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Wavering about Conrad

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MrsHoratioNelson · 25/08/2013 11:31

Baby due in 6 weeks. We were all set with Conrad, then I went off it a bit... then I came back round to it... and now I'm wavering again. It's got to the point where I'm starting to hope that we have a girl just so I can avoid the issue.

Pffft.

I'm worried I will regret choosing Conrad in a year or two.

He'd be a Conrad George, I think. Our "backup" names are Frederick and Rufus (DH less keen). Thoughts?

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kiwik · 29/08/2013 06:34

I like Conrad, but love Rufus.

Conrad to me is similar to Oscar, Xavier and Lucas.

Laquila · 29/08/2013 01:41

Conrad is lovely - I imagine a young Conrad to have blonde curls, and an elder one to be quite suave and sophisticated, yet a little bit rugged Grin

BlueChampagne · 28/08/2013 16:40

I have a Conrad - his elder brother (6) calls him Coo-Coo.

fanjodisfunction · 28/08/2013 10:11

Great name. I was on a plane a while ago with a toddler called Conrad, nobody rasied an eye brow, he was was full of blonde curls too.

jemimastar · 28/08/2013 09:29

Love Conrad!! On our list too. Different/quirky but strong and quite cool too - really agree with Anjou's other names its along same lines of too, several of those are also in our shortlist! Smile

AntoinetteCosway · 28/08/2013 07:37

I taught a Conrad a few years ago-he's now early 20s. It suited him. He was v v clever and witty so in my mind it's a clever, witty kind of name!

3boysgirlontheway · 28/08/2013 07:12

Conrad is fantastic, I have never met one. The only one I know of is the guy on Revenge.

invicta · 26/08/2013 22:21

Conrad is a great name - love it

YankeeAlphaBravoUniform · 26/08/2013 22:19

Conrad and Rufus are lively, Frederick too commonplace, and too posh.

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MrsHoratioNelson · 26/08/2013 15:06

Thanks all - I think it really is just the late pg hormones doing funny things! Nice to hear from those of you with Conrads or who know Conrads.

Happy for him to be a Con or a Rad (dude Wink) - I have no objection to nicknames per se, just not keen on the diminutives of Frederick.

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Frikadellen · 26/08/2013 15:00

Btw the only " nickname" ours get is his surname and everyone I know w that surname gets that (Its Scotish and starts with FL)

Frikadellen · 26/08/2013 14:59

I have a Conrad he is 11.. We know 1 other Conrad he is coming up 50 says he has never met any other Conrad's but ours.

It is 100% a marmite name it was the ONLY name (of our 4) where we got either
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I LOVE that name..
Much like you have on this thread Smile

DS likes having a name not everyone else has and it has that unique ability to be a name everyone knows but few people know " one of"

I did however like you go on and off when pregnant with him worried it was " to strong" a name and that we would set him up for being teased,

In retrospect He just IS Conrad and I love it I am thrilled we went with it (as is DH ) I don't regret calling him Conrad Its a great name and He is a great boy.

The other Conrad we know (dad up at their school) owns his own company in a field I cant remember right now(I have been told it is a bit obscure) bt has done well for himself.

Conrad George sounds great imo Ours has Paul for mn after a late uncle.

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yummymumtobe · 26/08/2013 12:08

I know 2 baby conrads. It is cool!

CheeseFondueRocks · 26/08/2013 11:36

I like Frederick. It was in our boy top 3.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 26/08/2013 11:12

Beatrice Lydia
Claudia Elodie
What stylish names Smile. Personally I wouldn't put Lydia together with Elodie but imo the other combos work.

squoosh · 26/08/2013 11:11

I really like Rufus.

No too keen on Conrad, reminds me of Conrad Black.

Bowlersarm · 26/08/2013 11:11

Conrad is interesting. I don't know any.

I think it could grow on me.

Otherwise I love Rufus.

Claudia is great. I prefer it to Beatrice.

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MrsHoratioNelson · 26/08/2013 11:03

Coconutty yes, it would bother me. Part of th reason I'm not wild about Frederick is that I'm not mad about Freddie and you can't stop people callin a child Freddie if his name is Frederick. Conrad is just, well, Conrad.

Now also doubting Claudia Elodie Hmm

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Hooya · 26/08/2013 10:40

Love it. Exactly agree about unusual but not a difficult or odd name, if you see what I mean.

Anjou · 26/08/2013 00:09

Oops! You already mentioned Rufus as an alternative, OP. sorry!

Anjou · 26/08/2013 00:08

Conrad is a great name. Cool, strong, unusual but not unheard of. To my ears, the pairing with the mn George doesn't quite flow, but that's just me. Smile

I love it. I would put it in the same category as
Magnus
Rex
Hector
Rufus
Kirill
Roman

Hope that doesn't put you off! I love all of those names too.

Good luck OP! Smile

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