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Which one of these names......

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oldmahubbard · 22/02/2020 08:32

Other suggestions welcome

Octavius
Barnaby
Crispin

Digby
Wilfred
Caspian
Benedict

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diddlediddle · 04/03/2020 21:13

Wilfred is too popular for your tastes I think.

Digby is cool, I know of one. I also really like Barnaby.

Crispin is awful, Octavius too much. Caspian and Benedict are alright.

Poorolddaddypig · 04/03/2020 15:46

Octavius is awful! I'd think you were a Rees-Mogg wannabe.
Barnaby is LOVELY.
Crispin seems like a bit of a joke name and was used in a film - I can't for the life of me remember which film -as the name of someone really wet and weedy and that's what I think of when I hear it.
Digby - cool
Wilfred - cool but getting pretty popular
Caspian - amazing!
Benedict - also cool

Whatsyourflava · 04/03/2020 08:48

Did you decide @oldmahubbard

BobbyBlueCat · 04/03/2020 08:39

Octavius - awful. Sounds like a superhero baddie.
Barnaby- Not bad.
Crispin - A picture a charred, burnt body.
Digby - Dog.
Wilfred - Not bad.
Caspian - - wet.
Benedict - not bad.

sibbys · 04/03/2020 08:25

Wilfred 😍

123Dancewithme · 25/02/2020 22:52

Suggestions in a similar vein...

Barnabas
Caspar
Lucian
Florian
Rufus
Isidore
Jolyon
Joscelin
Tristram
Aubrey
Orlando
Inigo
Horatio
Clement
Rollo
Conrad

PixieDustt · 25/02/2020 22:52

I LOVE Barnaby

123Dancewithme · 25/02/2020 22:42

I agree with a pp that they sound a bit wet. Wilfred is the only one I don’t mind.

Grufallosfriends · 24/02/2020 19:46

My favourites are Caspian and Benedict. I also like Caspar and Quentin.

I don't like Wilfred or Digby at all.

CaffiSaliMali · 24/02/2020 17:55

Digby makes me think of Rigby which makes me think of Rising Damp.

I like really like Wilfred and like Caspian too.

If you like Benedict, how about Dominic?

Barnaby is ok but the only one I've known wasn't very well behaved. He was known as Barney, and as Barnaby when being naughty.

I don't like Crispin. Makes me think of crisps. Octavius is very Jacob Rees Mogg as someone else said.

MummySharn · 24/02/2020 16:58

Caspin

Nowayorhighway · 24/02/2020 16:57

Wilfred or Barnaby.

Standrewsschool · 23/02/2020 16:20

Digby, Barnaby or Benedict.

Other suggestions -
Lysander
Sebastien
Julian
Montgomery
Rupert
Montague
Josiah
Augustus
Peregrine

Pilot12 · 23/02/2020 16:05

Wilfred

IckleBear · 23/02/2020 15:51

I like Caspian.

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 23/02/2020 06:30

They all sound very foppish and wet. Not my taste at all. Well, we're all different I I guess!

Ritascornershop · 23/02/2020 06:23

Love Wilfred, and Benedict is okay (though I prefer Benjamin). What about Josiah? Can be shortened to Joe if he felt like a change. I quite like Linus and Leon, but not sure how they sound to middle class UK ears?

99bb · 23/02/2020 05:59

Best ones:
Benedict is one of my absolute favourites
Wilfred was my “don’t know if I’m brave enough to use it but I love it”
Barnaby absolutely love it, but I wavered on Barney

Singingatmidnight · 22/02/2020 19:03

I prefer Bennet as a mediaeval English variant of Benedict.

ikeakia · 22/02/2020 18:49

I was at school with a boy named Diggory, that’s all I think of when I see Digby. Love Caspian and Octavian.

SquigglePigs · 22/02/2020 18:49

Barnaby and Caspian are my favourites from your list.

MrsB2019x · 22/02/2020 18:47

I like Wilfred best out of your list with Wilf as a NN

My cousin had a dog called Digby so that name only reminds me of a dog...

Krazynights34 · 22/02/2020 18:40

Barnaby and Digby are my favourites!

Other suggestions
Rufus
Clarence
Percy
Jeremiah
Tobias/Toby
Edgar
Edmund
Hector

missmouse101 · 22/02/2020 18:26

Benedict and Wilfred are my favourites. How about Seymour?

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oldmahubbard · 22/02/2020 18:22

Thanks for all the suggestions, few really good suggestions.

Our favs are probably Wilfred and Digby so far.

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