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Order of preference?

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BroadcastHouse · 16/03/2016 01:19

Please list these names in order of preference; (thnx!)

Alban (picked this one up on mumsnet and quite like it)
Archer
Arlo
Ambrose

Middle name James.

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IoraRua · 20/03/2016 22:45

I've also seen Artiom spelled Artem and Artyom, btw. Taught a few of these over the years!

IoraRua · 20/03/2016 22:43

Asher - the best of the lot, I like it.
Archer - fine, I'm not hugely keen but nothing wrong with it.
Alban - grand, neither here nor there on it.
Arlo - really dislike. There's just something about it that feels very hipstery to me.
Ambrose - this is dreadful, sorry.

Alaric, Artiom, Alistair might all fit your criteria?

LightTurquoise · 20/03/2016 17:49

Asher James is lovely, so is Archer James - not keen on the others...

RingUpRingRingDown · 18/03/2016 12:42

James Arlo

Really don't like the other 3

HackerFucker22 · 18/03/2016 12:35

Archer if I had to pick

Don't like any of the others.

Have to concur that James is by far the nicest name I have seen on this thread.

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BroadcastHouse · 18/03/2016 04:21

Cleopatrasdaughter - OP here, what's the big difference between Archer and Asher that one is beyond awful and the other is great? Very interested as I quite like both and thought they were fairly similar.

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JinCa · 17/03/2016 05:07

1.Archer - handsome, cool, classic, Victorian (option to use Archie to be more mainstream).
2.Arlo - cute, hippie, creative, cool.
3.Ambrose - old school, unusual (but not keen on the food connection?).
4.Asher - I know two Ashers and one Asha, all three are of Indian origin. I like it, however I have a strong personal dislike for the male name Ashley and so the inevitable nn of Ash makes it a no-go for me.
5.Alban - could be a grower, but slightly too unusual for me.

Mclaren37 · 17/03/2016 04:26

Archer
Ambrose
Arlo
Alban

Izzyathome · 17/03/2016 04:05

Archer
Arlo
Ambrose
Alban

Olbersparadox · 17/03/2016 01:20

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thatthreadworriedmeabit · 16/03/2016 21:35

Love Asher James.

ALittleGirlIsDue · 16/03/2016 21:30

Ash is nicer as a NN, to Arch... I prefer Archer, if the NN was Archie, but if not, Asher is a lot better, but I prefer Ashley

ALittleGirlIsDue · 16/03/2016 21:28

Archer
Arlo
Alban
Ambrose

CleopatrasDaughter · 16/03/2016 21:10

Asher is great! Love it

CleopatrasDaughter · 16/03/2016 21:10

Ambrose
Arlo
Alban
Archer

Ambrose is the only one I like, really, though.

Arlo is really popular among the yummy mummies where I am. I dont like it at all.

Archer is beyond awful. Alban a bit strange.

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BroadcastHouse · 16/03/2016 21:00

Thing is I know so very many Arlos. Someone on another thread described Arlo as very 'Stroud', which is obviously spot on as we live just outside of Stroud ha.

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LotsofDots · 16/03/2016 20:56

Arlo then Asher.

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BroadcastHouse · 16/03/2016 20:50

Thanks all. What about Asher compared to those above? I quite like the nicknames Arch and Ash.

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LotsofDots · 16/03/2016 10:34

Arlo
Ambrose
Archer
Alban

DramaAlpaca · 16/03/2016 09:57

Arlo
Alban
Archer
.
.
.
Ambrose

But James is much nicer than any of them.

LemonBreeland · 16/03/2016 09:41

Arlo
Archer
Alban
ambrose

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/03/2016 09:36

Arlo
Alban
Archer.
Ambrose is horrible, sorry. It's like a hybrid of Amber and Rose. Very effeminate.

Sgoinneal · 16/03/2016 09:36

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UntilTheCowsComeHome · 16/03/2016 09:27

Archer
Alban
Arlo

Then Ambrose way down on the list, it's horrid.

Vixxfacee · 16/03/2016 09:11

James Arlo