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Having another DS...

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Midnightdream · 30/05/2020 20:19

Found out I'm having another DS. I have DS1 called Ralph.

I want to call him Ernest nn Ernie. I love this but the thought of it becoming popular puts me off.

Any other suggestions would be welcome with the similar style(I've been searching for too long lol)

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Lavenderblues · 01/06/2020 16:18

Quentin
Marcus

seasidestarfish · 01/06/2020 14:22

Benny Hill- Erniiiiie

HedgeHogFoxBadger · 31/05/2020 22:32

I like Ernest but how about Wilfred nn Wilfie?

2007Millie · 31/05/2020 21:28

Ahhh yes, Ernie the milkman.

35andThriving · 31/05/2020 20:51

Errol

FawnDrench · 31/05/2020 18:49

Cyril
Sylvester
Donald
Malcolm
Jeremy
Gilbert

Whatsyourflava · 31/05/2020 09:12

Given Ernest is on a downward trajectory now anyway, I don't really understand what more you could be looking for?

The only kind of names you can really count on being very unpopular for the next couple of years are names that are about to go extinct
So:

Clive
Clarence
Gary

Whatsyourflava · 31/05/2020 09:10

Sidney nn Sid

IckleBear · 31/05/2020 08:15

Agree, go with Ernest.

Silas
Edgar
Otis
Bruno
Soren
Elias

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Midnightdream · 31/05/2020 08:11

@Edenember Stanley is in the top 100 Sad

@Chocolatecake12 I've never met anyone called Ernest. I met one Ralph when my son was around 4 in sainsburys but he was a older than my son lol.

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howlatthetrees · 31/05/2020 00:35

I’d go for Ernest

Edenember · 31/05/2020 00:33

Why not Stanley? It was my first thought to go with Ralph and you’ve already considered it ...

Chocolatecake12 · 30/05/2020 22:08

I know an 18 yr old Ernest and 18 yrs ago it was a very unusual name! I’d say the same for now although older names are becoming increasingly popular.
Go for the name you love.
Incidentally I also know a 14 yr old Ralph

sweetnosugar · 30/05/2020 21:57

Love Ernest nn Ernie.
Don’t know any myself but adore the name! I wouldn’t say it was very popular! Definitely go for it.

pilates · 30/05/2020 21:52

I prefer Stanley

Whatsyourflava · 30/05/2020 21:48

(What I mean by that is that the most recent official statistics shows the numbers of Ernest's per year is falling rather than rising)

Whatsyourflava · 30/05/2020 21:48

@KatnissK @Midnightdream
No Ernest isn't getting that popular; outside the top 300 and most importantly it's actually been on a downward trajectory for the past couple of years.

BellaVida · 30/05/2020 21:35

Oscar
Wilfrid
Felix
Edmund
Arthur
Hector
Henry
Frederick
Seth
Sebastian
Edgar
Leonard/ Leo
Theodore/ Theo
Louis
Maxim
Walter

NuffSaidSam · 30/05/2020 21:32

I can't see Ernest becoming so popular that it becomes a problem. Ralph being 88th can't be that much of a problem can it? Do you know millions of little Ralphs?

Go for the name you love. Don't let your desire to be different/original/unusual rule out the name you love.

Interestingly, for anyone who's read Forever by Judy Blume, Ralph is also a name for penis! You could go for Percy and have a pair?

Joffrey · 30/05/2020 21:26

Gregory
Evan
Eric
Miles
Marcus
Dominic
Elliott
Louis
Tobias
Barnaby
Jonathan
Christopher
Roderick
Timothy
Benedict
Gabriel
Raphael
Simeon
Lucas
Sebastian
Maxim
Vincent
Daniel
Hector
Isaac
Michael
Andrew
Phillip
John
Ivan
Michael
Julian
Nathaniel
Robert
Samuel
Edwin
Edmund
Peter
Jasper
Caspar
Felix
David
Owen
Quentin
Jethro
Jonah
Lawrence
Stanley
Arthur
Lucien
Lysander

KatyB222 · 30/05/2020 21:24

I've not heard of many ernests - go with it if you like it. It's a similar theme to Ralph and Stanley that you like

LetItGoHome · 30/05/2020 21:20

How about -

Horatio
Herbert
Humphrey
❤️❤️❤️

ChanklyBore · 30/05/2020 21:18

Ralph was 193rd in 2012 though, so from 193-88 isn’t a stratospheric rise, and with Ernest starting from 326th it’s way more unusual to begin with. Why not just use Ernest? I would, and I’m a sucker for finding names outside the top 1000.

ChanklyBore · 30/05/2020 21:09

Edmund
Winston
Emerson
Forrest
Emil/Emile

35andThriving · 30/05/2020 21:01

Clive

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