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Brother for Edmund

33 replies

delshell · 10/07/2024 16:46

DH and I like classic names but we're struggling to find one we both like.

The below are what we have on our list at the moment:

Alfred
Arthur
Hugh
Emrys

What do you think of these 4, and what could we add to our list?

Other names we like but can't use, for various reasons:

James
Alexander
Thomas
George

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AGodawfulsmallaffair · 11/07/2024 18:32

Oceansmeet · 11/07/2024 17:20

Bernard!! Now we're cooking on gas 😂

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AGodawfulsmallaffair · 10/07/2024 20:05

I came here just to find Baldrick. Or Percy. Actually, Bernard.

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Bernard!! Now we're cooking on gas 😂

MinnieMountain · 11/07/2024 13:57

Excellent choice for your DS1’s name OP 😁.

I'd go for Alfred from your list.

IamaRevenant · 11/07/2024 00:22

Emrys is absolutely lovely (and also the name of the coolest little kid I've ever met - only met one in my life!).

I love Alastair, Patrick and Daniel too of PP's suggestions. Lots of the others are nice but those would be my top 4!

17caterpillars1mouse · 10/07/2024 22:58

Love Emrys! DH wouldn't let me have it, though to be fair it clashes with our surname.
Arthur is lovely too though obviously alot more common

Have you considered...

Gethin
Alasdair / Alistair
Nicholas
Rupert
Everett
Daniel
Patrick
Peter
Tobias

Daisybuttercup12345 · 10/07/2024 22:02

Matthew
William
Jonathan
David
Michael
Peter
Terence
Wilfred
Gregory
Vincent
Richard
Anthony
Louis
Laurence
Robert

Bucketsofseawater932 · 10/07/2024 21:57

Like the suggestion of Theo or Theodore

Moreteaandchocolate · 10/07/2024 21:53

Arthur is my favourite! And Alfred nn Alfie. Hugh is another good name.

Do you like -
Albert nn Albie
Stanley
Henry
Benjamin
Robert

dollopz · 10/07/2024 21:41

Hew

Wilf

Arthur

wafflesmgee · 10/07/2024 21:18

Alistair
Miles
Atticus
Lawrence
Francis/Frank

Petal7 · 10/07/2024 21:18

Arthur was one of my first thoughts!

Henry
Theodore
Monty
Hugo
Christopher
Jonathan
Thadeus
Ivo
Charles
Harold
Peter
Benedict
Toby
Timothy

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 10/07/2024 21:13

Hereward

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 10/07/2024 21:10

Hugh is stunning and works very well with Edmund imo, both are traditional names that are currently underused.

I like Alfred very much too as another slightly retro beauty and it would be my close second choice, but it is much more popular - and trendy Arthur even more so. Because they are so popular I’d possibly expect them to be in a sibset with something like Edward instead of Edmund which is so much rarer. You might like Wilfred as another to consider too? (although even that’s rising in popularity)

Emrys is gorgeous - but again I feel it’s not the best match to Edmund if that matters. The Emrys I know have brothers Ioan, Owain etc - it feels very Welsh to me.

delfttulipvase · 10/07/2024 20:25

What about

Patrick
Angus
Julian?

beachsandseaicecream · 10/07/2024 20:22

Gregory
Maximilian
Hector
Oliver
William
Hugo
Lysander
Lucian
Frederick
Julian
Benedict
Gabriel
Peter
Quentin
Nathaniel
Ivan
Euan
Evan
Lawrence
Philip
Timothy
Robert
Christopher
Andrew
Jasper
Theodore
Samuel
Michael
Percy
Henry
Victor
Vincent
Jonathan
David
Charles
Dominic
Eric
Elliott
Tobias
Montague
Fitzwilliam
Marcus
Miles
Daniel

Uricon2 · 10/07/2024 20:09

How about Cassian? Unusual without being bizarre. Helped by the only one I've ever known being both cool and nice!

My adored grandfather was an 1890s Alfred and it is a great name, but like some of the others once the current cycle finishes it will revert to being Old Man, like (again sadly) Wilfred.

BTW, Edmund is lovely.

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 10/07/2024 20:05

Oceansmeet · 10/07/2024 18:28

Peter
Aslan
Caspian
Baldrick

I came here just to find Baldrick. Or Percy. Actually, Bernard.

NellietheNumpty · 10/07/2024 20:02

Bede
Chad

Tulipvase · 10/07/2024 20:00

Joseph

EdithStourton · 10/07/2024 19:56

Depends if you want to stick with the Old English saints theme:
Edgar
Swithin
Oswald
Cuthbert
Or the British saints in general theme:
Julian
Theodore
Lawrence
Or not....

DoublePeonies · 10/07/2024 19:00

Lots of lovely ideas.
Alistair was on my short list (Along with Edmund, and several already mentioned).

Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 10/07/2024 18:49

In Mansfield Park the young gentlemen were called Edmund and Thomas, but in Narnia it was Edmund and Peter.
I work in a school and we have no Peters and only a few Tommys so either for rarity.

Whithersoever · 10/07/2024 18:44

I love Arthur too.

Violet17 · 10/07/2024 18:37

Hugh from your list

Or
Sebastian
Tristan
Michael
Nicholas

StormingNorman · 10/07/2024 18:35

Edmund and Alfric

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