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How popular is Wilfred?

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Elbi · 03/05/2017 17:52

I've been focusing on girls' names as I find them easier but if DC1 turns out to be a boy we're a bit stumped! Wilfred is tentatively on the list but worried it's having a spike in popularity... How many do you know?

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skyzumarubble · 03/05/2017 18:23

I know three baby Wilfs which I assume is short for Wilfred? It's cute.

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Elbi · 03/05/2017 18:16

Clevername we sound very similar!

Thanks for help so far everyone.

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LockedOutOfMN · 03/05/2017 18:15

I love that name. We live abroad but know two baby Wilfreds in the UK.

clevername · 03/05/2017 18:04

It's top of my boy list for my imminent 2nd... I totally love it! But I have similar concerns to you. I haven't ever met one but I'm really worried it's going to be the new Alfie (I'm a secondary school teacher and there are hundreds of them... And I can't help thinking that their parents all thought 'Ooh, what a lovely unusual name. I bet there won't be many of them about'!). It is mentioned quite a lot on these boards...

Mind you, I'm trying to force myself to not care too much. I'm a serial over-thinker about this sort of stuff and naming babies is such a minefield!

Sorry... That was totally unhelpful!

Smellybluecheese · 03/05/2017 18:03

I know two, a 2 year old at my daughter's nursery and one of my uni friends has a 1 year old Wilfred.

AceRag · 03/05/2017 18:00

It definitely is on the rise and will probably be in the top 100 this year or the next. But it's still well out of the top 10 or 20, which means it's relatively uncommon anyway.

mininionsteve · 03/05/2017 17:58

I love it. My boy is a Wilfred but annoyingly there is another one in one of his baby groups. It's not in the top 100 but is clearly on the rise. When he was born the midwife said there had been another one that week. I'm hoping that was the boy at baby group!

Soyamilkisniceintea · 03/05/2017 17:53

I don't know any, but I love it :)