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Wilfred

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mrsrvc · 21/01/2010 15:51

?We've a while yet until we need to decide but my current favourite name is Wilfred.
Any opinions?

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BettyButterknife · 25/01/2010 13:54

I love Wilfred. Dreamt DS was Wilfred when I was pregnant, he ended up being Arthur and Wilfred's back on our shortlist for DC2.

The nn Wilf is brilliant.

LittlePushka · 23/01/2010 00:05

Mrsvc....

!! I have a Wilfred and an Edmund.

They get Wilf/Wilfy and Ted/Teddy on a daily basis. So may I say what impeccable taste you must have!

Nobody in our family liked either name when we told them after the births, but they suit their names wonderfully well of course!

Hope you fly the Wilf/Ted flag!!! gOOD LUCK

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:58

I think we should .I would like a MN friend ..they all hate me I love you suwoo hahaha

suwoo · 22/01/2010 23:56

It was my iPhones fault that I misspelled knowledge, not mine. I am now in bed, still drawn to this thread. I think we should be friends.

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:52

I've let the pedantic side of MN down many many times I was cast aside many moons ago

suwoo · 22/01/2010 23:46

Well now I'm paranoid and pissed. Paranoid that my kowledge of the English dictionary is sorely lacking.
Paranoid that tomorrow will find me castigated from mumsnet for letting the side down.

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:38

Well actually I think I was being more sarcastic then ironic...but who cares.. name your baby what you like cheers !

suwoo · 22/01/2010 23:29

Well, I'm pissed too.

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:27

ironic and pissed

suwoo · 22/01/2010 23:26

Ah, you were being ironic.

RonaldMcDonald · 22/01/2010 23:23

love it

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:23

Seems the standard response on baby names ..just going with the flow..Meant pretentious really

suwoo · 22/01/2010 23:17

Are you having a laugh usualsuspect? Are you mistaking Wilfred for Jayden???? . I can't see Wilfred ever becoming chavvy.

theagedparent · 22/01/2010 23:05

Wilfred is lovely, I would have had a Wilf if I had a boy.

usualsuspect · 22/01/2010 23:01

Wilfred is chavtastic

happywheezer · 22/01/2010 16:12

I really think you are right twosofar.
Wilfred is a lovely name, lots of character.
I have an Edward and I liked the name because I could call him Ned/Neddy. It suits him too.
I live in Cardiff and names like Sidney, Hugo and Stanley aren't that common either.So it might be a London thing. If you like it go for it.

meggymegmegs · 22/01/2010 13:00

I love it and I think people are definitely right about the London thing. I live in the north west and love 'old man/lady' names too and get nothing but negative reactions to anything I come up with (e.g. Edgar, Florence, Betty). I also agree that whilst people might be when they first hear it, once he grows into it, no one will bat an eyelid.

Maybe I need to stop mentioning the names I like outloud in RL?

tummytickler · 22/01/2010 12:49

Feedthebeast - we toook 3 names into the delivery room with us when i had ds, one of which was Herbert. We didn't use it, but i still love it and the nn Herb!

tummytickler · 22/01/2010 12:47

No, he has a big sister!

Barbarellas · 22/01/2010 12:45

tummytickler, does the 1 year old Wilfred you know have a big brother called Archie?

mummyloveslucy · 22/01/2010 12:43

I'm not keen on it at all, even though I like retro names.

FeedTheBeast · 22/01/2010 12:04

too to.

FeedTheBeast · 22/01/2010 12:03

Hi I was going to start a thread with this name too- it has really grown on me over the course of my pregnancy, MIL suggested it as dh's grandpas were called Wilfred and Herbert.

What do you think of Herbert (not to hijack you post tho just wondered?)

Think its great as there are lots of nn possibilities Will, Wilf, Wilfie, Fred, Freddie etc or Herbie, Bert, Bertie. Had lots of & reactions so far to the couple of people i mentioned them too

tummytickler · 22/01/2010 11:35

Barbarella - I am in the Brighton area too - must be more popular here!

Barbarellas · 22/01/2010 10:48

I know of 4 little Wilfreds. Three of them are in Brighton and one London.

I agree with the PP that in a few years it will be much more popular and no one will bat an eyelid at it.

One of the Wilfreds I know has a 7 year old brother called Archie and that received a similar reaction 7 years ago.