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Humphrey?

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HedgeHogFoxBadger · 31/05/2020 22:34

I like the name but its a bit far out there for me!
NN could be Humph
Or Walter, Wilfred nn wilfie, Ralphie?

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emmathedilemma · 02/06/2020 12:36

I think it's a great name but i'm not sure i could use it for a child!
I like your other 3 (Walter, Wilfred & Ralph) but not using "ie" as a nickname on them.

SporadicNamechange · 02/06/2020 11:45

I hate all of them really.

Humphrey is something to call a stuffed elephant. And there are no good shortenings. Humph is awful.

Please don’t.

Lavenderblues · 01/06/2020 16:15

I like Humphrey. It's classic, not overused but well known.

I really don't like Walter or Wilfred.

MikeUniformMike · 01/06/2020 13:36

I really like Humphrey.
I don't like Walter and I dislike Ralph.
Son of Boris puts me off Wilfred.

MrsHa · 01/06/2020 10:25

Humphrey is the name we have picked if bump is a boy. We love it.

Maduixa · 01/06/2020 10:14

I really like Walter. I think it has a bit of the dreaded "old man/grandpa" feel in the UK, but I see it used a lot more in non-English speaking European countries (although often pronounced VAUL-ter). It's the kind of name that's familiar and easy to spell/pronounce, works in a lot of languages, but not too common (at the moment).

Some other names that have that same kind of vibe to me are Adam, Alfred, August, Edgar, Hugh/Hugo, Martin, Tobias, Victor, Vincent.

Humphrey reminds me of Gossip Girl and also has a bit of a word-as-name feel (even though it's not): "Stop that humphrey immediately!" "This sort of humphrey is exactly what's wrong with contemporary journalism ..." But yes, I think that "hump" is the main obstacle.

How about Aubrey, or Geoffrey?

NC4Now · 01/06/2020 08:54

Humphrey is a great name for a teddy bear. I have two teenage sons though, and I can’t see it suiting either of them (one is edgy and cool, the other is quiet and sensitive).
I like traditional names that can be shortened - James/Jim, Edward/Ted/Ned, Charlie, Henry.
I prefer William to Wilfred or Walter.

SqidgeBum · 01/06/2020 08:51

I dont like any of them unfortunately.

sweetnosugar · 01/06/2020 08:48

I don’t like Humphrey. Ralph/Ralphie is sweet though!
I do like Bertie, prefer Albie however.
How about.. Ernie?

Lavenderblues · 01/06/2020 07:07

Humphrey Bogart is a pretty cool association.

daisypond · 01/06/2020 06:54

Not Humphrey.
Walter is good. And Wilfred OK.

EmpressLangClegInChair · 01/06/2020 06:12

Sweet & cute are only good for babies & toddlers though. After that they go downhill rapidly.

I think Humphrey Appleby’s nickname was Humpy.

Egghead68 · 31/05/2020 23:46
ScreamingKid · 31/05/2020 23:43

It's up to you. But you do realise he will have various nicknames involving the words 'Humping' or 'Hump'.

campion · 31/05/2020 23:42

A college friend's car was called Humphrey because the first 3 reg letters were Hmp followed by 3 etc. So I think of an old banger but you wouldn't.
But it's an awful name to saddle someone with. There are much nicer names out there.

bridgetreilly · 31/05/2020 23:38

Humphrey! I think it's a brilliant name and I don't really know why other people don't love it too. If you like it, go for it.

borntohula · 31/05/2020 23:36

Bertie is quite cute. Albie is even better imo. What about Arthur?

POP7777777 · 31/05/2020 23:33

I really don't like the names Humph or Humphrey. Ralph and Ralphie are sweet though.

NuffSaidSam · 31/05/2020 23:31

Rupert is also dreadful.

Bertie is cute if he is Robert or Albert (not Cuthbert or Dilbert) so he has a name for when he's a grown up.

NeutralJanet · 31/05/2020 23:30

Humphrey is dire and Wilfred is not much better. Ralph is ok, just Ralph not Ralphie.

Viviennemary · 31/05/2020 23:26

It is beyond dire.

TippledPink · 31/05/2020 23:26

Don't like any of them- my DD is 9, she has a Humphrey in her year, his mum calls him Humpf, makes me cringe so bad!!! Why do that to a child?!

user1493494961 · 31/05/2020 23:25

Don't like any of them.

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HedgeHogFoxBadger · 31/05/2020 23:23

Rupert? Bertie?

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DramaAlpaca · 31/05/2020 22:59

We clearly don't have the same taste in names.

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