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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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Whatsyourflava · 21/05/2020 13:50

I hope Boris hasn't put your off Wilfred ! His baby will be totally out of the spotlight. I don't know what any of his many other kids are called.

You know that Percy really isn't that common right? Number 399 in the charts. Much less common than Wilfred. I know Wilfred is also fairly rare but Percy is rarer.

Also if you say you're wanting to avoid too popular names I'd avoid RoWan. It's storming up the charts in its own right but is also so similar to other names (RoHan, Roan, Ronan, Roman) that it feels even more common than it actually is. RoMan (with an M) is the current top fastest rising boy name. All the TOWIE lot are using it. It's climbed 600 places to be top 50 and will be top 20 in next couple of years on current growth trajectory.

I'm not sure about Melvyn - maybe I need to get used to it.

What about Vincent nn Vinnie or Vince

Aquamarine1029 · 21/05/2020 13:47

How about Wilford?

elfran · 21/05/2020 13:44

Melvyn! Haha, yes let's steer them away from that.

What about Wilfred has your DH gone off? Is it the Boris connection (that would do it for me)?

Wilbur
Winston
Barnaby/Barnabas
Rupert
Ernest
Elmer
Franklin

Some of these may be a bit fuddy-duddy!

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LondonTowers · 21/05/2020 13:33

Oh and just to add my son and OH are trying to bully me in to Melvyn. Melvyn?! I have no idea how the heck that name has arrived on my table!
Help! Confused

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