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FrangelicoCandyBoughs · 15/11/2018 20:19

Which name would you chose from our shortlist? Brothers are Algy, Clement and Ike.

Eric
Phineas
Ned
Fabian
Dennis
Kenelm

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millymae · 18/11/2018 20:11

Ned would be my choice.
I don’t dislike your other possibles at all, but to me none of them go as well with Algy, Clement and Ike as Ned does.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 18/11/2018 19:41

I knew a really cool boy called Phineas when I was a young teen. I still love the name, but say it does not work well with our surname. His brother wa named Kingsley, which I also quite like, though not as much as Phin...

notsobumpy · 18/11/2018 19:38

Phineas with Finn as a nickname! As you’ll probably shorten their name anyway like Algy and Ike.

chocolatefoxes · 18/11/2018 19:19

Fabian is lovely!

lebkuchenlover · 18/11/2018 15:36

Great names! I like Fabian best.

WithAFaeryHandInHand · 18/11/2018 15:20

I like Eric and Fabian best.

I do like Ned too, but it means ‘chav’ in Scotland, which I find off putting, (because I have a not-so-secret-secret-dream to move back to Edinburgh one day)!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/11/2018 14:14

OP, choose Dennis, love it, time for a comeback !
Love nn Den/Denny.

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FrangelicoCandyBoughs · 18/11/2018 09:56

Thank you all, will show DH this tonight

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OliviaStabler · 18/11/2018 08:30

From your list I'd go for Eric.

BiggFactHunt · 18/11/2018 08:28

Fabian.

SumAndSubstance · 18/11/2018 08:27

Apparently I am the only one who likes Dennis! I think it’s great. I really like all your names, OP. I also like Eric, but agree it’s perhaps a bit close to Ike.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 18/11/2018 07:48

Eric or Fabian.

The others are dreadful. What about Gabriel?

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 18/11/2018 07:40

I Algy an Algernon?

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 18/11/2018 07:39

Fabian.

moredoll · 18/11/2018 07:36

Fabian or Phineas.
I like Ned, but I'd go for Edward nn Ned.

HalfBloodPrincess · 17/11/2018 15:18

I have Finneas on my list but am wary of the Finn nickname which I don’t really like.

I love Dennis too, but would he inevitably become Den? Or even worse, Denny?

I’m loving Bartholomew and Balthazar at the moment, but don’t know if it’s just my hormones.

daisypond · 17/11/2018 12:30

Fabian is fantastic. But it doesn't go with your other DC names, if that matters. Ned is good if short for Edward, etc. I quite like Eric, and I can see the appeal of Newton as well.

lebkuchenlover · 17/11/2018 12:12

I thought Ned was a swear word in Scotland

Astronica · 17/11/2018 11:44

I like Phineas and Ned and think they work best with your boys' names.

TatianaLarina · 17/11/2018 10:39

Reminds me of a childhood song:

Algy met the bear
The bear met Algy
The bear was bulgy
The bulge was Algy

Boholover · 16/11/2018 23:49

Fabian

SunsetOverEasterIsland · 16/11/2018 23:40

Your children have awesome names and from your list I love Phineas most followed by Fabian. Both go really well with the other names.

HildegardVonBlingen · 16/11/2018 23:31

@Sophronia Gaylord is a fine name, I'll have you know.

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FrangelicoCandyBoughs · 15/11/2018 23:55

Ike is Isaac on his BC but only called Ike

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Sophronia · 15/11/2018 23:47

Please don’t choose Gaylord! Grin

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