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Ronnie

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Roo2020 · 25/04/2020 12:59

Expecting first baby late July, we know that we are having a boy. DH likes the name Ronnie, which I wasn't originally keen on but coming round to it.
We originally liked Oliver but decided against it because of how popular it is. We also like Alfie but I think I prefer Ronnie out of the two and is probably less popular... Thoughts please?

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Whatsyourflava · 25/04/2020 15:50

By the way @Roo2020 Op , Im in the minority on mumsnet but I actually like the name Ronnie and the general public obviously do as the statistics speak for themselves! I only know one or two Ronnie’s but it is getting much more popular every year now. If you’re wanting something unusual I’d look outside the top 130+ names.

Maybe you’ll like some of the names I suggested upthread (or maybe you won’t!)

Whatsyourflava · 25/04/2020 15:46

@viques see what you’re saying. Ronnie is number 66 in the official 2018 charts though and on a huge upsurge so by the time the 2020 stats come out it will certainly be top 40-50.

All the other names you’ve listed are practically extinct- outside the top thousand type names

emilybrontescorsett · 25/04/2020 15:01

This is making me laugh.
Sadly I agree with most of the posters.
I would not like to bump into Ronnie’s mum in a dark alley.

daisypond · 25/04/2020 14:57

I know a young, lovely and very posh Clive. Also Vernon. Gordon is very nice too.

GrimmsFairytales · 25/04/2020 14:52

Let's face it there are some names that are very unlikely to ever be popular/fashionable again

I agree with your list, but Ronnie is definitely becoming more popular again.

viques · 25/04/2020 14:37

Let's face it there are some names that are very unlikely to ever be popular/fashionable again

Ronnie is one of them

Derek

Vernon

Clive

Gordon

Norman

Darren

Are others. There are more.

They should be written on the back of a betting ticket using a bookmakers biro then place in a golden Virginia tobacco tin and buried under a shed in an allotment. Then forgotten for a few hundred years.

therona · 25/04/2020 14:36

Awful. Mrs Hinch has a baby called Ronnie, and I just think it sounds ridiculous whenever she says it.

merryhouse · 25/04/2020 14:34

I'm another who is irresistibly reminded of the Krays.

I'm not keen on names like that myself, but I know an Alfie who was cute (family at my sons' primary school) and some friends from uni had an Archie; so I'm reasonably unconcerned by other people using the construction. Ronnie and Reggie, on the other hand, I would vehemently advise against.

GrimmsFairytales · 25/04/2020 14:27

I actually know more Ronnies than I do Olivers. I appreciate that is quite unusual, but it's definitely getting more popular. 3 of the ones I know have been born in the last 2 years.

Whatsyourflava · 25/04/2020 14:25

@Cissyandflora I judge people too (were all only human), but I actually like Ronnie Charlie and Alfie. I’d probably avoid all those names due to popularity though. The Charlie’s I know are very posh funnily enough

Cissyandflora · 25/04/2020 14:22

That’s a terrible name. Agree with most other posters. Also awful is Alfie and Charlie. All really chavvy names that give an impression of the child’s family. And it’s not a good impression. Yep I know that’s not a nice thing to say but I absolutely judge people on the names they choose for their children.

Itoldyouiwasill · 25/04/2020 14:16

Theface
Do you actually mean literally?

Tomorrowsanewday · 25/04/2020 14:15

Sorry OP. I’m not a fan.
Too many bad connotations.
Ronnie Kray
Ronnie Biggs
The two Ronnies

Whatsyourflava · 25/04/2020 14:13

I quite like it!

How about Marley? Idris? Rex? Otis? Cole? Chester? Blake? Rudy/Rudi? Dexter? Casper? Barnaby? Tristan? Kit? Billy?

All much lower down the charts than Ronnie if that’s a factor

Also, similar to Ronnie but less common how about:
Vincent (Vinnie)
Laurence (Laurie)

Bloomburger · 25/04/2020 14:10

Common and not in the many of sense.

timetest · 25/04/2020 14:07

It sounds a bit too twee for an adult but cute for a child.

pinkpinecone · 25/04/2020 14:05

Sorry but it sounds like a wannabe gangster name which is a bit tragic

balonzz · 25/04/2020 14:02

Terrible name - sorry

chickenninja · 25/04/2020 14:01

I like it. I think Mrs hinch has a Ronnie but I could be wrong.

Wallabyone · 25/04/2020 13:59

I actually know a few now-I think it is the new Alfie, which is also still really popular. It's not for me, but it's no better or worse than Albie, Arthur, Charlie, etc.

kazza446 · 25/04/2020 13:55

I’ve a dog called Ronnie! After Ron from Harry Potter

daisypond · 25/04/2020 13:46

Awful.

Orphlids · 25/04/2020 13:43

There are loads of kids named Ronnie in my neck of the woods. Loads. I’m always frightened of their mothers. The kids all look like they’ll go to prison when they’re older. The mothers all look like that would be something to be proud of. Alfies fall into the same bracket. Oliver is very nice, except for being pretty dull and extremely commonplace.

Thefaceofboe · 25/04/2020 13:39

@Itoldyouiwasill that is literally the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. Why would that put OP off, she doesn’t know them?

DonLewis · 25/04/2020 13:30

I know a teenaged Ronnie. Really lovely kid.

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