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Cecil, clement, hector...?!

89 replies

Ttforty · 28/01/2025 22:47

Thoughts (unvarnished) much appreciated please on

Cecil
Clement
Robert
Hector
Edmund
!

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Nellyelephanty · 28/01/2025 23:04

Love hector!! Was on our list

HundredPercentUnsure · 28/01/2025 23:03

Edmund, nn Eddie is ok. Others just no.

How about Vincent or Ralph or Reggie ?

TriangleLight · 28/01/2025 23:02

You can’t call a child these names 🙈 Robert is at least unremarkable

ru53 · 28/01/2025 23:00

I like Clement. Clem for short.

Not keen on the others. I don’t like hector as I associate it with the word hectoring…

Temporaryname158 · 28/01/2025 23:00

Robert is the only good choice. A selection of not very nice names I don’t think and wouldn’t want to be lumbered with them myself

i know a Clem, he isn’t very nice!

ijustneedaminute24 · 28/01/2025 23:00

OneWaryCat · 28/01/2025 22:56

My husband really likes Clement, Clem for short.

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango is all I can hear

Luminousalumnus · 28/01/2025 23:00

Robert is fine. I also like Clement, but I think we may be on our own with that!

user2848502016 · 28/01/2025 22:58

Cecil and Clement are awful! The others are nice

TriangleLight · 28/01/2025 22:58

No just no

namechangenan · 28/01/2025 22:58

@NeedSomeComfy you summed up my feelings exactly!

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.

OneWaryCat · 28/01/2025 22:56

My husband really likes Clement, Clem for short.

Dodonutty · 28/01/2025 22:55

Well Robert is a good option

oldestmumaintheworld · 28/01/2025 22:54

Appalling except for Robert.

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