Help me with a boys name...

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Mabelann · 21/01/2021 22:54

Still agonising over the name for ds4. I’ve used up all my favourite names on the older three!!

Here goes - we decided on Theo, short for Theodore, dh just changed his mind and pitched Wilbur, which I think is lovely and I agreed to it yesterday but now I’m really not sure.

I like Arthur which has been strongly vetoed by dh. I also like Atticus and Otto both of which Mumsnet has already advised against.

I think I’m looking for a name that isn’t particularly common but also not so unusual that it’s not actually a name!

Please help!

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partyatthepalace · 22/01/2021 00:20

I like Wilbur - more unusual than Arthur and Theo but not outlandish unusual (which some people would think Atticus is). I hate Otto (sorry!).

Rufus, Digory, Oscar, Lawrence, Tobias, Barnabus, Miles, Kester, Wilfred, Edwin, Christopher nn Kit or Christy, Robert nn Robin, Hugo, Rufus, Rafe, Guy

MercyBodle · 21/01/2021 23:45

Atticus is great, and I continue to be surprised when people cross off a perfectly reasonable name they clearly like because (some in) a group of strangers aren't keen. I would love to meet a little Atticus - and I love Kit and Gus as short forms for it!
I also like Wilbur and Theodore.

purplejungle · 21/01/2021 23:36

Like Wilbur and Otto from your list

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 21/01/2021 23:29

Ooh I love pp suggestions of Alaric, Nathaniel and Asa - gorgeous.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 21/01/2021 23:26

Btw Wilbur's not particularly my cup of tea (although I quite like Wilfred and love William). But then I love Atticus and really hate Otto (and am indifferent to popular Arthur and Theodore) so maybe my taste in names or suggestions won't help!

Firebird83 · 21/01/2021 23:25

Jasper
Miles
Asher
Caspar
Otis
Rory
Nathaniel
Hugo
Atlas
Edmund
Alaric
Solomon
Thaddeus
Wilfred
Rufus
Albert
Conrad
Elliot
Tristan
Aubrey
Vincent
Cyrus
August
Barnaby
Tobias
Felix
Calvin
Ernest
Ivor
Walter
Asa

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 21/01/2021 23:21

It's difficult to know what to suggest because those names seem a bit different in style. What are your other boys called?

Less popular, but still well known, names I like (in a variety of styles) are: Rufus, Maxim, Caspian, Magnus, Evan, Owen, Cassius, Xavier, Ivo, Jago, Macsen, Hugh, Corin, Evander, Ioan, Heath, Lysander, Soren, Iolo, Leif, Elias, Mathias

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 21/01/2021 23:16

Wilbur is gorgeous and definitely fits the bill of being heard of but not too popular or not too out there either.

NotDonna · 21/01/2021 23:13

I’ve a friend with a son called Atticus (age 11 now). Really suits him. When she first said that’s what she was calling him I wasn’t so sure - I’ve only ever heard it in To Kill a Mockingbird. I also like Theo (another 11 year old). I know a few Arthurs mostly aged either 7 or 60’s. Don’t know any Wilburs at all. So if you want different but known... What’s made you go off it?

MindGrapes · 21/01/2021 23:00

I liked Arthur but my DH vetoed it. It's quite popular.
I know a Wilbur and a Wilfred, both nice names.
Ralph? Albie? Frankie? Felix? Alfred?

I do like Felix actually.

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