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Hugo or Freddie (Fredrick) ?

20 replies

Emmiedarling · 20/07/2012 00:14

Opinions please. If you hate both can you leave your favourite boys name instead! thank you!!

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Susieloo · 20/07/2012 00:31

Hugo, Freddie is always going to make me think of Freddie Kruger, child of the 80's, still scares me now, wish I hadn't thought about him just as I'm gong to bed, oh no ........

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VolAuVent · 20/07/2012 00:42

Frederick/Freddie is a great name :)

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FuckityFuckFuck · 20/07/2012 00:43

Out of the two, I would go with Hugo because there are so many Freddies about now, the name has lost all appeal to me

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Lannie33 · 20/07/2012 01:51

LOVE Hugo. Frederick is fine too. Not a huge fan of the nn Freddie.

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emmyloo2 · 20/07/2012 03:37

Love Hugo. I like Frederick but don't like Freddie or Fred as nns, particularly for adults.

Other choices I like: Rufus, Elliot, Jasper??

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TeaTeaLotsOfTea · 20/07/2012 04:49

Freddy?? As in Kruger?? Really??

Why would you name your child the same name as a character who was a paedophile who murdered teenagers in their sleep!! Confused

Hugo on the other hand is fantastic.

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Gugglebum · 20/07/2012 05:58

Definitely Hugo!

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barefootcook · 20/07/2012 10:49

Frederick is a great name-I love it.

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lilolilmanchester · 20/07/2012 10:54

If you are down to these last two names, why not wait and see if either of them appeal more when you see the baby? ie does he look more like a Freddie or a Hugo.

Had a friend who called her son something completely different to the name she'd planned all through pregnancy (and prior pregnancy when she had a girl) - because when he was born, the name didn't seem to suit him and the other name really did...

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DottieRose · 20/07/2012 12:23

Hugo would be my pick........super cute!

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flipflopper · 20/07/2012 12:26

I like Freddie, short for Frederick.
Not keen on Hugo at all.

The names I had picked for a boy were Isaac, Evan or Aidan.

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juliewoojulie · 21/07/2012 19:54

i prefer freddie, not sure bout hugo, but its growing on me x

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nizlopi · 21/07/2012 19:59

I like both, but prefer Hugo, I work in a school and we have a great many Freddie's knocking about!

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Cheddars · 21/07/2012 20:01

Please don't spell it Fredrick though.

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LittleOne76 · 22/07/2012 09:31

I love Hugo!

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WithACherryOnTop · 22/07/2012 12:27

Definitely Hugo.Freddie isn't at all nice.

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YodasMummy · 23/07/2012 20:01

Hugo is very MN name imho. I like Frederick nn Fred.
I wouldn't worry about the Kruger comment above, lots of people call their babies Charles (Manson), Joseph (Goebbels) etc....

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aquashiv · 23/07/2012 22:04

HUGO

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Ham69 · 23/07/2012 22:18

Another HUGO vote here. Love it!

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paradisechick · 24/07/2012 09:49

Hugo is a hamsters name. Freddie all the way!

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