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Original poster

Brother to Maud and Persephone

180 replies

MaudandSephy · 04/06/2023 15:16

What would you name a brother to Maud and Persephone (who often goes by Sephy)?

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Dacadactyl · 04/06/2023 18:28

Isidore or Ignatius.

Arewehumanorarewecupboards · 04/06/2023 18:26

I love Maud and don’t understand the hate for it.
Its’s a beautiful name (and loved by many older mners who often remember a very special Maude).

What about Edwin?

Newname2323 · 04/06/2023 18:21

Phil, to be honest

FawnDrench · 04/06/2023 18:20

Aloysius
Montgomery
Caesar
Peregrine
Julius
Fred

ODFOx · 04/06/2023 18:18

Alasdair

IfYouDontLikeTheAnswerDontAskTheQuestion · 04/06/2023 18:14

You named your baby MAUD?

Villagetoraiseachild · 04/06/2023 18:11

Edmund was the baddun in King Lear.......

midsomermurderess · 04/06/2023 18:07

Edmund.

WeAreTheHeroes · 04/06/2023 18:03

Alan
Brian
Ptolemy

5childrenand · 04/06/2023 17:58

Fabulous names (& similar to my dc).

Other names we considered were:
Rupert
Inigo
Miles (but I’d avoid 2 names starting with same initial)
William
Gregor

StrandedStarfish · 04/06/2023 17:54

Agamemnon

stopringingme · 04/06/2023 17:44

Wilfred
Alfred
Henry
Dominic
Theo
Hugo
Michael
Marcus
Maurice
Lucas
David
Daniel
Rupert
Robert
Phillip
Fergus
William
Milo

TheCyclingGorilla · 04/06/2023 17:42

DH knows a Rameses (Egyptian King)

DipperandMabel · 04/06/2023 17:40

Mis-matched *

CinderRosie · 04/06/2023 17:40

Wilbur

CinderRosie · 04/06/2023 17:40

Stanley
Arthur

DipperandMabel · 04/06/2023 17:40

I agree with Gary. I think it goes with your names as they are a bit mid-matched. It’s a nice underused name.

Crocadoodledoo · 04/06/2023 17:37

Derek

Villagetoraiseachild · 04/06/2023 17:37

Terence.
Wilfred.
Alphonso (after the mango sine qua non)
Thaddeus
Silas (after George Eliot's novel).

Childhoodnostalgia · 04/06/2023 17:37

trevthecat · 04/06/2023 17:18

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aintnospringchicken · 04/06/2023 17:35

Dominic
Myles
Hamish
Conrad
Lucas
Lawrence
Henry
Edward
Christian

toomanyleggings · 04/06/2023 17:35

To go with those names…
Harold
Stan
Walter
Kenneth
Donald

BumpyaDaisyevna · 04/06/2023 17:32

Horatio
Clement
Hector

ColdHandsHotHead · 04/06/2023 17:30

Crispin, Francis, Rupert.

Villagetoraiseachild · 04/06/2023 17:23

I think I love you @JaneJeffer .
I came on to suggest Steve.