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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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Alisvolatpropiis · 27/07/2013 01:03

Kit is fab.

Wilfred is ok.

Please god no not Diggory.

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Thirstysomething · 27/07/2013 00:09

PS to be clear, am not saying that Backforgood was vitriolic, you made a good point, I was just answering your question!
Right, off now, bye bye Baby Names topic, I have enjoyed lurking and occasionally posting here for five years!

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Thirstysomething · 27/07/2013 00:05

Hi Backforgood, my reason for not asking for negative opinions is that we have decided he will be one of those three names and I really only wanted to hear from those who like one/all of them too - ie people with the same taste. I was just trying to pick my favourite with a bit of feedback, since it was the middle of the night!
I know I am limiting my audience - but that was sort of the point of my thread title.
If I saw a title saying "Chase, Kevin or Snotgrass... If you hate all three stay away". - then I just wouldn't bother commenting!

I would say that vitriolic comments are just pointless - they are hurtful and bullying and unnecessary - 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. Everyone has their own opinions on names and you aren't going to change someone's mind with bitchiness.
Anyway, thanks all for all the positive comments, we have made up our own minds and it has been great to get the constructive feedback from those who were kind enough to give it politely.
Phew, last child so no more name decisions to make now!

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MaryBateman · 26/07/2013 23:37

Yes Squoosh I can just see Diggory Snodgrind. Portly, red faced with mutton chop whiskers. Scowling about his pension age workers wanting toilet breaks every five hours!

ArtyFartyQueen · 26/07/2013 23:25

Love the name Kit, think its quite unusual but a lovely name!

squoosh · 26/07/2013 23:24

I agree with MaryBateman, Diggory does sound like a Victorian mill owner. A Dickens character called Diggory Snodgrins.

ToomuchIsBackOnBootcamp · 26/07/2013 23:23

I like Kit, I can imagine both child and man as Kit.

Wilfred, bit old mannie in a flat cap for my taste, but Freddie is fine.

Diggory. Hmm. First thought was "wasn't it Cedric Diggory who got killed in Harry Potter?" Maybe if you don't want constant HP references, and I'm sure those books will still be popular when your Ds is older, best avoid?

You can still use nickname Digger and name him anything at all!! I have a couple of family members whose NN bear no resemblance whatsoever to their given names, they came from funny events/circumstances when they were younger. One of my friends kids first words was "digger" btw so you could use something like that as a cover story for coming up with the NN!

Homebird8 · 26/07/2013 23:20

I love all three although I do know a rottie by the name Wilf. A soft and handsome creature he is though.

I love Kit as a nickname for Christian.

And I wanted Diggory but DH didn't.

MaryBateman · 26/07/2013 23:15
  1. Just no to Wilfred. My second cousin is called Wilfred, He's in his 70s and it still doesn't suit him. He's still young and fun and well Wilfred just isn't. To me it's a name that should be left to the past. Like Athelstan, Godwine or Godefryd.
  1. Kit- it sounds like a nickname for another name. And if he hates it when he's grown up he's got nowhere to go with it. He might change his name by deed poll to Simon/Gordon/Gervaise/Bernard.
  1. Diggory. Just no. You can call him Alphonse and give him the nickname Digger. Never give your DC a name that you think the nickname will be a base for. It will always backfire as his mates will be far more inventive than you. And whatever surname you put Diggory with, he will always sound like a Victorian mill owner.
iklboo · 26/07/2013 23:14

Kit & Wilf. Not keen on Diggory (it makes me think of didgeridoo) but it's not up to me.

MrsOakenshield · 26/07/2013 23:13

love Wilf/Wilfred.
Not sure about Kit.
Hate Diggory but prob got something to do with working for an absolute knobber called Digby a while back!

Rhubarbgarden · 26/07/2013 23:08

I like Kit and Wilfred.

Diggory sounds like a joke name.

Wbdn28 · 26/07/2013 22:33

Wilfred, with Freddie as nickname

trixymalixy · 26/07/2013 21:49

No to diggory. Wilf is quite wet sounding. I like Kit though.

I knew someone whose knickname was digger, his real name was David.

notadoctor · 26/07/2013 21:45
  1. Wilf
  2. Kit
  3. Diggory

Absolutely love both Kit and Wilf.

Hashtagwhatever · 26/07/2013 21:44

Kit

BackforGood · 26/07/2013 21:35

Of course, because of your title, you're not really going to get the opinions of a cross section of society.
Not sure the point of asking an opinion, if only positive opinions are allowed. I know you are asking for an 'order' rather than a direct 'do you like' but it's only going to be from a small % of posters because of your title.

TolliverGroat · 26/07/2013 21:23

I really really like Christopher (or Kester) nn Kit. Wilfred is fine but I keep coming across small Wilfs. Diggory is nice but personally I'd find it hard to separate from The Magician's Nephew .

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 26/07/2013 21:22

I love Kit.

MaryBateman · 26/07/2013 21:22

Diggory was a comedy/buffoon character on Coronation Street a while back.

And as much as you might hope to influence a nickname it doesn't often work out like that. What if the kids at school call him Gorry instead of Digger? And that's the one he'll go with, the one that his friends call him. We absolutely refused to recognise one nickname for DS's name when he was little. Guess what all his mates now call him? He's long since grown up but that's how he's known to all his pals.

Floggingmolly · 26/07/2013 21:21

Why in the name of Jesus would you call a child Diggory???????

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Badvoc · 26/07/2013 21:16

I like all of them!

LemonBreeland · 26/07/2013 21:13

Have not heard of Diggory before but love it!

Not keen in Kit, but a friend of mime has a little Wilf and I like that too.

Purplehonesty · 26/07/2013 21:08

Kit. Lovely name and I knew a very handsome one