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Wilberforce, Percy, Mungo...

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MustardKernel · 06/01/2015 10:39

If it weren't for DH DS2 (and DS1 for that matter) would be called something like this, my absolute favourites list goes:
Wilberforce
Percy
Mungo
Digby
Django
Otto
There are numerous reasons that i can't use any of these though, so what DO i call him? 5 weeks (hopefully) left to decide. Please help, I'm going around in circles.
Obviously I know there'll be loads of people who loath the above list and think i'm a crackpot but I'm not taking the and i know there must be something out there as lovely (to me) as these are but that can be used in contemporary society.

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meandjulio · 11/01/2015 08:06

I do like Digby very much.

Violettatrump · 11/01/2015 08:03

Otto digby and willberforce are top names. Will refocus would probably be shortened to will by some

Violettatrump · 11/01/2015 08:01

Monty

Violettatrump · 11/01/2015 08:00

Lawrence

I think you could use all those names though! You can't chose a name to please random family members. You and DH choose and then announce AFTER the birth. What ever you choose will grow on everyone.

manicinsomniac · 10/01/2015 22:17

Montgomery
Cosmo
Ptolemy
Wilkie

BlueChampagne · 10/01/2015 21:46

Conrad

Dukketeater · 10/01/2015 17:14

Like Percy and Otto

mathanxiety · 10/01/2015 06:05

And Jerome.

mathanxiety · 10/01/2015 06:03

Clement
Urban
Ludovic
Hugo
Ivor
Willem (not William)

mathanxiety · 10/01/2015 05:51

Anselm
Dunstan
Humphrey
Herbert
Bertram
Nathaniel
Jeremiah
Solomon
Linus
Nicodemus
Erasmus
Cornelius
Ignatius
Tristan
Barnaby
Balthazar
Thaddeus
Isambard
Ferdinand
Leopold
Cyprian
Leander
Lazerian

BlueStarsAtNight · 07/01/2015 23:07

I can't personally see how Atticus, Magnus or Thor are any more 'useable' than Percy, Mungo or Otto! I like them, especially Percy - I may use it for next DS' middle name.

What does your DH like? Just how far apart in style are you?!

aoife24 · 07/01/2015 22:23

I rather like Mungo , patron saint of Glasgow but I do wonder if anyone would dare.

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MustardKernel · 07/01/2015 19:22

seriously considering Atticus, that's one i'd previously overlooked, thanks

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fairyteepee · 07/01/2015 17:46

Lincoln nn linc
Atticus
Thor
Felix
Rex
Rocco
Albie

Pootles2010 · 07/01/2015 12:27

Wilberforce? Er isn't that a surname?

CrispyFern · 07/01/2015 12:24

I like Percy.

I met a Perry a while ago. He was a teenager.

shoobidoo · 07/01/2015 12:15

Not so keen on your op suggestions but I love
Bruno
Quentin
Rufus

AnneofCheese · 07/01/2015 06:38

Thank god for you DH - it sounds like you're naming a pig! Grin

Guin1 · 07/01/2015 06:34

Jago?
Jory?

loislines · 06/01/2015 15:09

What about Duncan? Great history there but not heard any little ones called it.

squoosh · 06/01/2015 15:05

Wilberforce would be so adorable on a Jack Russell.

It loses it's charm when transposed to a human.

dorasee · 06/01/2015 15:01

Oh my goodness. Wilberforce...my DH and I joked about this every time I was pregnant. Don't do it! Your LO will have the royal P taken out of him.
And Mungo!
Though I love Otto and we nearly named our son Otto. BUT we are both riddled with German and Czech DNA, so it felt right for us. Our parents are from Germany/Eastern Europe. It's very Germanic, Otto is.
If you go down that route, Ulric or Ulrich is also a nice name.

victoire1208 · 06/01/2015 14:52

Have a stumbled upon a parallel universe?Grin all a bit try hard for me but I suppose it all depends of your area and the names of his peers.
Of all of the above Bruno is the best.

Sidge · 06/01/2015 14:43

How about Rufus?

Chavaloy · 06/01/2015 14:08

I love Mungo. Why can't you use that?

Otherwise Monty?