<Wail> Please tell me this name would NOT have been a good idea <sob>

[LurleneLumpkin]

It took us ages to name our DS - he had no name for two weeks so in the end I caved and went with an acceptable suggesstion from DH.

However he really does look like a name I had in mind for him but immediately rejected because I really felt it didn't fit with our surname at all.

So please tell me Wilfred Wilks would not have been a good idea. He really does look like a little 'Wilfie'.

We went with Michael by the way - it's OK he's gorgeous and it does suit him but still......

If it is relevant DDs are Emily and Poppy.

wilfred wiks does sound a little strange....sorry...

Michael is a nice classic name

You can still call him your little Wilfie

Wilfred Wilks sounds great to me, Wilfie Wilks sounds fab too - go for it.

No don't be sorry - it's what I thought in the first place and what I need to hear now

thank christ you didn't call him it.
it sounds like a comedy name!

michael much much better.

No Wilfred Wilks is not good (assumes this is not a wind-up).

Wilfie could be a nn for him though.

Oh poor you, mine's 16mo and I still wish I had called him Johnnie!

He really looks like one and I'm not sure if I like his name after all...

Wilfred Wilks not brilliant I am afraid. Bit Willy Wonka, like a made up roald-dahlesque name.

Michael is better! (nothing against Wilfred in essence but it doesn't sound right with your last name!)
Loads of sweet abbreviations too, Mike, mikey etc.

I also wanted Walter but there are just not enough children for the names I like...

Michael goes lovely with your surname and with your other childrens names!
Call him Wilfie as a nickname if you love it and he looks like one

they are both nice.

But it kind of goes with Lurlene Lumpkin!

Wilfred Lumpkin is an excellent name

OMG that was my GGgrandfathers name!

at Wilfred Lumpkin

I do like calling him Mike which surprises me - something offbeat about picking up a cute cuddly bundle and saying 'come on then Mike in your pushchair' . He was supposed to be 'Mikey' - the DDs call him that.

I think it's lovely

I hate to depress you further but this happened to me and I was railroaded into a name by my dh. My dd is two in a week and I am still not used to it. I really wish I had changed it.

Hmmm, I love Wilfie, but has that 'will date terribly' thing about it. Michael is very classic, you can't go wrong in life with a name like Michael. Nobody will ever make any assumptions about him. It's a good strong name and your 2nd choice?!

Mikey goes really well with Poppy and EMily.

He's nearly 4mo now - DH say's no way to a change (don't blame him) - think I'll use it as a pet name.

I refer to Poppy by her middle name a fair bit (because it is cool) and more often than not she gets called quaggle . If I call her by her name she says 'No, I'm quaggle!' Oh dear.......

OH! Your sur name is Wilks? Oh thank goodness you went with Michael!!

I love Wilfrid but only because my cat was called that

He'll get called Wilkie by his schoolmates anyway - that's close enough.

Michael is a great name. Mike is good, Mikey is NOT (too many BB connections)

Hmmmm...maybe I've been watching too much of the DDs Brambley Hedge videos

Never watched BB so I have no knowledge of a Mikey on BB. I'm not too bothered about the opinions of those who watch it anyway [vast generalisation emoticon]

Me neither, haven't watched that tosh since the second series. I wouldn't worry about that Lurlenelumpkin!!!