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Rupert - honest opinions, please!

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raf79 · 03/07/2015 20:55

I really like the name Rupert, but my hubby thinks it sounds a bit 'overheard in Waitrose'! I can see his point, but I also think it's a good traditional name that will work well with his older sister's name (Martha) and sounds good on a boy and a man. However, I'd hate to think it would lead to bullying in the playground.

What do people honestly think? Thank you!!!

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OhMittens · 04/07/2015 22:58

Bear
Pretentious
Pseudo-posh

Sorry.

Robert as an alternative???

LibrariesGaveUsPower · 04/07/2015 22:23

DD1 got given a kids set. She uses it like a hockey stick. classy like her mother.Grin

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 22:18

I'll expose myself as a proper pleb now. It never even occurred to me that croquet was a sport that people actually competed in. I thought it was just a gentle pastime that posh people partook of on a summer's day in between eating cucumber sandwiches and getting up to hi jinx with the under gardener.

HaleMary · 04/07/2015 22:09

You don't really want anyone who knows them around - it's the cheating and arguing that's fun, imo. Grin

LibrariesGaveUsPower · 04/07/2015 22:06

My parents have a vair posh friend who knows the rules of croquet. He is now retired and spends a lot of time on his lawn.Grin

HaleMary · 04/07/2015 22:03

Fraggle, I assure you I'm equally peasant-y! You get a blue or half-blue for competing at a high level in Oxford and Cambridge sports teams, including in a varsity match. You get a stripy blazer, glory etc. I remember that Rupert because he was the only person I know who actually knew the rules of croquet, while the rest of us invented them/cheated/played drunk so it didn't count etc.

SakuraSakura · 04/07/2015 21:13

I like it

LibrariesGaveUsPower · 04/07/2015 21:05

His children are Luke and Liberty. I think you can safely say Rupert isn't their taste. Grin

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raf79 · 04/07/2015 20:59

Thanks again for your posts. Hubby just said he imagines George Osbourne would call his child something like Rupert, which has just utterly killed it for me now!

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LibrariesGaveUsPower · 04/07/2015 20:16

I know two aged 5 and under. On its way back here. Smile

twirlypoo · 04/07/2015 20:14

I love, love, love it!!!!

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 20:13

I'm too peasant like to even know what a half-blue in croquet might be!

mamaneedsamojito · 04/07/2015 20:06

I love it but my DH vetoed it too - too posh apparently.Confused

HaleMary · 04/07/2015 20:05

The only Rupert I knew was reading PPE, had swishy corn-coloured locks, would inherit a considerable chunk of the North of England, and had a half-blue in croquet.

susurration · 04/07/2015 20:00

I like it.

honeyandfizz · 04/07/2015 19:21

Hate it. Unless your aristocracy then you may just get away with it.

CharlieCoCo · 04/07/2015 19:05

i know a Bear or a "Bear Bear" whose real name is Rupert.

Zakken · 04/07/2015 10:01

It would pass the park test for me because I'd probably use Roo (or Rue) for that purpose.

Mamab33 · 04/07/2015 08:15

Love it!

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raf79 · 04/07/2015 08:13

Thanks, everyone. Some of the replies in the 'no' camp made me chuckle! Hadn't realised the squaddie slang thing, and hubby says it fails the park test for him so I think we might have to go for something else. But what?!?!

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weasle · 04/07/2015 00:23

Love it. Couldn't use for family reasons, but v fond of it. Goes well with Martha.

happyNotanymore · 04/07/2015 00:17

My friend son is called Rupert , I like it even though it still brings the bear to my mind . They call him Rups ,and I think it's very sweet.

If you like it GO for it !!!!! There will be ones that like it and the others that not so much ! Like with everything else in this word Smile

FraggleHair · 04/07/2015 00:09

I'd be mortified calling out 'Rupert' in a public place so it's a no from me.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 04/07/2015 00:06

I know a rupert about 18 months old.
And I have seen a newborn rupert.
I think it is making a start at being trendy!
I don't think I would have a rupert, but if you like it,it's fine. It would look like we copied...
At least you know it's a boy name, not like a lot of trendy unisex ones.

Ludways · 03/07/2015 23:24

I love it, a really cool guy I grew up with. That said, even now years later I always think "Roo's a poo" after one of my other really cool teenage mates taught Rupert's parrot to say it when he was holiday sitting it one year, lol