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Please could you rate my boys list

41 replies

Tootiefruitie66 · 18/10/2021 13:58

Current favourites are:
Henry
Toby
Louis
Theodore (Teddy)
Rafferty
Max
Reuben
What order would you rate these please? Thanks

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SleepQuest33 · 18/10/2021 14:51

Rafferty Raff for short, love it
Rueben love
The rest all typical similar take or leave

yikesanotherbooboo · 18/10/2021 14:46

Henry
Louis
Theodore
Max
Reuben
No to Toby
No no to Rafferty.

ExPatHereForAChat · 18/10/2021 14:42

Henry, Louis and Max are joint winners for me; all lovely.

I do worry about Max being a "dog's name" though.
For me, Reuben is a sandwich.

LakeShoreD · 18/10/2021 14:39

1.Louis
2.Max
3.Henry
4.Toby
5.Rafferty
6.Reuben
7.Teddy

Blubells · 18/10/2021 14:33

I only like Rafferty!

BeKindBeYou · 18/10/2021 14:32

I love Rafferty!!!!

bloominglovelyorange · 18/10/2021 14:31

@20viona yes I do agree but so many boy names seem to get shortened to Raffy these days. I now know far more baby Raffys than I know baby Toby's or Max's
I think it must be all the Ralph Rafferty Raphael Rafe 's are all getting known as Raffy. On their own all those names quite unusual but they seem to add up !
Reuben I find really overdone

LadyDanburysHat · 18/10/2021 14:28

Henry - nice name but very popular
Toby - wet
Louis - Okay
Theodore (Teddy) - v popular
Rafferty - love this
Max - a bit boring
Reuben - not keen

20viona · 18/10/2021 14:25

Rafferty is the best all the others are too dull and over popular IMO.

Namechangedforthethousandthtim · 18/10/2021 14:25

Henry - a bit dull and there are sooooo many recently
Toby - cute
Louis - very nice
Theodore (Teddy) - done to death
Rafferty - a bit cool, a bit naff. I'm confused by this name
Max - nice. Simple. Sweet.
Reuben - lovely, biblical, beautiful sound

I think Louis and Reuben are the nicest

Shodan · 18/10/2021 14:25

Toby is my favourite (biased; one of my brothers is a Toby).

Then Theodore.

Max and Reuben next.

Henry is overused, Louis is weak (and potentially will have a variety or wrong spellings).

Rafferty is awful, sorry. More of a dog's name, imo.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 18/10/2021 14:21

Love Rafferty

olidora63 · 18/10/2021 14:20

Henry and Lois …not keen on the other names.

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 14:19

3 Henry
2 Toby
4 Louis
Theodore (Teddy)
Rafferty
1 Max
5 Reuben

Fifthtimelucky · 18/10/2021 14:11

I only really like Henry and Toby (in that order)

Rafferty and Reuben are my least favourites.

Pemba · 18/10/2021 14:08

1.Louis - lovely.

  1. Max - nice, simple, not too common.
  2. Theodore, quite like this, choice of nicknames.
4.Reuben, yes nice (biblical?) quite unusual.
  1. Henry, OK, very classic but with slightly pompous vibe. Prefer Harry which you could of course use day-to-day.

6.Toby - wussy,Toby jugs, suits a dog better IMO.

  1. Rafferty, ridiculous, should be a surname only, has vague conman vibes (or am I thinking of Raffles?)

Any of the first four are nice.