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Willoughby, Oscar or Albert?

84 replies

traceybath · 22/02/2009 15:18

Currently pregnant with dc3 and already have an Arthur and a Henry.

Shortlist for DC3 if a boy is as follows:

  • Oscar
  • Albert (bertie or bert)
  • Willoughby

Honest feedback please especially regarding Willoughby as DH convinced its not a proper name but one i've made up.

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traceybath · 23/02/2009 14:15

Ooh do like noah!

The other problem i have is that lots of names i like, eg, Frederick, Samuel are names of family or friend's children so in my head already have an identity if that makes sense.

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Hulababy · 23/02/2009 14:12

Other older names to consider:

William
Edward
Frederick
Charles
Alfred
Archie
Stanley
Vincent

Tillyscoutsmum · 23/02/2009 14:09

Beatrice is gorgeous and in on our list for another dd (and was also my great grandma's name)

How about Chester ? Noah ? Gus ? I really like George as well.

Fimbo · 23/02/2009 14:08

Miles?

Sam?

Hulababy · 23/02/2009 14:08

scar - I like

Albert - I love the shortening Albie; not not sure about the name Albert itself

Willoughby - reminds me of Jane Austin, but I think of it as a surname not a first name

Fimbo · 23/02/2009 14:06

I think George sounds nice with your other 2 boys names.

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traceybath · 23/02/2009 14:01

I wasn't offended Tilly - i do like older style names .

Lordy though if its another boy its just going to be called baby i think.

Now if its a girl it'll be Beatrice which i love. Just wish i could think of another boys name that i love. Seems a bit sad to just settle on a name.

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Tillyscoutsmum · 23/02/2009 13:55

It was me that said old men names wasn't it ? I honestly didn't mean it in a bad way at all - I love older (traditional) names for both girls and boys. Your dc's names are very much my taste and it just the way I phrase it (I refer to dd as having an old lady name).

Sorry if you were offended

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traceybath · 23/02/2009 13:38

Right so the consensus seems to be none of the ones i thought and that my other DS's have old men names! And there was me thinking they were just nice and traditional.

Edward is nice but FIL's name v similar and don't want to name child after him.

Quite like george too but seems to be very popular.

Do like William but as i have a Henry not too keen on having a william (royal princes etc).

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minnymoeandsue · 23/02/2009 12:02

K - Fed

be careful you'll be giving some people ideas

woodenspoon2 · 23/02/2009 11:44

Pah, my other boy is Linus. Linus and K-Fed.

petrabalds · 23/02/2009 11:39

Any name that isn't Alfie, Riley, Charlie, Tyler or ends in aden is deemed poncey by some here.

Don't think some people realise just how many names were actually originally surnames.
Willoughby has been a first name for 100s of years.

BonsoirAnna · 23/02/2009 10:18

Arthur, Henry and Oscar.

seeker · 23/02/2009 10:17

georgiemama! What a bizarre typo for me to make when my mother, my dd and I all have Frances as a second name after my grandfather Francis!

I must have been so worried at the prospect of some poor child being called Willoughby.......!

Fab cad he was, though. One of the best. Much better than Wickham!

MrsMattie · 23/02/2009 10:10

No he is not Jaden, Kayden or flamin' Hayden!@georgiemama!

PMSL@Linus.

Good God.

georgimama · 23/02/2009 10:03

Not Frances though seeker - Francis.

brimfull · 23/02/2009 10:01

willoughby-lolololololol

seeker · 23/02/2009 09:59

George.
William.
Marcus.
Edward.
Edmund.
Frances.

woodenspoon2 · 23/02/2009 09:59

Bertrand
Betram
Linus
Grover

Tillyscoutsmum · 23/02/2009 09:58

Quite like Willoughby but it is a surname and I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to use it (middle name perhaps ?)

Think Albert is to close to Arthur. Not so keen on Oscar and don't think its "old man" enough to go with your other names

How about ...

Stanley
Winston
Rufus
Hugo
Barney
Herbert (Bert/Herb)

georgimama · 23/02/2009 09:57

Is he called Jayden though Mrs Mattie?

There are plenty of names that are both first names and surnames (George, James, Charles, Scott etc etc) so I don't see that as reason not to use a name.

woodenspoon2 · 23/02/2009 09:55

My boy's name is K-Fed, what's wrong with that? eh?
What about:
Clement
Lawrence
Seymour
Hector
Orlando
Aubrey?

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 23/02/2009 09:49

Willoughby fails my surname-used-as-first-name test (and fair enough if some poor lad is named after his great-great-great-uncle Sir Willoughby Ponsonby Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh, but that's still no reason to spread the misery). Oscar is nice but massively over-used (two in my daughter Melpomene's class). I like Albert, but if that's vetoed, how about Wilfred, Stanley or Harold?

MrsMattie · 23/02/2009 09:41

My child isn't called K-Fed.

Willoughby is ponce-a-rama. He's only going to grow up to be Will, anyway. And then he will tell people his real name, and they will laugh

georgimama · 23/02/2009 09:28

Willoughby is lovely (don't listen to the naysayers who probably have children called K Fed or Jayden) he can be Will for short.

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