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Stanley, Frank or Otto

38 replies

Hightorch54 · 06/10/2023 20:10

We love all three and cannot decide.
Less keen on the shortening Stan which I know we will not be able to control once DS gets to school but we would choose to call him Stanley
Which do you prefer? Any names we may like based on our list

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user1492757084 · 10/10/2023 03:19

Not my favourite names, sorry.
Otto would be the nicer of the three.
Do you like ..
Ossian
Sandford
Winston
Wilton
Winton
Huxley

motherstongue · 09/10/2023 22:52

DS middle name is Stanley. He was named after his uncle who hated his name so much he changed it to the diminutive, Lee. i.e. StanLEE. So it doesn’t always follow he would get Stan.

menopausalmare · 09/10/2023 22:32

I know of two Otto's, one's a cat and the other is a dog.

AutumnWellyBootsandScarf · 09/10/2023 22:30

Not to my taste. But maybe as I'm
out of the baby naming generation, I should stop commenting on naming threads.

these are all names of my generations grandparents/parents & come with baggage!! I can't imagine landing a lovely new baby with any of them!!

best wishes with the baby, no matter what you call him!! 🤗

Cressie2 · 09/10/2023 22:22

Frank ❤️

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 08/10/2023 22:50

Love Frank and Stanley! But not keen on Otto

Jazzandblues · 08/10/2023 22:37

One too many Otto children about. I think it's had its spark. Stanley is okay, transitional. Frank is a hard no.

RosaElize · 08/10/2023 17:57

I like all 3!

Ralph
Rafe
Herbie
August
Henri
Lucas

OhDoSitDownAndShutUp · 08/10/2023 17:08

I think they're all awful, and Otto is the name of my neighbour's Doberman.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 08/10/2023 17:06

Otto is a very old man's name in Germany.

Frank is OK, Francis is better.

TomatoSandwiches · 07/10/2023 23:01

I like Stanley the most.

Nellle · 07/10/2023 23:00

I like Stanley or Frank.

Otto completely depends on the area you live. Where I am, he'd become Uh-oh

NuffSaidSam · 07/10/2023 22:59

I like Otto best. But prefer Ivo.

I like Frank.

Stanley is awful.

PunjabiGirl · 07/10/2023 22:57

I think out of the 3 it would be Stanley

I think of dog with Otto sorry OP

Incognito2023 · 07/10/2023 22:53

Yes to Stanley & Frank
not keen on Otto

ErrolTheDragon · 07/10/2023 22:52

A trio of dachshunds?

bellamountain · 07/10/2023 22:49

Stanley. Otto and Frank are interesting choices, but then I'm just thinking of Anne Frank's father, on their own of course there's no correlation.

cedarwoodsandpinecones · 07/10/2023 22:48

lots of Stanleys round here and imo it is n awful name.

No Franks but also awful.

otto ok

how about Orlando? Lando for short

AndrewGarfieldsLaptop · 07/10/2023 22:45

I love Stanley!

RuthW · 07/10/2023 22:45

Love Stanley. Frank is awful but nice if Francis. Otto too popular

Daisybuttercup12345 · 07/10/2023 22:27

Frank.
Not keen on the other two.
Wilfred
Ralph
James
Arthur
Robert
Albert
Charlie
Mark

dressedforcomfort · 07/10/2023 16:01

Stanley.

All the Otto's I know are canine or feline....

Molly54320 · 07/10/2023 15:28

Otto

Medlady · 07/10/2023 15:28

‘Frank’ means open, honest, direct according to the dictionary. I like that

Liv999 · 07/10/2023 15:24

They're all pretty awful sorry OP, I would go with Stanley out of the three, Frank is very ugly and Otto reminds me of otters