Please rate my boys' names...

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SurreyWithAFringeOnTop · 01/11/2012 20:52

We have a shortlist of boys' names but are now going round in circles trying to decide on our final choice. Could you please rate them for me, with reasons if possible:

Henry
Arthur
Charles (Charlie)
Rufus
Laurence (Laurie)

I am so overthinking this and would appreciate some impartial opinions; thank you!

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baskingseals · 01/11/2012 21:42

sorry, missed Laurence - yes i like it, but prefer Rufus. so my top two would be Rufus and Laurence.

baskingseals · 01/11/2012 21:40

oh i really like Rufus. it reminds me of that Nick Hornby book.
also prefer Artur to Arthur. quite like Charlie, and for some strange reason i don't like Henry at all. but i realise it's a perfectly nice name.

mathanxiety · 01/11/2012 21:16

Henry -- love
Arthur -- prefer the East European Artur for some reason I cannot understand
Charles (Charlie) -- love
Rufus -- a bit fussy, try hard, reminds me of 'rumpus'
Laurence (Laurie) -- don't like Laurie (having lived in the US this sounds like a girl's name to my ear, and I don't like Larry either), and I see Laurence as a nice French girl's name too..

So I suppose Henry and Charles (Charlie) would be the ones I really like from your list.

lou4791 · 01/11/2012 21:09

Arthur- love it
Henry
Rufus
Charlie (not keen on Charles)
Lawrence- dislike

Hassled · 01/11/2012 20:57

Charles, then Laurence, Arthur and Henry are a tie and Rufus is last place.

Rufus seems a bit try-hard. Rufus (to me) has an association (very public school, a bit Tim-Nice-But-Dim) which might be hard to shake off as an adult in the real world one day, although cute on a little boy. I don't think you'd ever take a Rufus particularly seriously.

dementedma · 01/11/2012 20:56

My favorite of your options is Laurence, but not Laurie

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