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Wilbur or Albie

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Tinks1985 · 05/07/2021 12:19

Help! I thought I decided on the name Wilbur for a boy, this gives lots of options so I love Wilby as a baby then he could be will, Wilbs, Wilby or Wilbur. Bit now I'm having second thoughts after telling a few people I find myself half waiting for there reaction. I also love the name Albie ( not short for anything ) but husband thinks when he's an adult it won't sound good. What do you guys think?

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garlictwist · 06/07/2021 05:09

They are both very "wet" names. Not keen on either tbh

Maggiesfarm · 06/07/2021 05:00

Neither of them. Wilbur sounds like an old man, Albie is surely from Albert.

ChimneyPot · 06/07/2021 00:01

@drpet49

Wilbur sounds like a dogs name
My dog is called Wilbur. Great dogs name.
hawkehurstgang · 05/07/2021 23:59

Love Wilbur, hate Albie!

Motherofalittledragon · 05/07/2021 23:14

Great if you're naming piglets.

Kanaloa · 05/07/2021 22:52

I don’t love either but at a push I’d say Wilbur. Albert would be better although I still don’t love Albie.

Orphlids · 05/07/2021 22:32

Your husband is correct.

Chilldonaldchill · 05/07/2021 22:23

I like Wilbur.
The only Albie I know is 17 and suits the name fine.

RuthW · 05/07/2021 21:51

Wilbur is lovely. Albie is awful for a full name although Albert is nice.

Cbeebiesrehab · 05/07/2021 19:21

Like Wilbur but hate Wilby. Albie is very, very popular if that has any bearing on your decision.

Bagelsandbrie · 05/07/2021 16:34

I have a guinea pig called Wilbur Grin

How about Wilf or Wilfred?

GreyhoundG1rl · 05/07/2021 16:32

They are both cartoon pigs. Please don't.

SirenSays · 05/07/2021 16:28

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I read Wilbur and thought pig but had no idea why 😂 I don't like either but then I'm not a fan of all these old man names that are coming back.

resm · 05/07/2021 16:24

I know an Ailbe (Irish, same pronunciation) which doesn’t seem as cutesy on an adult with that spelling.

TourdeTarte · 05/07/2021 16:17

Both terrible.

PattyPan · 05/07/2021 15:59

Wilbur does make me think of the pig in Charlotte’s Web and is a bit wet but it’s better than Albie which is terrible as a full name. I like Albert.

riotlady · 05/07/2021 15:12

I like Wilbur! Charlotte’s Webb is a great book too

toastofthetown · 05/07/2021 15:08

I prefer Wilbur. I know Albie is a top fifty name now, so people will have to get used to it, but it sounds so cutesy to me that I really struggle to picture an Albie above the age of about ten.

Joolsin · 05/07/2021 13:24

Neither, both have a "wibbly" sound that just sounds ... wet and drippy. Albert is stronger

DramaAlpaca · 05/07/2021 13:20

I don't like Wilbur at all. It's an odd sort of a name.

Albert is fine, Albie not so much, but then I dislike cutesey names.

RogueMnerHidesUnderABigHat · 05/07/2021 13:02

Isn't albie the name of the character Woody Allen plays in Annie Hall?

BashStreet1 · 05/07/2021 12:44

I don't think Albie would suit a child once they're past primary school- it's too cutesy.

Wilbur- would work better for an adult but I don't like it, too old fashioned and my first thought was the pig in Charlotte's web.

atracurious · 05/07/2021 12:32

I like Wilbur. I think your main error here is telling people at all to be honest - your baby, your choice! People will always have an opinion.

Albie is also nice but I would have to call him Albert and give him the choice of being Bertie if he preferred later on.

Good luck

Terrazzo · 05/07/2021 12:28

Heh I know brothers Wilbur and Albert. They also considered Percy and Herbie?

I mean Al is more grown up/manly than Wilbur I would have thought

There is a Wilbur at a baby group too and loads of other Berties, and Wilfreds etc. So by the time they’re grown up they will be men’s names ?

drpet49 · 05/07/2021 12:28

Wilbur sounds like a dogs name