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Naming a boy after two DD’s, name help

33 replies

Twogirlsandaboy17 · 31/12/2022 08:52

I will not post my daughters names in case I have friends on here however they are very much classed as old lady names, I am now looking for a boy name to fit with the old man theme.

my favourite so far is Harold (Hal) but my DH hates it so please send some other suggestions our way

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Longdarkcloud · 03/01/2023 17:46

Gilbert nn Gibb
Ronald
Christopher. Kit, Chis
Luke
Matthias
Arnold
Nicholas
Simon
Clarence

fajitaaaa · 02/01/2023 22:13

There are lots of Albert's at the moment I don't like it though.

Maybe Richard?

user1492757084 · 01/01/2023 13:27

Hugh
Hubert
Hector
Gilbert
Desmond
Cedric
Cecil
Barry

Mumofgirls2017 · 31/12/2022 14:32

Lawrence
percival/ percy
basil
douglas
roland
walter
ernest
orson
sidney
stanley
frederick
albert
alfred
arthur
ivor
ivan
wilfred
herbert
wilbur
clarence
leonard
lionel
eric
frank
francis
ralph
raymond
edgar

wizzler · 31/12/2022 13:10

Seth
Elijah
Fred
Frank
Joseph
Wilf

StampOnTheGround · 31/12/2022 13:06

Old man names I've come across recently are:
Sidney
Stanley
Arthur
Ralph
Wilfred

Vinylloving · 31/12/2022 12:59

Wilfred
Gilbert
Percy
Henry
Ralph

BlockedbyHfromSteps · 31/12/2022 12:57

Albert

Firebird83 · 31/12/2022 12:55

Raymond (Ray)
Leonard (Len/Lenny)
Arnold (Arnie)
Bernard (Bernie)
Clarence (Clarry)
Lawrence/Laurence (Larry/Lawrie/Laurie)
Dennis (Denny)
Ernest (Ernie)
Eric
Morris
Douglas (Dougie)
Roland (Ro)
Gilbert (Gil/Bertie)

QueenSmartypants · 31/12/2022 12:53

Herold

Edmund

Alfred

Cuthbert

Conrad

Edwin

Roland

Humphrey

Wilfred

Emory

Aldrich

Richard

Theodore

Eric

Jasper

Chaucer

Stanley

Azafata · 31/12/2022 12:42

No, maybe to modern. What about Xavier...

MintyPrincess · 31/12/2022 12:41

Ralphie
Albie
Bertie

Azafata · 31/12/2022 12:39

Santiago
Hunter

123woop · 31/12/2022 12:30

Stanley? Ronnie? Jerry (Gerald)?

ODFOx · 31/12/2022 11:56

Arthur. I know a lovely young Arthur.
James is timeless.
John
Edward
Bernard
Alexander (nn Alec not Alex)
William (Bill)

RedSauceSpaghetti · 31/12/2022 11:50

Our girls had old lady names. DS has an old man name. Our list for him was:

Wilfred
Walter
Samson
Stanley

MayMi · 31/12/2022 11:46

Raymond
Vincent
Henry
Arthur

tealandteal · 31/12/2022 11:43

Have you looked in your family tree for old fashioned names? We have Rex and Ivan, Kenneth and William.

ProserpinaProserpina · 31/12/2022 11:39

Hector
Eric
Gordon
Angus
Augustus
Earnest
Victor
Percy

Purplemagnolias · 31/12/2022 11:34

I'm not so keen on Harold but really like these 'old' names

Quentin
Vincent
Walter
Stanley

greatpotential · 31/12/2022 11:07

Ambrose
Abram
Barnaby
Ernest
Franklin
Gregory
Gordon
Silas
Simeon
Tobias
Walter

KirstenBlest · 31/12/2022 10:43

Hugo isn't in keeping, and it's not posh. It's been a top 50 name for a few years.

Norman
Gordon
Donald
Michael
Philip
Howard
Terence
Dennis
Basil
Victor
Ivor
Jeremy

Hobbesmanc · 31/12/2022 10:28

Wilfred, Arthur. Alfred are probably overdone now.

What about Eric or Edmund. Roland is a great medieval name that's rarely used. Robert seems timeless. Hugo is maybe a little posh.

Blahburst · 31/12/2022 10:02

Harvey
Neil
Gerald
Isaac
Leon
Philip
Eric
George
Samuel
Joseph

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/12/2022 09:59

Peter.
Alan
Jim.
Cedric.
Wilbur
Vincent.
Dougie.
Stanley.
Richard
Philip
Bruno.
Ralph.
Bruce.
Dennis
Trevor
Edgar