Mostly granddaddy boys name short list

[birdofthenorth]

So scan revealed it's a boy!

Looking for a vintagey but not madly popular name, current ideas DH and I both like are

Arthur
Rupert
Henry (too popular?)
Leonard
Herbert/ Herbie
Elton
Franklin
Aidan (lost its vintage feel?)
And the wildcard -Tavish?!

What do you think?

[birdofthenorth]

Oh and Patrick, too

[flopsy1974]

Love Patrick and Arthur. Both great names. Not keen on the rest

[Wetthemogwai]

I like Henry but the rest don't do much for me, sorry

[SirDoris]

Aidan. But then I'm biased about that one.

[PurplePidjin]

Claude (known as George) on one side of my family, Kenneth on the other

Both vetoed by dp and me but might be more to your taste?

[cashmere]

Henry is very popular.
I like Arthur and Franklin.
Don't like Leonard or Aiden.
What about Albert or Alfred?

[smable]

We had Leonard on our final list so i say go with that, i also like Rupert, Patrick, Arthur and Herbie (but not Herbert). We went with Laurence (Laurie) in the end which i'm told is quite 'old man'

[AnathemaDevice]

I love Patrick, but I've never been able to use it as DH doesn't like it.

Not too keen on the others, sorry. How about Francis, rather than Franklin, for a name that can be shortened to Frank/Frankie?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Arthur! I love it!

[birdofthenorth]

Thanks all -not much consensus but Arthur relatively well liked?

Forgot to add that Rex is on the list, though I'm guessing that's a marmite one!

[birdofthenorth]

Other contenders are

Gabriel
Gilbert
Kingsley

Are these getting worse not better?!

[RubyFakeNails]

Getting worse. I think Gilbert sounds like you're taking the piss.

Gabriel is nice, I wouldn't say its vintage and is quite popular.

Kingsley is alright, to me it has the same connotations as names like Leighton, Clayton, Leroy, Travis etc not really vintage.

Arthur I like.

What about (an I'm basically trying to remember my granddads friends)

Reg
Albert
Winston
Ted (think he was an Edward)
Wally (was a walter)
Nelson
Stanley
Isaac
Hector
Charlie/Archie/Bobby/Harry/Freddie
Sidney
Monty

[Methe]

Barnaby
Wilfred
Frank?

I like Rupert from your list but not really keen on any of the rest and I agree wholeheartedly with ruby, Gilbert would be cruel!

[flyoverthegoldenhill]

I love Herbert.

[PurplePidjin]

Reginald
Cyril
Jonathan
James (Jim)
Edward
Maurice
Howard
Derek
Terrence (Terry)

Just thinking of all my elderly relatives and their friends!

[bigbluebump]

Love Leonard and Arthur. How about Quentin or Clement?

[StarsGhostTail]

Tom
William
Alan
Stephen
Cecil

my Grandfathers and their brothers

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Gilbert? As in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Please don't do it!

Gabriel is nice!

Kingsley is a bit much though I too like it,in theory.

Arthur is the stand out name I think. Arthur Gabriel sounds great as a first/middle combination.

[ArthurandGeorge]

Arthur is lovely.

Victor
Ramsay
Cy
Percy

[Fifi2406]

Rupert or Franklin! I loveeeeee

[hellokitty123]

Love Rupert and Leonard!

[amck5700]

Miles
Robert (Bert)
Nigel
Jeremy
Crispin

out of your list - Patrick is nice

[CaseyShraeger]

I actually like Gilbert (I think down to a teenage crush on Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables but I'm painfully aware that no one else seems to. I like Arthur, Henry, Franklin, Patrick and Gabriel.

Miles? Cyrus? Silas? Rufus? Wilfred?

[honeytea]

I pike Rupert best.