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Wilfred, Hugo or Wilbur

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Momdeguerre · 10/02/2010 15:32

The endless boys name debate rumbles on. . . .

DH and I are struggling to decide between these three names. We have a very, very common surname akin to Smith.

Thoughts please?

7 weeks to go. . . .

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RHL · 05/03/2010 21:30

Wilf is fab.
Not Wilbur its the pig in Charlotte's Web!

PanicMode · 05/03/2010 17:12

Thanks LJ - I knew there was a piggy connection somewhere and remembered soon after I'd posted that it was CW!

lottiejenkins · 04/03/2010 21:16

PM. Wilbur was the pig in Charlotte's Web!

beccagrace2 · 04/03/2010 20:38

wilf is fab!!!!! we were going to have a wilfred george or angus frank if dd2 was a boy.

PanicMode · 04/03/2010 19:58

I love Hugo - and wish we could use it, but it doesn't work with our surname. I sort of like Wilf(red) but Wilbur just makes me think of a pig for some reason (is it 1984?).

ellesabe · 04/03/2010 19:52

I love Hugo

zozzle · 04/03/2010 19:14

Apologies for my shoddy English above - obviously didn't go to a public school

zozzle · 04/03/2010 19:11

Don't like any of them sorry - a bit posh public school boy sounding too me - but then I prefer names used across the classes.

SirBoobAlot · 04/03/2010 18:36

I like all of them, but Hugo is my favourite DP shot it down when I suggested it for DS.

shootfromthehip · 04/03/2010 15:37

Hugo!

lottiejenkins · 04/03/2010 15:35

My ds is Wilfred, he was named after Wilfred Owen! He tells everyone he was named after the soldier poet.

Elsa123 · 04/03/2010 14:04

Wilbur Smith is the name of a novellist. www.wilbursmithbooks.com

I like Wilfred- reminds me of the WW1 poet. I also do like Hugo. How about Wilfred Hugo Smith?

AllieW · 04/03/2010 13:47

So tired didn't notice had already replied - apologies.

skidoodle · 04/03/2010 13:45

Hugo

CaptianPicardsPineapple · 04/03/2010 13:44

Out of those I'd say Hugo.

lowrib · 04/03/2010 13:43

Hugo

AllieW · 04/03/2010 13:33

I like both Wilfred and Hugo. Hugh/Huw is also nice. Not so keen on Wilbur - I tend to think of that as being a name of an old American man for some reason.

auberginesrus · 04/03/2010 13:16

I have a Hugo and love it, but had never considered Wifred, Wilf is absolutely brilliant.

Have you decided yet?

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Momdeguerre · 12/02/2010 20:05

Seems that Wilfred and Hugo are the tops so far. We still struggling to decide.

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AllieW · 12/02/2010 18:36

Really, really like Hugo. Can always be abbreviated to Huw/Hugh. Wilbur seems, oddly, to simulataneously strike me as American and an animal name. And, despite the niceness of the Doctor Who character, I'm not keen on Wilfred.

twosofar · 11/02/2010 08:03

I have a Wilfred who is 2y 4m. We call him Wilf or Wilfie but it could easily have been Fred or Freddie I suppose. No doubt he'll call himself Wil when he's a teenager. Very flexible, not to mention mighty cute IMHO

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PestoSnowMonster · 10/02/2010 17:39

Hugo

YoMoJo · 10/02/2010 17:38

MY Dad's middle name is Hugo - please dont do it! He got teased rotten whenever anyone found out his middle name!

Hugo, I Go, You go

Life is hard enough!

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Momdeguerre · 10/02/2010 17:36

Thanks, for comments.

Middle names (which we can't use as first names) are Thomas and Sydney.

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