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What about the name Walter?

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ateles · 22/05/2008 10:41

Is this a great name or a complete no go? (It would be shortened to Walt) Honest opinions please!

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TodayToday · 17/06/2008 09:46

Oooh - no. Sorry

escape · 17/06/2008 05:09

friend has used his name last month.
it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Califrau · 17/06/2008 03:41

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raindropsonroses · 17/06/2008 01:54

Wally and Beano

belgo · 22/05/2008 15:17

Don't like it at all.

branflake81 · 22/05/2008 15:16

I think it's quite ugly.

Christiania · 22/05/2008 13:52

Lovely, it was almost our son's name

Was saving it for the next one but hey, you can have it.

VictorianSqualor · 22/05/2008 13:49

Nope, use Rufus.

RainyWednesday · 22/05/2008 13:36

Another Beano reader here!

hatwoman · 22/05/2008 13:36

really like it. though it will be very datable - if that makes sense - it fits very markedly along the name evolution of the last 10 or so years from Jack to Henry to Alfred (Alfie) to Walter

pagwatch · 22/05/2008 13:34

I love it but wouldn't use it because of the Wally potential

LyraSilvertongue · 22/05/2008 13:32

Hate it. Sorry. Walt sounds too much like wart.

RosaLuxembourg · 22/05/2008 13:31

I like it because of Walter Blythe in the Anne of Green Gables series

Amandella · 22/05/2008 13:29

Oooh no - a definite "Wally" in the playground, poor boy.

Nancy66 · 22/05/2008 11:37

No, he'll get called Wally at school.

cyteen · 22/05/2008 11:21

Really not my bag. Walt, Walter, Wally - none of them are very promising.

themildmanneredjanitor · 22/05/2008 11:20

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nailpolish · 22/05/2008 11:19

mkaes me think of Wally

artichokes · 22/05/2008 11:17

Ernie is a name I LOVE.

LynetteScavo · 22/05/2008 11:03

I'm not keen, although Walt is OK. - It could end up as Wally, which was used as a tem of abuse when I was at school.

Nbg · 22/05/2008 11:03

I like it and I like that it can be shortened to Walt.

Also like Ernie.

TheProvincialLady · 22/05/2008 11:03

Makes me think of Gracie Fields "Walter, Waaaaaalter, lead me to the altar"

maretta · 22/05/2008 11:02

I like

MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 22/05/2008 11:00

i like it, and would deffo use it if I were to lucky enough to have another boy