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Couldbysunny · 29/01/2025 01:52

I LOVE Cecil
I like Clement.
Robert is boring.
I dislike Hector because it puts me in mind of someone who bothers people.
I dislike Edmund because isn't he the nasty boy in Lion Witch Wardrobe?

comfyshoes2022 · 29/01/2025 01:49

I like them all except Hector.

paranoiaofpufflings · 29/01/2025 01:42

I really like Clement and Robert.
Edmund - ok, I prefer Edward.
Cecil and Hector not for me.

You might like Clarence? Feels a similar vibe.

thornbury · 29/01/2025 01:14

Why not add Horace to your list - my grandfather's name.

Ughouchargh · 29/01/2025 00:29

Robert is nice.

The rest are truly awful and try hard.

Ohlawdnotagain · 29/01/2025 00:26

To add to the list of posh idiot names...
Sheridan. As in Bucket 😂

Sorry OP.

Seacatt · 29/01/2025 00:23

I like Robert and Edmund.

AubernFable · 29/01/2025 00:19

Ttforty · 28/01/2025 22:47

Thoughts (unvarnished) much appreciated please on

Cecil
Clement
Robert
Hector
Edmund
!

I think I’m slightly more your target audience here than some PPs lol

Cecil and Clement I don’t love, they remind me of elderly gentlemen.
Edmund is okay.
Robert is okay Robbie is a cute NN.
Hector I love.

Names I love that have a similar vibe:

Benedict
Victor
August
Francis
Rupert
Quentin
Julian
Oswald
Vincent

SnowFrogJelly · 28/01/2025 23:54

Hector's house...

DramaAlpaca · 28/01/2025 23:41

I love Robert, great name. Edmund is OK, though I prefer Edward.

I wouldn't have said this until recently, but Clement has grown on me because I've recently got to know a grown up one who goes by Clem and he's a really nice guy. It's funny how our view of names is influenced by people we know with that name. I love Clementine for a girl, too but that's not relevant here.

Anyway, I digress...

Hector and Cecil are a step too far for me, but I don't think they are awful.

HundredPercentUnsure · 28/01/2025 23:40

Marcipix · 28/01/2025 23:07

Edmund is okay.

Vincent and Reggie are terrible. Worse than the OPs own list.

I was aiming for "in-keeping with the OPs list". Sounds like I nailed it! 😆🖐️

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millymae · 28/01/2025 23:37

Try as I might I can’t make myself like Cecil.
Clement similarly unless the intention is to call him Clem and then I’d say just do that and don’t lumber him with Clement.
Robert is a family name on DH’s side but in recent years has been more often used as a middle name. Edmund just isn’t to my taste and Hector, I think has the potential to end up trendy.
For what it’s worth my view is if you love these names you should ignore what people on here think about them and stay true to what you like.
I say this knowing a family who chose names in a very similar vein for both sexes (won’t say what they are because it would be very outing). Initial reaction to each of them from moreorless everyone was ‘those poor children’ but they didn’t turn out to be those poor children at all and just grew into the names they had been given.
Nowadays unless it has a rude connotation I think a child would be very unlucky to be bullied because of its name, unless of course they had heard their parent making unkind comments.

Maxorias · 28/01/2025 23:32

My favourite in your list is Hector by far. Then Clement but love Hector a lot more.

Cecil is a girl's name for me - I know it used to be a man's name too but it's more widely used for girls where I live.

Robert is okay but a bit bland.

Edmund sounds a bit try-hard and antiquated to me.

BeachRide · 28/01/2025 23:27

NeedSomeComfy · 28/01/2025 22:57

Cecil has an ugly sound.
Clement similar.
Robert - fine.
Hector - reminds me of posh idiots I knew at university.
Edmund - fine although it will always be associated with the boy who betrayed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe for me.

And Blackadder ...

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.

LeavesOnTrees · 28/01/2025 23:12

Are you French ?

WellsAndThistles · 28/01/2025 23:10

Unless you are naming agricultural vehicles, they're all awful except Robert (nn Robbie to be less old fashioned).

Cluelessbee · 28/01/2025 23:10

Edmund and Robert are okay.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 28/01/2025 23:09

Robert is ok.
The others, no.

Richard
Ross
Jonathon
William
Andrew
Callum
Alexander
George
Hugo
Adam
Aiden
Thomas
Milton

MeAndMyCatCharlotte · 28/01/2025 23:09

I couldn’t do that to my son.

Marcipix · 28/01/2025 23:07

Edmund is okay.

Vincent and Reggie are terrible. Worse than the OPs own list.

Ohlawdnotagain · 28/01/2025 23:07

NeedSomeComfy · 28/01/2025 22:57

Cecil has an ugly sound.
Clement similar.
Robert - fine.
Hector - reminds me of posh idiots I knew at university.
Edmund - fine although it will always be associated with the boy who betrayed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe for me.

Sorry OP. Posh idiots is good description of the type of person who springs to mind for all these names. Or a spaniel. Maybe with the exception of Robert.

TheBirdintheCave · 28/01/2025 23:06

Nice list! All unusual (bar Robert) but genuine names, great work!

SabbatWheel · 28/01/2025 23:05

Edmund is the best of that list.