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Walter inspired thread. So, can I make you like my favourite boys' names? Victor, Bruce, Donald, Richard/Richie

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Liffey · 09/11/2008 20:49

They don't get as much love as I feel they deserve!!!

Walter wouldn't be one of MY faves but from that era, I like plenty of names.

Victor is not so different from Oscar or Jasper.
Bruce is like a cool combo of Ben and Gus
Donald is just so cool it hurts me to type it and I wish I'd called my son Donald but I didn't think of it at the time.
Richard isn't so different from Edward, and its nn Richie isn't so different from Archie.

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TheNewsMonger · 14/11/2008 15:18

I met a girl I used to go to school with this morning and although her son wasn't with her he is called Victor. Couldn't believe it. I resisted the urge to tell her I'd been discussing the name on tinternet

MrsGokWan · 14/11/2008 15:09

Cheers Newsmonger

DH has 3 names as well so it didn't raise any eyebrows and each name is a family name from their GP's, GGP's and so on. I love the fact that when I see my sons I am reminded of the people we love and loved. Also it's great in the the playground, nursery and playgroup when I call them, they are the only children to look up and answer 'yes mummy'

TheNewsMonger · 13/11/2008 21:14

WEll, I applaud your good taste, but I bet your inlaws and colleagues were raising eyebrows for Europe! IGNORE them.

MrsGokWan · 13/11/2008 21:11

LOL!! only 3 boys with 3 names a piece

TheNewsMonger · 13/11/2008 21:04

You must have a lot of children!?

Do you have a Victor Megglevache? What good taste you have. I wish I'd called my son Victor Richie Donald Bruce.
His father was more of a William James kind of 'namer'.

MrsGokWan · 13/11/2008 20:47

Oh!! and Donald

MrsGokWan · 13/11/2008 20:46

My children have Richard, Bruce, Ernest, Walter, James, Arthur, Fraser and Thom in their names and I love all of their names

Megglevache · 13/11/2008 20:08

If I ever have another boy he will be called Douglas I really don't give a gnat's chuffy what people think of it TBH

I love the names on your list especially Victor but I am biased.

slackrunner · 13/11/2008 20:05

I love Donald, however I think you'd need to either live in Scotland or to be of Scottish descent to make it work.

BoccaDellaVerita · 13/11/2008 20:02

Yes, he was. How nicely symmetrical (or summat).

LuLuBai · 13/11/2008 19:11

Wasn't Daniel Day Lewis's father called Cecil?

Vincent is too gangster-chic for me.

pointydog · 13/11/2008 18:06

I like Victor but really rather love Vincent (like scavo)

BoccaDellaVerita · 13/11/2008 17:52

For me, Cecil evokes an indelible image of Daniel Day Lewis wearing a pince-nez (or was it a monocle) in A Room With A View. Not his best look ever.

There are retro names and there are retro names, if you get my drift.

LuLuBai · 13/11/2008 17:13

Thank you NewsMonger

TheNewsMonger · 13/11/2008 17:04

Cecil for a boy seems quite weak to me. Love them or loathe them, Victor, Richard, Donald and Bruce are not weak.

Cecily for a girl is gorgeous. Cecil for a boy seems a bit effeminate.

belgo · 13/11/2008 14:23

Victor and Vincent are good names.

Bruce is ok. Prefer Bruno.

LuLuBai · 13/11/2008 14:22

OK - well can the people on this thread who appreciate slightly retro names back me up on the fact that Cecil is taking things a bit far. DH becomes more set on it as each day goes by. We have nearly 5 months to make a decision (and it may be a girl anyway) but the more I think about actually naming a child Cecil the less I like it (Bruce, Albert, Hector etc are all fine).

yellowflowers · 13/11/2008 14:09

I love Donald and Victor and Vincent and Richard is totally normal I think.

Heated · 12/11/2008 22:33

Victor - yes

Bruce - an Almighty no! Nothing like Ben or Gus imo,

Donald - I prefer Dougal

Richard - s'okay, innocuous, don't like the nn

jellyrolly · 12/11/2008 22:27

I often find myself asking ds2 where his trousers are. On the floor covered in cack is the answer usually.

BoccaDellaVerita · 12/11/2008 22:25

Victor - yes, quite cool.

Bruce - no! Would be in charge of either logical positivism or the sheep dip.

Donald - could be cool, I guess, if not for the where's your troosers thing.

Richard - very fine name but avoid the awful Richie nickname.

Wheelybug · 12/11/2008 22:20

ooh I love Hector - dd was known as Hector in the womb but a) it really doesn't go with our surname b) DH didn't like it and c) dd was a girl.

jellyrolly · 12/11/2008 22:18

My Ds1 is Walter and Ds2 is Donald. DH is Richard. Obviously you are a woman of immense taste and sensibility Liffey. If I went again I would have a Percy. (But that's not going to happen, its a hypothetical Percy.)

schneebly · 11/11/2008 12:09

aww bless you Oliviasmama! He is rather lovely.

OLIVIASMAMA · 11/11/2008 11:56

If I had boys without doubt I'd have Walter and Hector - I have loved these names for years......and I really like Richard....

....BUT having just checked out schneebly's DS1 I am now converted on Donald too