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Vincent?

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kiwik · 04/08/2013 23:11

I have three DSs already, and feeling is that DC4 will also be a boy.
DH doesn't want to know, but I'm all out of names having used up 9 already.

I love, love, love Ptolemy and Stanley, but DH has said we cannot use anything ending in y or ie as his surname ends ley and he doesn't want rhyming or sing-songy names.

So Vincent? To go with brothers Gilbert, Francis and Horatio

Or any other brilliant suggestions?

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MyNameIsSuz · 29/08/2013 21:12

I love Vincent, it's top of our list if we have a DS2. Mine's called Franklin but that obviously wouldn't work, on our list were also

Victor
Wilbur
Tobias
Theodore
Jasper

Any of those work?

BeyonceCastle · 05/08/2013 02:12

Oh I loved Albie as a middle name but vetoed along with Joshua by DH Sad
Vincent will aways be Don McLean/Van Gogh to me and Vinnie will always be Vinnie Jones Grin but neither of those are necessarily bad things.

howcomes · 05/08/2013 01:46

Love Vincent, excellent name!

Amy106 · 05/08/2013 01:43

I think Vincent would be a great choice and it goes well with the older siblings' names. What would you use for a middle name?

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 05/08/2013 00:00

Kiwik I know it only as Albie which is the name of a book by Stan Barstow.

juneybean · 04/08/2013 23:56

My brother is a Vincent after Don McLeans song and he was never a vinnie always Vince.

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kiwik · 04/08/2013 23:53

Oh - I love Joss. That's going on the list.
Is Alby short for Albert? My nephew is Albert, known as Bertie (or Bert as he calls himself), so that's not possible.

I quite like Clement, but not sure DH will as he's much more conservative in name choice than I am.

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Beamur · 04/08/2013 23:26

There's a Vinnie at DD's school - great name.
Ptolemy is very 'posh' sounding but would not be out of place with your other names.

bridgetsmum · 04/08/2013 23:24

Vincent is lovely, and he will be called Vinnie, which is also lovely.
I have a wee cousin called Vinnie, so I may be a wee bit biased.

Stanley is ok, but what the hell is Ptolemy?!?!? That's not even a real word never mind a name. I had to google how to pronounce it Shock

NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 04/08/2013 23:20

Oh LOVE Vincent. It's fabulous. Don't like Ptolemy or Stanley at all. Mind you I like Tolly...or Ptoli however you shorten Ptolemy. I also like Albie and Joss.