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Robert

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mollybob · 05/11/2009 21:05

My DH really wants this name if DC3 and last is a boy. I had my way with DS and I like the name but it seems too grown up a name for a baby. Am I nuts?

It was our chosen name if DD had been a boy so been on the table for years

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lilibet · 12/11/2009 19:58

Oh yes, lovely name.

Rob/Robbie are both good as well.

Blackduck · 12/11/2009 19:55

I have fond memories of a Robert....

Wolfcub · 12/11/2009 19:50

It's great, it's ds's middle name and dp's brother's name

mathanxiety · 12/11/2009 19:45

Very nice, will last a lifetime.

muminthemiddle · 11/11/2009 23:16

I agree with feedthegoat.

A good choice.

twolittlekings · 10/11/2009 21:06

I like it - it is one of my DS2's middle names. It's a good Scottish name as well (not sure if that matters)

mrleebob · 10/11/2009 21:03

Robert is the bob in leebob! It's a great name just for that fact. Plus, it sounds a bit like robot.

stressheaderic · 10/11/2009 20:49

I absolutely love Robert, for all the reasons mentioned above, but my cousin is Robert so I suspect it's off the list...

Any other similar due-a-comeback names you can think of?
Not too keen on Simon or Ian or Kevin (which I was going to be if I was a boy apparently .

thesecondcocking · 06/11/2009 15:21

my favourite nephew is called Robert but we call him Bobby McQueen,he's GORGEOUS and the name only has good connotations with me

MaggieMonday · 06/11/2009 15:05

I like it!

Mkaes a change from William, Edward, George.. all the classic names.

I like classic names which aren't quite so of the moment.

Bobbie is trendy. Robbie is cute.

I can't picture a Robbie not being nice.

branflake81 · 06/11/2009 14:57

well he's going to be an adult far longer than he will be a baby/child so you really should be giving him an adult's name!

MaryBS · 06/11/2009 14:40

DS (8) is Robert. He started off life as Robbie, but now wants to be called Robert. Its a lovely name, and it was also my dad's name (he was Bob), but then I'm biased!

displayuntilbestbefore · 06/11/2009 14:40

Great name, no fuss, no trendy overtones, just a good manly name.

legalalien · 06/11/2009 14:36

well - I like it,but then I chose it myself! DS has one other Robert in his primary school class - perhaps we are trendsetters?

he got to be called "Bob the bump" all through my pregnancy - I knew it was going to be a boy....

teddymummy · 06/11/2009 14:28

cool name (my brother is a robert- we call him rob)nice and unusual these days for a new baby so you are being very traditional but also a little bit different.

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mollybob · 06/11/2009 14:12

Thanks - clearly just pregnancy induced insanity on my part

DS has a nice traditional name and Robert does sound good with our surname so I am reassured

No doubt I'll shorten it into some embarassing baby name if DC3 is a boy - I have done that for the other two and much to their disgust the baby names get churned out occasionally still (they're 8 and 11)

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nooka · 06/11/2009 06:57

Great name. ds's last best friend in the UK was a Robert. Known as Bobsie by his parents

choosyfloosy · 05/11/2009 22:57

Love it.

KristinaM · 05/11/2009 22:57

oh even better, Bertie like the bus

KristinaM · 05/11/2009 22:57

i think Robert is great - Robbie for a baby or little boy, Rob is a cool teenage name and Robert is proper grown up name

and it won't embarrass him when he collects his pension

what more can you want??

I love traditional names so I'm bound to say that

voulezvou · 05/11/2009 22:55

Great name - call him Bobby or Bertie as that is soooooooo cute for a little laddy!

KEAWYED · 05/11/2009 22:54

Its DS1 middle name and my brother and Grandads name.

Its a classic you dont hear often

jellybeans · 05/11/2009 22:53

I'm not keen, not sure why, seems abit dated like Simon, Ian etc. I like Robbie though. I know of two primary age Roberts.

southeastastra · 05/11/2009 22:47

nice normal name

shockers · 05/11/2009 22:46

There's a little Robert at my school (very cute!)and I have never heard anyone try to shorten his name.

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