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Can you pick your top 3 boys names?

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Ptol · 04/10/2017 17:04

Joby
Jean
Abel
Percy
Anselm
Art
Bram
Enoch
Roald
Garfield
Montgomery (Monty)
Ptolemy
Vito
Wolfgang

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gillybeanz · 05/10/2017 14:00

William, Thomas, George, Henry/ Harry.

DiegoMadonna · 05/10/2017 13:57

Bram
Wolfgang
Abel

In that order. Love Bram and Wolfgang!!

GinIsIn · 05/10/2017 13:55

I don't think you have to be from Glasgow to know that Jobby means 'shit'. You can guarantee that kids at school will make the connection pretty quickly!

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Ptol · 05/10/2017 13:46

Pickle I don't think either myself of DH have been to Glasgow in the last 20 years so I'm not overly worried about one regional area of the U.K. potentially mispronouncing and misunderstanding the word.

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TempsPerdu · 05/10/2017 13:43

A tricky one, as we have very different taste, but I do quite like Abel and Anselm. Monty is OK, though definitely not Montgomery. Like Art as a nickname for Arthur, but wouldn't use it as a stand alone name. And could live with Bram as nn for Abraham. That's about it - some of the others are pretty horrendous!

PickleSarnie · 05/10/2017 12:41

Joby is on the shortlist?! Even pronounced the same was as "Toby" that sounds like a glaswegian saying "Jobby"

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Jobby

Jooni · 05/10/2017 12:35

Art is great. Bram is nice too. Monty would be my third choice at a push, but not Montgomery.

caffelatte100 · 05/10/2017 12:20

What a weird list of names you have!
Monty is lovely (not the full name, it's very pretentious and doesn't sound nice), possibly Percy (though that reminds me of Percy the zoo keeper books.)

auntym · 05/10/2017 12:14

Please ffs not Joby. Monty is best from your list.

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Ptol · 04/10/2017 22:25

Thank you everyone! DH likes Bram, Joby, Anselm and Percy. I think we have our shortlist! I'd love to use them all in some way if possible.

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GinIsIn · 04/10/2017 21:58

They're all a bit awful - sorry.

MrsCharlieD · 04/10/2017 21:56

Abel is nice, I don't mind Wolfgang but not a fan of any of the others and apparently my kids have try hard names too Grin

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/10/2017 21:39

Hi OP, what an interesting list !
I love Bram, then Abel, really cool name, then Wolfgang.
How about, Hudson, Wilbur or Rudyard (Rudy) ?

Ttbb · 04/10/2017 21:30

Montgomery
Percy
Enoch

ineedamoreadultieradult · 04/10/2017 21:30

Not from that list I can't.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/10/2017 21:28

I love the name Wolfgang. I'd never in a billion years be brave enough to use it, though.
The others are the epitome of horrendous, sorry

Lweji · 04/10/2017 21:28

And you can't call a British boy living in the Uk Jean.....

Levi would be better.

InfiniteCurve · 04/10/2017 21:27

Please not Percy.
And you can't call a British boy living in the Uk Jean.....

PinkFlamingo888 · 04/10/2017 21:24

*Art. Even predictive text doesn't like the name

SevenDwarfWharf · 04/10/2017 21:24

Assuming you don't have hairy hands although even the hairy handed ones must have kids so:
Abel
Wolfgang
Bram

PinkFlamingo888 · 04/10/2017 21:24

If they were the only names left in the entire world then perhaps Percy, at a real push. Will apart be short for Arthur? Because Arthur's nice only I wouldn't bother shortening it. P.s. What the hell is a Bram!?

Sophronia · 04/10/2017 21:23

I like Abel and Bram

user1459464195 · 04/10/2017 21:16

I like Anselm, Art (as a nickname for Arthur) and Bram (either as a full name or as a nickname for Abraham. Sorry, not keen on the rest!

Mrsknackered · 04/10/2017 21:15

Actually Wolfgang is my dream pretend name for a son.

I do also like Art (but think he'd need to be an Arthur) and I like Monty but not Montgomery.