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<Wail> Please tell me this name would NOT have been a good idea <sob>

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LurleneLumpkin · 25/09/2008 17:49

It took us ages to name our DS - he had no name for two weeks so in the end I caved and went with an acceptable suggesstion from DH.

However he really does look like a name I had in mind for him but immediately rejected because I really felt it didn't fit with our surname at all.

So please tell me Wilfred Wilks would not have been a good idea. He really does look like a little 'Wilfie'.

We went with Michael by the way - it's OK he's gorgeous and it does suit him but still......

If it is relevant DDs are Emily and Poppy.

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SoupDragon · 25/09/2008 19:06

you were right to discard it.

Habbibu · 25/09/2008 19:04

It rather smacks of a 1900's (?) music-hall turn. I picture him with a flat cap and a catch-phrase, being applauded by ladies in gloves and gentlemen in moustaches.

greenday · 25/09/2008 18:57

OK, that made me laugh - Wilfred Wilks - honestly, a name like that would make me laugh. its a lovely name on its own but it really doesn't go with your surname. So personally, I think you did him a favour by going with Michael.

Could you not use it as his middle name?

PoppyFox · 25/09/2008 18:28

I wanted 'Gus'. With García. I wanted to do it. I half persuaded myself that it was OK really. NOw that my reason and judgement and objectivity have returned I'm glad I didn't do that.

2point4kids · 25/09/2008 18:25

I had the same surname quandry with my firs choice for ds2.
I went with another name in the end too.
Now he is 7 months and I am so so glad I chose his current name instead of my original choice!

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KatieScarlett2833 · 25/09/2008 18:16

I have a Michael. We call him Mishka, his friends call him Mikey.

PoppyFox · 25/09/2008 18:16

Me neither, haven't watched that tosh since the second series. I wouldn't worry about that Lurlenelumpkin!!!

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LurleneLumpkin · 25/09/2008 18:15

Never watched BB so I have no knowledge of a Mikey on BB. I'm not too bothered about the opinions of those who watch it anyway [vast generalisation emoticon]

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LurleneLumpkin · 25/09/2008 18:13

Hmmmm...maybe I've been watching too much of the DDs Brambley Hedge videos

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ellingwoman · 25/09/2008 18:12

He'll get called Wilkie by his schoolmates anyway - that's close enough.

Michael is a great name. Mike is good, Mikey is NOT (too many BB connections)

MaryAnnSingleton · 25/09/2008 18:08

I love Wilfrid but only because my cat was called that

PoppyFox · 25/09/2008 18:08

OH! Your sur name is Wilks? Oh thank goodness you went with Michael!!

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LurleneLumpkin · 25/09/2008 18:07

He's nearly 4mo now - DH say's no way to a change (don't blame him) - think I'll use it as a pet name.

I refer to Poppy by her middle name a fair bit (because it is cool) and more often than not she gets called quaggle . If I call her by her name she says 'No, I'm quaggle!' Oh dear.......

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PoppyFox · 25/09/2008 18:07

Hmmm, I love Wilfie, but has that 'will date terribly' thing about it. Michael is very classic, you can't go wrong in life with a name like Michael. Nobody will ever make any assumptions about him. It's a good strong name and your 2nd choice?!

Mikey goes really well with Poppy and EMily.

savoycabbage · 25/09/2008 18:04

I think it's lovely

I hate to depress you further but this happened to me and I was railroaded into a name by my dh. My dd is two in a week and I am still not used to it. I really wish I had changed it.

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LurleneLumpkin · 25/09/2008 18:04

at Wilfred Lumpkin

I do like calling him Mike which surprises me - something offbeat about picking up a cute cuddly bundle and saying 'come on then Mike in your pushchair' . He was supposed to be 'Mikey' - the DDs call him that.

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TheConfusedOne · 25/09/2008 18:01

OMG that was my GGgrandfathers name!

EdwardCullenCanHaveMySoul · 25/09/2008 17:59

Wilfred Lumpkin is an excellent name

pooka · 25/09/2008 17:58

But it kind of goes with Lurlene Lumpkin!

Dragonbutter · 25/09/2008 17:58

they are both nice.

2point4kids · 25/09/2008 17:58

Michael goes lovely with your surname and with your other childrens names!
Call him Wilfie as a nickname if you love it and he looks like one

Pushpinia · 25/09/2008 17:58

I also wanted Walter but there are just not enough children for the names I like...

EdwardCullenCanHaveMySoul · 25/09/2008 17:57

Michael is better! (nothing against Wilfred in essence but it doesn't sound right with your last name!)
Loads of sweet abbreviations too, Mike, mikey etc.

pooka · 25/09/2008 17:57

Wilfred Wilks not brilliant I am afraid. Bit Willy Wonka, like a made up roald-dahlesque name.

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