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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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ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:05

Peregrine
Bartholomew
Ptolomy

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 16/04/2013 12:04

Not Vincent - what if it's shortened to "vic"?!

ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:04

Yes, I think unusual is the way to go. Otherwise the traditional one will feel a bit drab and like you've lost your bottle.

Why do you want to go less unusual? Have you been unsure about Ludo?

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 12:02

I guess the crux of my dilemma is that I have picked an unusual name and am now concerned that picking anything more usual will be unbalanced and weird like having Alphonse and Steve.

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ZolaBuddleia · 16/04/2013 12:02

Jeremy
Lev
Samuel
Crispin
Jasper

purrpurr · 16/04/2013 11:59

I see NinthWave has already beaten me to it - was just about to say Hoggle! What about Toby? Or The Goblin King? Depends how it would fit with your surname I suppose...

WTFisABooyhoo · 16/04/2013 11:57

has anyone suggested chris?

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ScrambledSmegs · 16/04/2013 11:54

You don't have to shorten them. Several of my adult friends have names that are commonly shortened, but they've always used their proper names. You just need to be polite but firm.

BaronessBomburst · 16/04/2013 11:52

Priam?

Soloman
Alaric

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:52

I don't want another O name although I like all of these and Hugo too.

I like Edwin but I think my loathing of Ed will rule it out.

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:50

Alexander, Edmund, Nicholas, Robert are all names I like but hate the nicknames - Alex, Ed, Nick and Rob. You can't control the nicknames can you so you have to be ready for them.

Yahtzee! Like Westward Ho! The exclamation mark is important!

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ScrambledSmegs · 16/04/2013 11:49

Or even Xander for short.

If you don't mind another 'O' name, Milo or Arlo would go nicely, I think. Or Jago, like Iseeall suggests.

SneakyBiscuitEater · 16/04/2013 11:48

How about
jake
Maximilian
Malachi
Knox
Edwin?

ScrambledSmegs · 16/04/2013 11:47

Yahtzee!

With the exclamation point. Very important.

Or, more seriously, how about Alexander? Alex for short.

Iseeall · 16/04/2013 11:47

Jago.

I think Ludo and Jago sound lovely together, I like that they are both short names and I like the o at the end. It works well I think.

AuroraAlfresco · 16/04/2013 11:47

Biggles
Fauntleroy
Porcupine
Preposterous
Vercingetorix

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:43

So far then I have

Henry
Nicholas
Edmund
Patrick

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WTFisABooyhoo · 16/04/2013 11:42

guess who?

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:41

Yes Sir Didymus is the one obviously! But two words or one? Or hyphenated Ellie-Mae style?

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hippoCritt · 16/04/2013 11:40

Jenga

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Leslieannelevine · 16/04/2013 11:39

Ah TheYoni I like almost all of these, especially Nicholas and Edmund.

There are tons of names I like actually. I can't quite fit them with Ludo in my head. I am probably worrying unnecessarily but it seems really important for them to be of a similar vibe.

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TryDrawing · 16/04/2013 11:37

I think Ludo and Patrick go very well together

TheYoniOfYawn · 16/04/2013 11:37

I was about to suggest Patrick, too before my formatting went wrong.

awkwardsis · 16/04/2013 11:36

Rupert.
But Grin at Sir Didymus

TheYoniOfYawn · 16/04/2013 11:36

Clovis

Benedict

Jasper

Sebastian

Nicholas
Edmund

Tristan