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Wilfred alternatives

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LondonTowers · 21/05/2020 13:28

Hello

Due to have our baby a few days ago and thought we had settled on Wilfred
.......apparently not as the OH has started to pull faces.

So the other names we like are Louis (but just doesn't go with our last name and is quite popular) and Ellis (Also a no-go) and Rowan (Maybe) we like names with history but are a bit different too.....

Any suitable Wilfred alternatives?!

Wouldn't use anything that common and we will avoid the more popular of the historical names such as....Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Alfred, Albert, William, Henry, Percy, Ralph etc etc

If we have a girl I think....with the help of mumsnetters ;)..... we have settled on Edith.

I don't like last names as first names.

Sorry if I'm asking the impossible but any suggestions????

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Stillamum3 · 22/05/2020 23:41

Do you fancy Denry - it's actually a contraction of Edward Henry, but I think it's lovely on its own and not at all common.

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LondonTowers · 22/05/2020 21:35

@littlemeitslyn

Can't say I'm keen on Jeeze.

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AragornsManlyStubble · 22/05/2020 18:17

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JumpingAtJackdaws · 22/05/2020 17:42

Bertram
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Whatsyourflava · 22/05/2020 17:35

Stanley is awesome I love it. Also love Sidney with nn Sid

ArriettyJones · 22/05/2020 17:31

Malcolm
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JimLaheysWhiskeyBottle · 22/05/2020 17:24

Espen
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mylittleavalon · 22/05/2020 17:16

Albin?

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LondonTowers · 22/05/2020 15:31

love albie not Albert so much.

Boys names are haaaard

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sweetnosugar · 22/05/2020 15:03

Ernest / Ernie
Albert / Albie

Worsethingshappenatsea · 21/05/2020 22:36

Wilby

123Dancewithme · 21/05/2020 22:30

Edgar
Sidney
Eric
Dennis

GoingBackTo505 · 21/05/2020 22:24

@LondonTowers it's a sign! Our Stanley gets called Stan and Stanley and we like both as he does sometimes remind us of a little old man! No regrets about switching from Wilfred. I do still have a little smile to myself whenever I hear of a little Wilf, but it just wasn't for us. There was no real reason either, we just both felt it wasn't "the one" in the end.

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LondonTowers · 21/05/2020 21:58

I know a couple of Merlins in my age group. ..not for me I don't think Hmm
Yep I think Barnaby is good....OH really doesn't like it....

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LondonTowers · 21/05/2020 21:55

@GoingBackTo505 Funny enough I mentioned Stanley as a Wilfred alternative about an hour a go! Perhaps this is a sign! We had briefly talked about the name a while back and I do like it and so does my OH. He said would a baby called Stan sound strange....I personally think its sweet.....you've obviously no regrets Switching Wilfred to Stanley?! I like your list x

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Giganticshark · 21/05/2020 21:00

Merlin (cool as fuck!!) Austin, Talan, Asterix

Cornettoninja · 21/05/2020 20:58

I like elfran’s suggestion of Barnaby. Casper and Barnaby sound like great fun!

caribooshriek · 21/05/2020 20:49

Nicholas

GoingBackTo505 · 21/05/2020 20:47

We almost named DS Wilfred and went off it a bit before he was born. He's Stanley. We also had Albert, Hector, Henry and Hugo on our list.

sibbys · 21/05/2020 20:42

og = or

sibbys · 21/05/2020 20:41

Wilbur og Winston

matchboxtwentyunwell · 21/05/2020 19:57

I've only met boy Merryns...

Rowdythree · 21/05/2020 19:04

Leonard, Roland, Clarence, or how about just Wilf?

Ellmau · 21/05/2020 19:02

Ethelred
Ethelbert
Ailred
Cedric
Cuthbert
Leofric
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Wulfgar
Rufus
Baldwin
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