Please vote on our boy name shortlist

[Playdoughmustdie]

DS2 due shortly and we finally have a shortlist :) Middle name will probably be Robert (family name, don't like it enough for first name), surname is three syllables. DS1 is Rufus. Want a name which is a real name but not in top 100 or so. I know these aren't to everyone's tastes but they're the ones OH and I like - I'm not too fussed about which of these we end up with so just wanted to get an idea of reactions from MN :)

So:

• Humphrey nn Humph - think this is currently my favourite, not put off by Humps or camels
• Mortimer nn Mort or Morty - OH's favourite, don't care about death link, might be quite cool if he ends up being whatever the 2025 equivalent of a goth is
• Wilbur nn Will - DS1's favourite apparently! Love Will as a nn

Thanks!

LessNarky - yes, but she can't have Rufus1 & Rufus2

OK. Should have put:

Really dislike the names but Rufus is fabulous. Are you sure you wouldn't use Robert as a first name/that those names are your final shortlist?

Surely most people are just too polite to post and say that these names are really pretty dreadful?
Each to their own but they will raise eyebrows, cause hilarity, invite mockery and potentially bring grief to your DS. IMHO that is. Sorry.
If I had to pick I would say Wilbur because at least he can call himself 'Will'

Humphrey/Humph is bad....really bad...actually, it's beyond bad...it's awful.

Wilbur doesn't excite me at all but Will is okay.

Mortimer is the best of the bunch - I quite like it actually but only because it sounds like a bumbling professor sort of name.

That's more what I expected

SecondComing, I like Wilbur, don't particularly like William, Wilfred or other Wil- names. However, I know from experience that most people, including me, are far too lazy to use someone's full name, so it will get shortened (I don't particularly like "Roof" but that's what DS1 ends up as a lot of the time); plus, as someone else said, it gives him the option of a relatively common nn if he really hates his full name.

Mopsy I've known a Will(iam) for most of my life and he's never been called Willy, though does get annoyed if you call him a silly billy.

Yes, Wilbur is a pig. Tabitha and Felix are cats, Jemima is a puddleduck, Tom is a kitten, Peter and Benjamin are rabbits and Samuel is a rat. This does not bother me :)

ChippingIn It would make it quicker when calling them in for tea though

Sounds like Mortimer is winning in the same way the Tories won the last election

They are all real recognisable names. If I was going to try to be yooneek then there are much much worse names I could use

good response playdough.

Good luck with your new arrival - hope all goes well.

I'm afraid I agree with MildManneredJanitor.
All awful. Hard to pick.
Sorry!
At a push Humphrey is the most awful and has the most potential for piss-taking when at school.

Don't like any of them, sorry. Love Rufus though - it's on our boy list.

How about Montague - 'Monty'?

I was going to say 'Monty' as well but wasn't sure what the long version would be. Its a bit like Morty but nicer and goes well with Rufus IMO

DS is currently reading a book (Mr Majeika) by Humphrey Carpenter. I actually quite like Humphrey .

These all sound like names of elephants, pigs or dogs in storybooks. Sorry.

Wilbur best because it has an OK nickname.

Could you do Monty instead of Morty? Not wild about Humph and Will is boring

Wilbur will prob be shortened to Will at some point, and there will be many 1000s of Wills this year.

Wilbur is my favourite :)

think you are picking a name because its different and not because its nice. i can see why these aren't in the top 100. at least you shouldn't have our problem - picked a non-popular name which the godparents then copied for their child.

i hate my name, which is not a popular name. i would much rather have 1 in the top 10. think of the child that will have this name for the rest of its life.

wibur is favourite - but only because it can be shortened to something decent.

Hmmm.

Rufus is a fab name. How about Felix, Rowan, Max, Austin? All similar "feel" to Rufus I think.

The three you've mentioned seem much more... middle aged... than Rufus and so to me, don't go.

Humphrey.

i quite like monty too and rufus. isn't it short for montague? there can't be many of those around - or there aren't here

Sorry, don't like any of them. But clearly have different taste to you - I don't think that unusual names are as easy for boys to carry as girls and I wouldn't give a girl a particularly rare name either.

Absolutely definitely Mortimer. In the five minutes it's taken me to read this and drink a cup of tea have fallen completely in love with it. Goes great with Rufus too.

Wilbur. I really dislike the others on your list.

Wilbur

Wilbur, at a push. Sounds American though.