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Honest thoughts on this boys name please…

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Maureen24 · 12/01/2023 07:17

Hello! We are looking for a boys name to go with our 3yo Theo (Theodore) and I have stumbled across the name Artie, I love it and don’t know any, just wondering what others thought of it as I can’t ask friends and family in case we use it! Thank you!

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Thesonglastslonger · 12/01/2023 23:54

I like it. I knew an Artie at school and he was a lotta fun.

wingsofabird · 12/01/2023 22:54

Artie ❤️
Lovely name
sounds great with Theo

piscosours · 12/01/2023 22:43

Artie is a nickname but I know an Artemis nn artie

Also if you plan to use artie I can't see why a second Arthur in the family would be a big deal

Twoinapod · 12/01/2023 20:39

Definitely not as a stand alone name,

Arthur
Artemis
Archer

would work as full names

Clettercletterthatsbetter · 12/01/2023 19:01

Fine as a nickname for Arthur, but I wouldn’t go for Artie by itself.

CambsAlways · 12/01/2023 13:52

I actually like it but there’s a young lad named Artie in my friends sons school she tells me his nickname is Artie Fartie

Roselilly36 · 12/01/2023 13:47

I like it, but agree with posters, Arthur for birth certificate, Artie is cute for a little one, family name nn etc, but he may prefer Arthur as a man.

IntentionalError · 12/01/2023 13:43

You are naming a grown man here, who will have a career and possibly positions of status & responsibility in his life. With that in mind, I would call him Arthur & use Artie as a childhood nickname for as along as he wants to be Calle£ that.

User6761 · 12/01/2023 13:31

I have negative associations as it reminds me of the character Arty in book Geek Love (the first time I came cross the name) but I think that's a very random association! Objectively it's a nice nickname, maybe a bit informal to be a full name 🤷‍♀️

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 12/01/2023 12:57

Lovely name but use Arthur or another formal version, especially if DC1 is Theodore known as Theo.

Xmasgrinchywinchy · 12/01/2023 12:45

Purplemagnolias · 12/01/2023 10:55

I have friends who were given a nickname instead of a full name and they find it irritating as adults not to have the choice

I'd hate it too. I'm glad to have a beautiful syllable name. Close family and friends sometimes shorten it to a 'cute' nickname

I have a nickname instead of a full name. Quite frankly couldn't care less, my name is simply my name and I don't need a choice of name.

Purplemagnolias · 12/01/2023 10:56

3 syllable name

Purplemagnolias · 12/01/2023 10:55

I have friends who were given a nickname instead of a full name and they find it irritating as adults not to have the choice

I'd hate it too. I'm glad to have a beautiful syllable name. Close family and friends sometimes shorten it to a 'cute' nickname

Blendandmix · 12/01/2023 10:19

I've got a 1 year and I know a little Artie. I love it

Purplemagnolias · 12/01/2023 10:17

Artie is way too cutesy.

And Art is 🖼️ and not a name imo

BreviloquentBastard · 12/01/2023 10:12

I know one Artie and he's actually an Artemis. Mum was a big fan of the Artemis Fowl books and had no idea Artemis is typically a girl's name, but the little lad suits it to the ground and has been Artie or Art to most since day 0.

rainbowstardrops · 12/01/2023 10:04

I really like it! I'm not that keen on Arthur but can understand using it if your Theo is actually Theodore, so Arthur is Artie.

But just use Artie if that's what you love!

I never really get the MN thing on here where you need to give children a 'decent' name for their CV etc. Each to their own though!

MistletoeandBaileys · 12/01/2023 09:07

As a pp said Art as a full name is Irish and you could call him Artie then? I have to say I love Arthur as a name and Artie as the nickname.

But Artie will probably be what he goes by day to day anyway. So really it doesn’t matter and I think Artie as a name is something that will grow with him really well into adulthood!

VenusClapTrap · 12/01/2023 09:03

HeBrokeMyNecklace · 12/01/2023 08:58

It's not a nickname. Not sure of the MN obsession with having a pretentious long name just "for when they're older". Artie will be all he knows and it is absolutely fine as an adult's name. Betty and Lily are seen as fine as names so don't see why this different.

I’d say the same about Betty, to be honest.

HeBrokeMyNecklace · 12/01/2023 08:58

It's not a nickname. Not sure of the MN obsession with having a pretentious long name just "for when they're older". Artie will be all he knows and it is absolutely fine as an adult's name. Betty and Lily are seen as fine as names so don't see why this different.

ShesThunderstorms · 12/01/2023 08:50

If that's the name you want to call him the. It will be a standalone name. People on MN always seem to think you have to use a long version of a name on a birth certificate but in real life I know loads of kids with shortened versions of longer names and nobody bats an eyelid.
I think Artie is great!

VenusClapTrap · 12/01/2023 08:45

Fine as a nickname but too childish as a stand-alone name on an adult.

KangarooKenny · 12/01/2023 08:44

Artie farty.

FlounderingFruitcake · 12/01/2023 08:43

Artie Zipp from the Simpsons! And round here all the kids do a holiday camp called Arty Party. So no, I don’t like it, sorry especially next to Theo/Theodore which is a cracking name!

Bronnau · 12/01/2023 08:15

If you put Arthur on the BC, you can introduce him to everyone as Artie and then have no awkwardness with the other Arthurs in your life. It's a lovely name!