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I need a non local perspective!

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PeterRabbitt · 03/03/2016 20:20

We live in the new forest and there is a well
known monument called the Rufus Stone here. Locally it's well known but would you make the association if you weren't from around here?
I love the nn Roo and Reuben and Rupert don't do it it for me, Rufus is such a beautiful name and I'm beginning to wonder why on earth I married someone with such a bloody generic surname!
Tell me can we do this to our son? I didn't even remember it was a place until a friend pointed it out.

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Shemozzle · 05/03/2016 16:04

The same age*

Shemozzle · 05/03/2016 16:03

Never heard of the stone. We were convinced dd2 was a boy and we chose Rufus as a name and called my bump Rufus for most of the pregnancy. I love it so much. Then I made friends with someone who had a son the same she called Rufus, so I couldn't use it anymore. I don't think it's strange at all.

ClashCityRocker · 05/03/2016 15:51

I like the name, but proximity to a local landmark could be an issue.

I'm thinking kind of like someone called Clifford Tower in York.

sashenka · 05/03/2016 15:47

I do love Rufus, but maybe living close to the new forest it could be an awkward name? Rupert could be a lovely alternative Smile

JudgeJudySheindlin · 04/03/2016 22:20

I'm not keen on the name at the moment but tomorrow I might like it. I guess I'm saying I change my opinion a lot about Rufus.

I would see the connection with Rufus Stone as its one of those cool place names I always recalled from trips down to Dorset. I don't think it matters if there's a connection unless you live in Rufus StoneGrin

MamaLazarou · 04/03/2016 21:55

Rufus Stone is an excellent name.

CormoranStrike · 04/03/2016 19:48

I love the name Rufus

5madthings · 04/03/2016 17:47

Never heard of it, love the name rufus, it was on our list for Ds4 but we went for rudi in the end.

kaymondo · 04/03/2016 17:45

I've never heard of it - and Rufus is on our short list for DS3, great name!

SoupDragon · 04/03/2016 16:11

Never heard of it.

SteggySawUs · 04/03/2016 16:03

We used to drive past the sign to Rufus stone every summer on the way to holiday and a friend ended up being given it as a nickname in a rather non complimentary way, so I'm afraid I have heard of it and can only say it in a comedy voice, sorry! I wouldn't use that name if you're local to it.

Pigeonpost · 04/03/2016 15:56

You did Blush, ignore that last part of my post...

Pigeonpost · 04/03/2016 15:56

Never heard of it. The Tristan Stone is just up the road from us. I can't remember whether you mentioned Rupert in your OP as an alternative?

nellyflora · 04/03/2016 12:10

Im in Winchester and know the new forest well. Only vagly remembered Rufus stone. Honestly wouldn't have thought a thing of it even if I walked past it daily. Just use the name!

TwoLittleBlooms · 03/03/2016 23:31

Never heard of it. Rufus Stone is an awesome name!

Sophronia · 03/03/2016 22:54

Never heard of it

marmitecrumpets · 03/03/2016 22:50

Never heard of it.
And I lived 10 minutes from the New Forest for 12 years!

fluffypenguinbelly · 03/03/2016 22:03

Rufus no, wouldn't make the connection.

Rufus Stone, absolutely would. It's signposted off of the main road through the New Forest so I see it every time I visit the South Coast. I have even ventured to the Rufus Stone.

It would be a strange name choice for someone living in the NF IIMO.

HumphreyCobblers · 03/03/2016 21:58

I like that name. But I have never heard of the Rufus stone, I wouldn't do it if I lived nearby.

fieldfare · 03/03/2016 21:57

Sounds like a great name!

HalfwayUpALadder · 03/03/2016 21:55

If you live miles from rufous stone and your surname is stone, then go ahead, it'll be a funny little story that will come up from time to time.

If you live near rufus stone and your surname is stone, you can't saddle your kid with that name and most locals will know it (it's signposted on the A31 fgs)

ILikeUranus · 03/03/2016 21:49

Who? Never heard of it, and I'm not very far away tbh. Go for it.

YoniMitchell · 03/03/2016 21:43

Never heard of it but I love that name!

StitchesInTime · 03/03/2016 21:40

Never heard of it.

marmaladegranny · 03/03/2016 21:36

Rufus is a great name! I do know about the Rufus Stone as I used to visit a relative near there - and I have a Goss china model of it here!

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