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Come and tell me what you think of Rupert . . .

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choccywoccydoodah · 25/11/2008 16:32

We are looking for a name for our first DC who is definitely a boy. I am loving Rupert but DH is not so sure.

Opinions please )

TIA

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nkf · 04/12/2008 20:38

Rupert is fine for a rugby player if he's a public school sort. League or the other one. Can never remember which form of rugby is posh. Personally, I think it is, and always will be, the name of a bear.

tinselroundtherock · 04/12/2008 20:35

Just never sounds all that masculine, although I know two and both are 'men's men'!

higgle · 04/12/2008 16:48

I'm afraid it is a poncy Tim-nice-but-dim sort of name that will get your child sneered at for life - Dont do it!!!!

lunamoon2 · 02/12/2008 21:57

Very pale skinned
wears checked trousers and a scarf
has friends called Ping Pong
hangs around with other "strange types" .....

MadameCastafiore · 02/12/2008 17:36

Fucking annoying Bear!

BoccaDellaNativita · 02/12/2008 17:33

I like it, even though 'Rupert' is Army slang for a posh but dim officer and the only Rupert I've ever met was an ex-Army estate agent!

pickupthismess · 02/12/2008 16:56

Horrid. Round here all Ruperts are estate agents. Basically they all got a great education but are totally thick so can't do anything else!

What about Edmund? Rufus? Arthur?

mickeylou · 02/12/2008 16:50

bit too wet imo. reminds me of a particularly snooty army officer.

WotsThatSkippy · 02/12/2008 10:25

Awful

NoPresentsInVictorianSqualor · 02/12/2008 09:47

I LOVE Rupert.
I was at college with a boy called Rupert.
Also for some reason DS1 decided a few months ago he would no longer answer to his name and wanted everyone to call him Rupert. I got quite attached to it, it suited him down to the ground. He is back to his real name now though.

BabyBaby123 · 02/12/2008 09:42

terrible!! sorry....

KAEKAE · 02/12/2008 00:06

All the Ruperts I have ever met wear checked trousers.

VerifiedLU4097 · 28/11/2008 08:40

I know 2 ruperts and they are both really cool, and pretty tough. If you're going to name a kid it, just make sure his school isn't an inner city comp....

Peapodlovescuddles · 27/11/2008 23:10

I know a Rupert,he was a rower and a bit of a ladies man and university!
His sisters are Camilla, Augusta, India and... Ashley (I never thought Ashley fitted in with the rest of the names) All 5 are in their late 30s/early 40s now.

KAEKAE · 26/11/2008 23:47

I my dad would always tell people his name was Rupert for a laugh! It's a name that makes people laugh out loud! lmao.

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choccywoccydoodah · 26/11/2008 18:28

Thanks for all of those who have taken the time to reply. I agree I think of the bear (not a bad thing) and Rupert C-B in all those Jilly Cooper books (def a good thing)!

DH thinks it sounds wet floppy haired and a bit chinless and whilst we live in a nice area we are definitely not posh or upper class. DH is also concerned about excessive teasing in the playground . . . .
so this is still on the maybe list I think.

Thanks again!

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elsiepiddock · 26/11/2008 12:58

I know 3. (Must live in a poncetastic area..)

I quite like it.

LuLuBai · 26/11/2008 12:55

Othersideofthechannel - there is nothing wrong with Quentin at all. Or Rupert. Both good names.

Nighbynight · 26/11/2008 11:40

It is a lovely name, but just make sure you can afford to send him to private school

sonniboo · 26/11/2008 10:46

I know a lovely little Rupert called Roo.

I like Quentin a lot - its a masculine sounding, traditional name. Certainly don't find it teaseworthy.

onthewarpath · 26/11/2008 10:23

Love Rupert.

othersideofchannel · 26/11/2008 10:17

Can someone please explain to me (I'm originally French) what is wrong and teaseworth (if anything) about Quentin?

Its ny nephew's name and he is adorable and very popular. In fact all the Quentin's I know are really 'cool'. Think also Quentin Tarantino etc.

seeker · 25/11/2008 23:38

I think it depends a bit where he's going to go to school. Colet Court/St Paul's - fine. Gas Works Road Primary and Bogstandard Comprehensive - not so fine.

It's a very "labelling" name, IMHO - and you want them to be able to make their own labels, rather than starting life with one permanently attached.

Sesi · 25/11/2008 23:12

I like it. It reminds me of Rupert Campbell-Black from the Jilly Cooper books, he was a dashing b'stard so I don't think of it as a wimpy, wet name. Just v public school.

mrswoolf · 25/11/2008 21:23

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