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Boy names - 1970s or too old man?!

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StuckonBoyNames · 11/11/2018 17:30

Help, DH and I are expecting and cannot agree on a boy name AT ALL.

He likes names like:
Simon
Robert
Gregory
Steven
Peter
I think these are very 1970s names but he thinks they are classic?

On the other hand I like names like
Alfred (Fred)
Oliver
Albert
Rupert
Henry/Harry
Frank(ie?)/Franklin
Percy
Theodore
Wilfred (Fred...again!)
He says these are old man names...even when I told him some of them are in the top 10 now!! Confused

Do what do people think would any of these work?

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SuperstarDJ · 11/11/2018 17:33

I agree with you - your DH’s name choices are 60s/70s rather than classic and the likes of Simon sounds very dated imo.

Gregory is just about OK. I like Wilfred best from your list though prefer the nn Wilf rather than Fred.