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Kit, Wilfred or Diggory... If you hate all 3, stay away!

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Thirstysomething · 26/07/2013 03:28

Any opinions? Am too tired to be slated if you hate them all! I think we might chicken out and do Diggory as a second name, but dh loves the nn Digger and we know a Diggory, so it probably seems less unusual to us than it might do to others!

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FrussoHathorAKADaisythecow · 12/08/2013 17:03

I like kit. I imagine kit to be the sporty type.

Laquila · 12/08/2013 17:01

LOVE Kit and Wilfred (esp. nn Wilf!!) but Diggory doesn't really so it for me.

Leonas · 12/08/2013 15:54

Kit is lovely and Diggory is a character from one of the C.S. Lewis books (Magician's Nephew perhaps) so it has lovely connotations for me :)

zingally · 30/07/2013 14:47

I like Kit a lot... But I think it takes a real personality to pull it off. I'd play safe and go with Christopher on the BC, just in case.

formicadinosaur · 30/07/2013 10:11

Wilf and kit are fab

yawningbear · 29/07/2013 21:01

Congratulatons Flowers, love his name, I may be slightly biased but I do love the nn Wilf and Wilfred goes beautifully with Kit, top name Smile

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 29/07/2013 18:55

Love Kit and Wilfred but not Diggory,

tableandsofa · 29/07/2013 18:52

Christopher nn Kit

ThursdayLast · 29/07/2013 07:00

I love Wilfred.
Kit ok as nn.
Really not been on Diggory.

Which does he look like?!

ArabellaBeaumaris · 29/07/2013 06:33

Oh, just saw you've chosen. Love Wilfred Kit. What are your other DC called?

ArabellaBeaumaris · 29/07/2013 06:32

I like all 3 names although they are not my style. I think I'd go for

  1. Wilfred
  2. Diggory
  3. Kit
MultipleMama · 28/07/2013 21:50

I acutally like Kit and Diggory.

wanderinglonelyasacloud · 28/07/2013 21:34

Great name! Wilfred, wilf is a lovely name and kit too.

MummyPig24 · 28/07/2013 02:55

Wilfred gets my vote

impatienttobemummy · 27/07/2013 19:35

I really like Wilfred considered it myself

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pygmy · 27/07/2013 12:48

Great name!

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Thirstysomething · 27/07/2013 12:34

Thanks all! He is Wilfred Kit and we are v happy with it... If Diggory goes in at all, it will be as a third name!!!.
Thanks for the congratulations message Jamie Xx

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pygmy · 27/07/2013 12:11

I like Wilfred best.

TolliverGroat · 27/07/2013 12:01

She didn't say she wanted you to like all three. She wanted you to like at least one of them ("those who like one/all of them") and not to be actively rude about any of them you don't like ("it is just as easy to say 'I like x and y, but not keen on z' and it has just as much impact, without hurting anyone's feelings.").

I do wish posters on Baby Names would remember that as well as the OP on a thread, who hasn't yet named her child any of the names, their posts are quite likely to be read by people whose own DC have those names already. I'm quite happy for people to post that they "don't like" any of my DCs names, or that they are "old fashioned" or "trendy", but posting that they are "awful" or "yuk!" or "terrible" or "the worst name ever on this board" is just rude.

(None of mine has any of these particular names, by the way. But DD1's name has been slated quite viciously in the past, although oddly enough every time I see it mentioned on the board now it's with people saying how nice it is. Maybe I was just ahead of the curve...)

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 27/07/2013 08:17

Congratulations on your baby.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 27/07/2013 08:16

Sorry to offend.

I like kit, wilfred is ok, but i didn't realise you wanted us to like all 3! I though it was a choice.

Wishfulmakeupping · 27/07/2013 07:07

I really like Wilfred such a cool name, kit is sweet is its a nn for Christopher.

Layl77 · 27/07/2013 07:01

Kit is nicest

Homebird8 · 27/07/2013 06:19

Enjoy your little one whatever you chose!

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