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Original poster

Otto, rollo, Humphrey….or similair

93 replies

LondonT2202 · 05/10/2022 08:12

We are due with our little boy (brother to Rupert, Ophelia and Tabitha) but I’m struggling with boys names!

would love suggestions for:
• nicknames for Humphrey (not keen on humps!)
• full name for Rollo (Rowland has been suggested but husband hates it)
• upper class names similair to the above - ideally somethings that slightly unique but not too out there!

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LadyHooHa · 05/10/2022 19:10

I'm in Name Heaven here. OP, I have a Humphers.
Some of my other DC's names have been mentioned, but not all of them (thank goodness, as I quite like them not coming up on every other name thread).
I have a Valentine among them, if you want to add that to your list.

PrincessofWales · 05/10/2022 19:07

Sound like dogs names.

Loulou1712 · 05/10/2022 19:05

Wilfred - wilf
This is the front runner for us and it goes so well with your other names x

ImpunityJane · 05/10/2022 19:00

Hector is a great suggestion.

Otherwise:
Orlo
Edmund
Edgar
Clement
Clarence
Claude
Eustace
Cyril

KirstenBlest · 05/10/2022 18:55

Pick a name from a book by Jilly Cooper. Perdita or Lysander, perhaps.

Orphlids · 05/10/2022 18:54

Christ, some right miseries commenting on this thread.

We considered Rollo for our DS. We love a bit of history! It’s a full name in itself. We went for Magnus in the end. I really like Otto too. Humphrey is also nice, but I feel it lacks the bit of edge the others have. It’s a bit more gentle old man than dashing young hunk. Another name I really love is Uther, King Arthur’s much more exciting and charismatic father.

Milesty1 · 05/10/2022 18:49

daisyjgrey · 05/10/2022 08:54

upper class names similair to the above - ideally somethings that slightly unique but not too out there!

For ideas for names from people who are similarly trying to make themselves sound like they come from better breeding than they do, try looking at the names Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his children. I believe you'll find what you're looking for there.

Came here to say this 😂

KirstenBlest · 05/10/2022 18:47

Rollo and Humphrey are fine, but Otto is hideous

Rowland and Rollo are completely different names

NC12345665 · 05/10/2022 18:37

upper class names similair to the above

It must be exhausting being so insecure.

Madamecastafiore · 05/10/2022 18:37

Percy

MyBuggyIsOutToGetMe · 05/10/2022 18:33

I like the suggestion of Hector.

How about:

Edmund
Aubrey
Alexander (not unique but goes well)
Charles

TheSausageKingofChicago · 05/10/2022 18:33

Otis
Hugo
Rory
Wilfred/Wilbur

You could have Freddy for Humphrey, but then you might as well just call him Freddy.

kenadams86 · 05/10/2022 18:31

Please don't call your child rollo or Humphrey

mathanxiety · 05/10/2022 18:24

I think it's really weird to avoid names that sound upper class purely on that basis. It's downright depressing.

Are parents really so concerned about what people with very small minds will think?

Is staying in your lane such an ingrained habit that the people who lose by so doing take it upon themselves to police the class boundaries so assiduously?

And why assume the OP must be a pleb?

mathanxiety · 05/10/2022 18:20

Clement
Conrad

mathanxiety · 05/10/2022 18:10

Rollo - it's a full name and imo it's gorgeous.

Suggestions:
Ivo
Darius
Ansel
Cosmo
Ambrose
Thaddeus
Hugo
Rufus
Caspian
Ludovic
Barnaby
Bertram

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 05/10/2022 17:09

midsomermurderess · 05/10/2022 16:38

‘For ideas for names from people who are similarly trying to make themselves sound like they come from better breeding than they do, try looking at the names Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his children’: jeez, that’s snarky, and chippy.

Most of them are called after appropriate saints, or heroes. The youngest is named Anselm, an English Saint whom anyone should be proud to be aligned to.

Pineappleflowers · 05/10/2022 17:04

I can’t tell if this is a piss take or not.

I think it is 🤔

emmathedilemma · 05/10/2022 16:57

Hugo
Ivo
Montgomery / Monty
Bartholamew nn Bart
Barnaby
Mungo
Giles
Atticus
Quentin
Aubrey
Angus or Magnus nn Gus
Tobias / Toby
Tristan
Lysander
Alexander / Xander
Cosmo
Benedict
Jonty
Hector

mewkins · 05/10/2022 16:56

midsomermurderess · 05/10/2022 16:38

‘For ideas for names from people who are similarly trying to make themselves sound like they come from better breeding than they do, try looking at the names Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his children’: jeez, that’s snarky, and chippy.

It is spot on though. It is really weird to choose names that sound 'upper class'.

And a bit depressing.

midsomermurderess · 05/10/2022 16:38

‘For ideas for names from people who are similarly trying to make themselves sound like they come from better breeding than they do, try looking at the names Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his children’: jeez, that’s snarky, and chippy.

midsomermurderess · 05/10/2022 16:37

Humphrey. Yes, it’d be a bold choice nowadays but it seems to me to be a happy name. And I think of the lovely Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise.

Jackiebrambles · 05/10/2022 11:31

Thank you for reminding me about King Rollo, I loved that cartoon as a kid!

inappropriateraspberry · 05/10/2022 11:28

Felix
Xavier
Oscar
Hugo
Oliver
Max/Maximilian

sunshineamongsttheshitstorm · 05/10/2022 10:52

His name is Jasper or Barnaby, that goes lovely with the other 3!