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Ttforty · 2025-01-28T22:47:44+00:00

Thoughts (unvarnished) much appreciated please on Cecil Clement Robert Hector Edmund !

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YummyInMyTummy · 29/01/2025 11:47

I really dislike them all, I think they’re awful - sorry. Robert is fine, but very unremarkable.

CeceliaImrie · 29/01/2025 11:44

Love them all except Robert.

I suppose tenuous connections can colour our opinions but some of these comments are awful, imagine thinking Hector sounds like a bully's name.

Hotafternoon · 29/01/2025 09:45

None of them, even Robert I don't like as my rescue stray cat was given the name by the rescue charity before I changed it.

I now think of a hairy, ginger nightmare when I see the name Robert. 😄

EducatingArti · 29/01/2025 09:14

What about Edgar instead of Edmund?

fingerbobz · 29/01/2025 09:11

Robert is a normal name although there are no small kids or babies that i know with that name

fingerbobz · 29/01/2025 09:10

Hector is quite popular although it's awful. Sounds like hectare

fingerbobz · 29/01/2025 09:09

Cecil? Sounds like a camp / upper class lord of the manor from the 1920s

Clement - see above

Robert - normal blokes name

Edmund - Blackadder but could be shortened to Ed or Eddie

SnoopysHoose · 29/01/2025 08:53

I know two labradors that are Hector, lovely boys 🐾

Pigsinblankets13 · 29/01/2025 08:46

Hector or Edmund

Robert is hideous...cannot imagine a baby Robert!!! A bald man in his 40s maybe...

bluebunnys · 29/01/2025 08:37

madamweb · 29/01/2025 08:27

Cecil - aspirational try hard parents , desperate to be seen as upper class
Clement- aspirational try hard parents, desperate to be seen as upper class
Robert -nice, good shortened version too.
Hector- aspirational try hard parents desperate to be seen as upper class
Edmund- ok, bit prissy. Ed makes an decent shortening

What if these 'aspirational try hard parents, desperate to be seen as upper class ' simply liked the name? What if they had no ulterior intentions? Would that change your views? I'm genuinely interested!

BootballJoy · 29/01/2025 08:30

I've met the most Edmunds and Hectors at baby groups etc. I like Edmund. Much prefer Robin to Robert. Not a fan of Cecil or Clement (despite knowing a lovely Clement!)

madamweb · 29/01/2025 08:27

Cecil - aspirational try hard parents , desperate to be seen as upper class
Clement- aspirational try hard parents, desperate to be seen as upper class
Robert -nice, good shortened version too.
Hector- aspirational try hard parents desperate to be seen as upper class
Edmund- ok, bit prissy. Ed makes an decent shortening

Ygfrhj · 29/01/2025 08:22

I like all of them except Robert.

Jacobeen · 29/01/2025 08:22

They are lovely names. I’d consider Felix as well

bluebunnys · 29/01/2025 08:20

I like Clement and Edmund best

I hate the meaning of 'to hector' and find Cecil very lispy sounding

Robert is dull sounding, I know so many of them, most end up as Rob (to rob isn't great either)

I'd probably choose Clement!

toastofthetown · 29/01/2025 08:12

I’m surprised at the reaction - I’ve posted about Hector a few times and while love for it hasn’t been universal, it’s been mixed to positive. I don’t know if it’s how the whole list reads than the individual names on it. Maybe James, Clement, Robert, Joseph, Hector, Edmund, Cecil, Theodore, and Alexander might not have been met with such a negative reaction.

Cecil - I don’t mind in theory but (maybe as I have family in Zimbabwe) I find the Rhodes association hard to shake off
Clement - I don’t dislike but don’t love. I don’t like Clement as a nickname for a boy or a girl though
Robert - in contrast to most other posters, my least favourite from your list. I love Robin but Robert is dull and dated to me
Hector - I love Hector, and it’s on my list for if the baby I’m having is a boy. I also don’t find it too culturally charged (or priggish as someone suggested)
Edmund - I love Edmund and vastly prefer it to every other Ed- variant. Depending on if you want a more unusual name, an Edmund might end up lost with all the Edwards and Teddys.

Twixtmasjigsaw · 29/01/2025 07:23

I like Edmund a lot.

Cecil just sounds wet to my ears....

Viviennemary · 29/01/2025 07:21

Robert is fine. The rest are totally dire.

Raininginparadise2 · 29/01/2025 07:10

Only like Robert from your list.i think that the rest are awful.

GrandHighPoohbah · 29/01/2025 07:06

Are you writing an sequel to Swallows and Amazons? That sounds like the character list.

Sixpence39 · 29/01/2025 06:56

All sound like posh twats, sorry! Wouldn't make a good first impression. Robert is more normal but sounds like a 50 year old accountant and will inevitably be shortened to Rob or Robbie.

TheLittleOldWomanWhoShrinks · 29/01/2025 06:53

Your list does sound rather like part of a roll call at a 1930s public school, tbh. I like Clement, and its equivalent (Clemens) is not unheard of in Europe, but I wonder if the obvious shortening Clem might not go so well given quite a few girls are now being called Clementine. Robert's fine. I'm not keen on the others - particularly Edmund I think has a not-very-nice vibe.

olympicsrock · 29/01/2025 06:52

Robert is a nice name not very similar to your other choices.
I like Clement - knew a Clem/ Clemmie when little.
Cecil is a sissy.
Hector sound like a bully (a hard name)
Edmund is fine - would be a gentle boy

sel2223 · 29/01/2025 06:44

Sorry OP but some of those are awful.

Robert and Edmund are OK but I prefer Edward.

Clem, really? All I hear is phlegm

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Ttforty · 29/01/2025 06:12

shoopshoopdedoo · 28/01/2025 23:26

Robert is the only one that feels quite neutral. Maybe Edmund, though I think Edward is nicer. All the others feel quite strongly associated with a particular demographic in the UK and I’d avoid on that basis. I prefer names that could more easily belong to anyone eg. James - could be the king, could be in prison, you wouldn’t be able to guess from the name! Obviously this is totally subjective.

Yup I hear you! My thoughts exactly (trying to settle family diverged views on this!).

Thanks all. I know what you mean

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