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Old man names you like

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Whichnametopick · 27/02/2023 15:10

I loved reading the thread on the old lady names. Which are your favourite old man names?

Mine is Francis but DP vetoed

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MrsWojadobakowsky · 27/02/2023 16:34

Herbert
Ernest
Raymond
Arnold
David
Cyril
Trevor

Barleymilk · 27/02/2023 16:32

Herbert and Humphrey

DESGUSTING · 27/02/2023 16:21

Soproudoflionesses · 27/02/2023 16:07

Sidney and Stanley

Oo love Sidney

Mumofgirls2017 · 27/02/2023 16:20

ernest
frederick
sidney
roland
raymond
stanley
edgar
arthur
albert
herbert
walter
quentin
clarence
cedric
ivor
arnold

angelis0 · 27/02/2023 16:18

Ian
Owen

Soproudoflionesses · 27/02/2023 16:07

Sidney and Stanley

Passthebrownsauce · 27/02/2023 15:54

George
Bertie
Ernie
Barney

ireallyliketheboy · 27/02/2023 15:49

Bert/Albert

MsFannySqueers · 27/02/2023 15:48

Albert
George

Reinventinganna · 27/02/2023 15:47

I wonder if Gary or Wayne will be on one of these old man threads one day?

Reinventinganna · 27/02/2023 15:46

Stanley
Roy
Rupert
Victor
Reginald
Arthur

I love old man names

Claysta · 27/02/2023 15:45

Wilfred

FineThings · 27/02/2023 15:44

Sidney
Stanley
Arthur

But everyone in my family of my grandparents generation was called John, James (Jim), William or Harry!

DESGUSTING · 27/02/2023 15:41

Stanley
Bertie

IWIllDoItNowInAMinute · 27/02/2023 15:39

Seth and Arthur

Adrelaxzz · 27/02/2023 15:18

The funny thing is I no longer think of them as old man names as the ones I know are all early 20s!

Velvetbee · 27/02/2023 15:17

Edwin. Mine is 17.