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York28 · 07/10/2022 18:07

Due our second boy in a few weeks. Didn’t want to use any of the names from our previous shortlist as it felt like we would be giving them second choice, which I know is silly, but as they will get so much stuff handed down I wanted the name list to be new. Blame pregnancy hormones for my reasoning!

Anyway after much searching we have come up with Alfie, Albie and Arlo. What are your thoughts please?

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strawberry2017 · 07/10/2022 20:57

I'm curious what the names were you didn't want to use this time.
Think your current list is a bit bland, all very popular names.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 07/10/2022 20:51

Asher is much nicer.

Aquamarine1029 · 07/10/2022 20:50

Awful. Dog's names.

RuthW · 07/10/2022 20:48

Arlo.

The rest are nicknames

cptartapp · 07/10/2022 20:35

Awful. All three.

UnagiForLife · 07/10/2022 20:20

It might be spelt Alastair actually, not sure!

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 07/10/2022 20:19

Ooo, Alistair is a lovely name.

UnagiForLife · 07/10/2022 20:18

Alfie is my favourite of those three names but there are absolutely loads of them about. Prefer Alistair, you don’t get many of them.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 07/10/2022 20:18

Alfie is okay as a nickname. I like Alfred but I’d use Freddy as a NN.

HighlandPony · 07/10/2022 20:16

Stop I’d say was best out the three. The other two I can imagine Peggy Mitchell and pat butcher shouting in eastenders

AssignedSlytherinAtBirth · 07/10/2022 20:07

Alfie is a popular pet name round here, along with Oscar. The other two are OK. Albie is sweet for a baby but I can't picture it on a grown-up.

KirstenBlest · 07/10/2022 20:07

Not keen on any of them. If I had to choose one of them, I'd use Alfred (Alfie). I dislike Albie, and Arlo sounds like a town in Essex.

Underhisi · 07/10/2022 20:02

They are all very popular. Alfred with the nn Alfie is ok. I am not keen on the others.

TempsPerdu · 07/10/2022 18:27

Not keen on any of them tbh - there are so many of this ‘type’ or name at the moment that none of them feels distinctive any more. DD’s school year (Reception) has two Alfies, an Albie, an Archie, an Archer (also known as Archie), an Artie and two Arlos across the two classes.

Jessbow · 07/10/2022 18:11

Boring common & a bit 'meh' all of them to be honest

very other child is called Albie Alfie or Arlo these days

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