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Brother For Ludo

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:04

I'm after inspiration!

I'm 30 weeks pregnant with DS2 and totally stuck for a name.

I'd like to go a little more classic this time but still avoid being one of several in his class.

Ludo and ....?

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thermalsinapril · 16/04/2013 16:13

Peter
Richard
Felix
Eric
Dylan
Wilfred

SoftSheen · 16/04/2013 13:12

Ludo and Otto works well, I think.

juneybean · 16/04/2013 13:12

Ernest
Otis
Simeon
Alphonsus

xyla · 16/04/2013 13:10

Ludo and Wallace
Ludo and Frederick
Ludo and Rodney
Ludo and Albert

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 13:08

Isn't George very popular now?

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 13:08

Jolyon?

PatriciaHolm · 16/04/2013 13:06

Ivo? Very old british name but not common.

TalkativeJim · 16/04/2013 12:59

Hector

Rollo

Nestor

Snakes'n'Ladders

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 12:33

I love Gilbert. Gilbert Blythe!

Ideally I want classic and more mainstream but that compliments Ludo. It is so hard!

What about Ivan, Ivor or George?

So far on my short list I have

Henry
Nicholas
Edmund
Robert
Alexander
Hector
Edwin
Patrick

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Iseeall · 16/04/2013 12:32

Yorke or Hector
I've come across an american called Yorke before, and Ludo and Hector sound nice.

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 12:29

But just for the record I still love the name Ludo

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TolliverGroat · 16/04/2013 12:29

Hector
Emil
Gilbert
Jasper
Alaric

I love Jago but I think Ludo and Jago are just too matchy-matchy

forevergreek · 16/04/2013 12:26

Otis
Hugh
Theon/ Leon
Thaddeus
Jagger

MortaIWombat · 16/04/2013 12:26

Torsten

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 12:24

I don't want to out us as I think there are only a couple of Ludo's born each year but part Mediterranean and part American parents/grandparents. We're firmly based in the Uk but maybe our cultural reference points are slightly non mainstream.

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BigBoobiedBertha · 16/04/2013 12:19

Babyheave - I though Cluedo. Blush

Sorry OP that isn't helpful. Smile

I think a single syllable name might sound good.

Max
Zak
Tom
Flynn

and for some reason Bob keeps popping up in my head and I have no idea why - I think of it as a nickname.

EasterHoliday · 16/04/2013 12:17

Algernon!
I know a 5 yr old Algy. He lives up to it beautifully.

Iseeall · 16/04/2013 12:15

I still vote for Jago though

Iseeall · 16/04/2013 12:15

Where are you/your partner or family from, just a rough Idea, maybe we can get inspiration from there

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:14

Valentine?

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:13

Ooh, I love eccentric classic as a genre!

Inigo?
Rupert?
Montgomery?
Laurence?

EasterHoliday · 16/04/2013 12:11

The music critic for the Financial Times is the gloriously named Ludo Hunter-Tilney. So how about Hunter?!
(I love the name)

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 12:09

I haven't lost my bottle!

I sort of didn't realise how commented upon Ludo would be, for me it is no more unusual than Jago for example.

We're not a totally English family either.

I see it as an underused eccentric classic which is probably the vibe I want to go with but more of an emphasis on the classic than the eccentric this time.

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fuzzywuzzy · 16/04/2013 12:08

Dominic

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:06

Jerome