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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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ChagSameachDoreen · 05/10/2022 09:02

They are honestly such awful names - irredeemable!

LuciaPopp · 05/10/2022 08:59

Well, Rollo is a name in itself but if you prefer it as a NN, how about Orlando? Lovely name and the Italian form of Roland, still very unusual but everyone will know how to say it.

Lysander and Hector would fit well with your other names and have a suitably heroic feel. Ptolemy (Tolly)?

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.

TheGirlWhoLived · 05/10/2022 08:52

Huxley? Hubert, Hugh, Hugo

1Wanda1 · 05/10/2022 08:51

Torion
Horace
Algernon
Cosmo
Ralph (pronounced the "Rafe" way)
Augustus (Gus)

Hopefully they will be going to school with other similarly-named children and won't get picked on for their "posh" names.

Dreikanter · 05/10/2022 08:44

I can only envisage a Humphrey as an elderly overweight Labrador with a flatulence problem.

Rollo is fine as a full name, it doesn’t need to be a nickname for anything.

Peregrine
Mungo
Tarquin
Julian
Fabian

tenbob · 05/10/2022 08:34

Ludo?

Rollo is a name, not a nickname

Gamergirl84 · 05/10/2022 08:32

Beautiful names! For Rollo, perhaps Raphael or Rafferty.

I also like Herbert, Septimus, Montgomery, Crispin and Casimir.

CatSpeakForDummies · 05/10/2022 08:25

Percy
Cosmo
Hector
Walter

minidancer · 05/10/2022 08:25

Aubrey

Mummysharkdoodoodoodoodoodoo · 05/10/2022 08:23

Love your current children's names. Your new list is less nice - well, I like Otto but Humphrey and Rollo are awful. Rupert, Ophelia and Tabitha are beautiful (I have a Tabitha so am a little biased there!) and I think I'd feel a bit sorry for a Humphrey or Rollo in comparison! I wouldn't consider Humphrey upper class, rather old fashioned, clunky and a bit ugly. It's like a Gertrude type name. Rollo I'd also not consider upper class. It sounds like the name of a dachshund.

Otto is nice. Other names with a similar feel are, I'd say:
Jago
Barnaby
Digby
Edwin
Lysander
Orlando
Lucien
Cassian
Magnus
Casper

ClaudiaWinklepants · 05/10/2022 08:23

Cuthbert
Lysander
Hector
Conan
Bennington
Percy
Willem
Ferdinand
Mungo

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 05/10/2022 08:22

Otto for sure .

Wombat27A · 05/10/2022 08:21

Erm, the only nn for Humphrey is Humpf.

I think your looking at Tarquin here, given the other names.

SuperbOwls · 05/10/2022 08:20

Ivo?
I don't think I'd have Rollo and Rupert together, and Humphrey will absolutely get called humps

GreyTS · 05/10/2022 08:17

Tauranga · 05/10/2022 08:15

Kevin?

🤣

GreyTS · 05/10/2022 08:16

Rollo is a name 😂 historical but still a name, and nothing to do with Rowland 🤣 this literally has to be a piss take....those names, talk about notions!!

Tauranga · 05/10/2022 08:15

Kevin?