Henry or Edward, popularity worries

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Floellabella · 17/04/2017 09:08

Hi everyone, I wonder if you can help. We have several reasonably unusual girls names on our list but are struggling with boys names for our first baby. The names we like the best are Henry and Edward but know these are very popular names, especially with the increase in popularity of Ted/Teddy. We live in the South East.

If we chose one of these would there be several in our child's class? Should I be so worried about this?

Other less popular possibles are Albert or Wilfred - but I like these a bit less and I also am aware that they are hardly unpopular and Wilfred in particular is getting more popular so it might not be worth compromising. Any advice appreciated!

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JoanRamone · 17/04/2017 09:42

We gave our DS a similar name to these, which at the time was outside of the top twenty but is now very popular, and we now know of lots of children with this name. Like a lot of parents we would have liked it to have been a bit more unique, but names previously considered "old man" names are all the rage. It doesn't bother us though as we love our DS' name, and if we have another DC I think we would ignore all the naming lists and just pick something we love regardless of popularity. I would rather give them a name we love than something more original that feels like a second choice, especially as it could then become more popular anyway.

VeryPunny · 17/04/2017 09:21

I live in the south east and know more Arlo's than either Henry or Edward. I also know more than one Wilfred, which I think is ghastly. If you like it, sod the popularity.

FeedTheSharkAndItWIllBite · 17/04/2017 09:18

Even if you were to go with Albert or Wilfred, there may still be a boy with that name in the same class...
I personally prefer Henry.

Or maybe Henri(c)k would be an option?

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