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Bob - Would you?

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Flum · 02/07/2008 22:49

Dh wants it. Not even Robert. I am considering Robert and ok with it. It doesn't suit our surname well as that also starts with a hard consonant. It is his Grandads name and he was christened Bob so that is why he wants it.

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violetsmile · 12/07/2008 08:36

I'd go with bobby.

3andnomore · 11/07/2008 22:22

hm, Bob could be a middlename....I personally wouldn't have Bob....

georgiemama · 11/07/2008 22:12

No, because it's my father's name. And he is an arsehole.

Slubberdegullion · 11/07/2008 22:10

yes yes yes yes yes

I love Bob

OurHamsterisevil · 11/07/2008 22:08

Don't like diminutives as real names. I think there should always be a real name that is the nshortened

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Flum · 11/07/2008 21:49

Spose you have to forget about the baby bit. They are only a baby for 2 yrs after all. Could be an old man for what, 30 yrs!

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cyanarasamba · 03/07/2008 20:43

We have a Connor but we call him Bob - not sure why.

ByTheSea · 03/07/2008 20:38

We have a Robert who has been Robert since he was a baby. We sometimes shorten it to Rob now (he's 12), as do his friends, but he's always been Robert.

bobbysmum07 · 03/07/2008 20:09

I named my son Robert after my uncle. But you can't call a baby Robert, can you? And Robbie is just so blokish. My son was Bobby from day 1 and I love the name. It's not fasionable, but it won't ever go out of fashion either. And Bobby would suit a lawyer or a policeman just as easily as a plumber. I think it's a brilliant name.

chandellina · 03/07/2008 20:06

love Bob but i would want it Robert on the birth certificate

VictorianSqualor · 03/07/2008 17:45

DS2 is Bobby.
We got a few looks at first, apparently it's an 'Old man's name' but he was named after my Dad, and I dislike the name Robert.
I love his name now and always get nice comments.

EmmyLou · 03/07/2008 17:39

I know a Bobby, he's a sweet little boy too...

TheFallenMadonna · 03/07/2008 17:26

I love Robert.

I prefer Rob as a diminutive, but I guess that wouldn't work for you

sumomum · 03/07/2008 17:23

What about Bertie? Loving Bertie..

lilyloo · 03/07/2008 17:16

Dp Robert get's called Bob anyway !
Dc's think it's great as do dd's 3 year old friends with Bob builder connotations

moonpigdotcom · 03/07/2008 17:08

It reminds me of Bob from the episode of Blackadder where he thinks he's in love with a boy. At our school we all did bad impersonations of Rowan Atkinson saying "Well now.......Bob". What's so wrong with Robert? Everyone needs a grown up name for formal stuff, surely?

AbbeyA · 03/07/2008 07:32

I love Robert as a name but would never shorten to Bob or Bobby-prefer Rob.

Comerscroft · 03/07/2008 06:24

In Scotland, there is Fat Bob (Oor Wullie) and Black Bob, the sheepdog.

olyoly · 03/07/2008 05:24

Not Bob as a full name.
It just doesn't fit a baby.

nappyaddict · 03/07/2008 00:12

I like bobby as a full name to be shortened to bob but not bob as a full name.

harpomarx · 02/07/2008 23:31

had forgotten about that Bob, janeite.

now you have made me laugh too

janeite · 02/07/2008 23:29

Not Bob - it just makes me think of Rowan Atkinson and then makes me laugh!

Robert is a nice, solid name but I prefer it as a middle name I think.

Robin is nice - although obviously not your dh's grandad's name so totally irrelevant!!

ravenAK · 02/07/2008 23:26

Robert's good - missed our shortlist as have about 4 mates between us called Robert!

I really think better to go with full form not diminutive, so as to give him more options later on? (Even though I dislike my 'full' name & no-one ever uses it).

Or use Bob as middle name?

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Flum · 02/07/2008 23:22

Praps Bobinogs instead of Robert thEN?

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FAQ · 02/07/2008 23:11

nope sorry I couldn't - Bob or Robert just makes me think "Mugabe"....