Henry
Zachary
Edward
Keir
Cillian
Alistair
Aidan
Lewis
Flynn
Leon
Spencer
Jeremy
Brodie

[af2000]

Our Ds is called Arthur, we love the name and he has really grown to suit it, he is quite cheeky and i cannot imagine him being called anything else. Sometimes my husband calls him Artie but as the nn is the same number of syllables as the full name he rarely gets called anything other than Arthur. It is also still fairly unusual, I have only met 2 others. Are you sure you can't use it?!!

Out of your list I love Monty.. is it short for anything?

[isntthatapippip]

Irishkez thanks for the list I love spencer. It was on our list for ds1 but I had forgotten it for ds2.

Af2000 thanks for sticking up for Arthur. I am so sad because I love it too but Arfie is awful. Artie is better but I don't see why it needs to be shortened to either really it's a lovely name as it is.

Monty would just be monty, not short for anything.

[burgatroyd]

Very odd. Why would H call him Arfie? I have never heard of that before

[marthabear]

Speak honestly with DH about how you love Arthur but really dislike Arfie? From all the other names I like Gabriel best by far.

[temporarilyjerry]

Can your DH not pronounce 'th'? Why else would he shorten it to 'Arfie'?

LTB Might be easier to find a new DH than a new name for your son.

[Letitgoletitgo]

I think you may just need to talk your dh out of Arfie! If anything it sounds a very baby ish name and I suspect by the time he is old enough to speak up for himself your DS will not want to be called it!

Quinn is nice - I have a Finn.
Also like Sebastian and Luca.

[squoosh]

Arfie?!

I agree that you should keep the name and change the husband.

[TheCowThatLaughs]

Quinn makes me think of quim, but that might just be me

[moxon]

Just to repeat: Arfie???

[divingoffthebalcony]

Arfie is just hideous. Awful! But Arthur is great.

In your shoes, I'd be telling DH that you love the name Arthur, but he's going to shorten it to Arfie over your dead body.

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[diddl]

So your son is here & you have been calling him Arthur?

Tell your husband not to be so fucking ridiculous!

Or does he dislike Arthur now?

[isntthatapippip]

He had no name for the first week or so, then we agreed Arthur and now he has started to use the nn arfie. I think he may be changing his mind too, diddl. I just don't understand.

He is a stbxh btw.

[DaMoves]

What a weird thread.