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If I like Arthur..

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Flopsy145 · 03/02/2024 22:50

I absolutely love it but my husband isn't sold. He also says it "Arfa" 😂
Love the King Arthur connotations, anything history related or Celtic/Scandi as my family are a mix of both, husband is English. Last name is Smith.

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DirtyDuchess · 06/02/2024 15:01

My 2 1/2 year old grandson is Arthur and I often call him Arty. He calls himself Haffer.

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Flopsy145 · 04/02/2024 22:28

@Allthatglittersisntart yeah he pronounces it Arfa, similarly Harry would be Arry. To be fair in our area, there will be plenty more than just my DH pronouncing it Arfa 😂

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mathanxiety · 04/02/2024 21:53

Ivo
Caspar
Digby
Jensen
Jacoby
Christian
Idris
Jasper
Harvey

Firebird83 · 04/02/2024 21:37

Magnus

Retrievemysanity · 04/02/2024 21:36

Rupert

caringcarer · 04/02/2024 21:33

Reggie

BigDogEnergy · 04/02/2024 21:26

HowDoTheyGetThroughLife · 04/02/2024 09:02

Arthur is SO old-fashioned. It's my (late) dad's name, and he was born in 1918.

It's been in the top 10 boys names for the last few years.

ONS data from 2021 has it at 4th

LeifCandleStar · 04/02/2024 21:18

Hendrick
Charles
Alfred
Erik
Archie
Cedric
Albert
Aldrich
WesleyAshley
Leonard
Percy
Winston
Richard
Robert
William
Cecil
Aldwin
John
Enoch
Nigel - very old
Norman
Edmund
Solomon
Nathaniel

Shadowsindarkplaces · 04/02/2024 20:49

Edmund..forgot that

Shadowsindarkplaces · 04/02/2024 20:48

Lance
Kirk
Konrad

eatdrinkandbemerry · 04/02/2024 20:46

Stanley smith
🥰

Allthatglittersisntart · 04/02/2024 20:44

I think Arthur is a good name.

Can your DH not pronounce the ‘th’? According my American ex I cant either (saying ‘f’ sometimes). You could shorten it to Arty.

Or look at the list of Knights of the Round Table(some already on thread, some outlandish!)
:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/knights-of-arthurs-round-table-legend-quiz.html

sunflowerpinks · 04/02/2024 20:38

How about

Logan Smith
Quentin Smith
Reuben Smith

Elspethelf · 04/02/2024 17:55

Love Arthur. How about…

Clifford - Cliff
Sidney - Sid
Wilfred - Wilf
Walter - Walt

TerriPie · 04/02/2024 17:48

Menzies
Myles
Lyall
Trian
Tristan

(Not keen on Arthur, still an old man to me even though it has been and gone again in the last few years)

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Flopsy145 · 04/02/2024 17:44

@KirstenBlest I'm mainly Welsh, the Scandinavian is a real mix of Finland, Denmark, a bit of Faroe islands I think as well. Middle names will be Eric Thomas, we couldn't decide so decided to go for both.
@User6761 love Evan. Also similar vein I like Ivor.
Bowen, Torrin and Logan are also high on my list but I'm not sure DH will go for them, @theduchessofspork I love Magnus as well as Maddox.

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urbanbuddha · 04/02/2024 17:28

Rory
Gregor
Alexander
Mathias
Sebastian

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2024 17:28

What sort of Celtic and what sort of Scandi?
Arthur Smith is likely to be a common name, so I'd suggest a distinguishing middle name that doesn't look like a first name.
e.g, Arthur Fraser Smith or Arthur Aland Smith
(just using Arthur and random-ish middle names)

User6761 · 04/02/2024 17:13

Agree with PP, with such a common surname I personally would be looking for a less commonly used first name if possible.

Lawrence
Sidney
Abel
Crawford
Evan
Cassian

sunflowerpinks · 04/02/2024 15:37

With such a common surname for d choose a name outside the top100. I know sooo many boys/men called Steve Smith, Harry Smith etc...

theduchessofspork · 04/02/2024 10:09

HowDoTheyGetThroughLife · 04/02/2024 09:02

Arthur is SO old-fashioned. It's my (late) dad's name, and he was born in 1918.

Are you kidding?! There are millions of Arthurs under 20.

Arthur is great OP but it’s been done to death lately

Stellan
Struan
Gawain
Alistair
Jory
Kester
Toren
Magnus
Marcus
Edwin
Ernest
Walter
Owen
Patrick
Robert

Stayeduptoolateagain · 04/02/2024 10:01

vanillaspice235 · 04/02/2024 09:24

Stanley Smith sounds good!

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It does but, on second thoughts, I think Stan Smith is a type of Adidas shoe?

Gullillahvit · 04/02/2024 09:28

Harald
Gerald
Alfred

vanillaspice235 · 04/02/2024 09:24

Stayeduptoolateagain · 03/02/2024 22:57

Stanley!

Stanley Smith sounds good!

DisplayPurposesOnly · 04/02/2024 09:05

Jonah