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The name Arthur?

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Doodledumdums · 31/03/2013 22:54

Just a light-hearted question really! DH and I have a 12 week old son called Arthur. When we picked it, we thought it was not particularly common, and were hoping that he'd be the only one in his class etc (not that it matters really, we just thought that it was a fairly uncommon name!). Anyway, since he has been born, I have known of no less than THREE other Arthurs who have been born! (Only to friends of friends, but three is quite a lot!)

Has this name suddenly increased in popularity, or were DH and I naive in thinking that it wasn't particularly popular at the moment?! Do you know many Arthurs?!

As I said, not that it matters, we still love his name, but I just wondered!

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UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 31/03/2013 23:40

I love it. I wanted it as DS2's middle name but he is called Felix and a friend pointed out that it would be two brands of cat food. That put me off, somewhat.

ThisIsMummyPig · 31/03/2013 23:39

I know one who is coming up to 1. I think it's still a bit unusual, but within a few of years there will be one in most schools.

Gardentreehouse · 31/03/2013 23:38

Anything from your grandparents generation is v popular right now. I also know lots of Arthur's but really like the name.

birdofthenorth · 31/03/2013 23:32

I am 38 weeks pg and intend to call h
Arthur all going well. Several people have said "oh, I know a little Arthur born recently" so yes, I'd say it's about to take a hike in popularity, but it's a lovely name and you can't always predict these things. DN is an Ethan which leapt dramatically in popularity but it suits him to the ground and SIL still loves it. If you google the Dark Greener Names website you can see that Arthur is on the rise but was still only the 82nd most popular name in 2010 so whilst it might have leapt up in the last couple of years it's unlikely to be top 5 anytime yet.

How many are in his class however is just down to pure luck I'm afraid... DD was one of only 4 babies named her name in 2010 and it turns out one of the others lives in the same town!!

Tacal · 31/03/2013 23:29

oops, just realised it is an Archie I know of not an Arthur. So I have not met any little Arthurs.

Sidney is a great name. I hope you manage to convince your DH!

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Doodledumdums · 31/03/2013 23:21

Yes, older traditional names certainly are fab sleepdodger! I love them all! I'm trying to persuade DH that if we have any more DS's then we should call one of them Sidney...but he is yet to be convinced!

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Tacal · 31/03/2013 23:20

A friend of a friend has a 2 year old Arthur. I have not met any other little Arthurs but I think it is becoming popular these days.

My ds has a very popular name and I did not realize how popular it was until after he was born. He is 4 now and l still love his name.

sleepdodger · 31/03/2013 23:16

We liked it for ds but went with another similar name and in end both names round here are v popular
I've come to conclusion that any older or trad boys names are going to be popular because they're fab names Wink

applepieinthesky · 31/03/2013 23:04

I know a 25 year old Arthur and a seven month old one.

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