Arthur

[norahjen]

Do you think that Arthur will get more popuar with the Russell Brand film "Arthur" coming out soon?

The film's been panned by the critics so I highly doubt it Arthur's a truly lovely name for a little chap

I read somewhere that Arthur was Prince Charles's choice for William, but Diana vetoed it. It would have come back into favour much sooner otherwise. I think 'Prince Arthur' sounds very dashing. It is a name steeped in history, legend and romance. Very much due for revival, and I don't think it needs a film.

Don't think it will make any difference.
Already quite on the up.
was my dad's name, hence DS middle name
Love it.

I think it will be fashionable in the same "old man" way as Alfie, Charlie and so on.

My little boy is called Arthur. We had completely mixed reactions from he SCBU staff- ranging from "I've been working here 20 years and never looked after an Arthur", to "oh, old-fashioned names like that are coming back in". I love the name, obviously, and though I kind of hope it doesn't get 'fashionable' I don't care because it's a fantastic name. I don't think it is at all like Alfie though - Alfie isn't a 'classic'. Arthur is, like George/William etc, a proper solid classic name (in my opinion).

Arthur is a fab name, but as I have a daughter called Martha, it will always be a no no for me.

It was slagged off mightily recently, wasn't it, on one of the cackling threads?

I reckon Bradley James makes "Arthur" a quite appealing name.

I have no idea what Russell Brand may or may not be doing but I love Arthur. Dh wouldn't let me have it as our surname starts with an "R" and he thinks it sounds too much like "R for surname".

Arthur is a great name.

:) at flopsy.

It's not a 'classic' at all IMO. It's a trendy name and will date I think.

It's one of Prince Charles' names.

I think Martha and Arthur has a kind of ring to it Flopsy

Its awful

Who knows. I never think these things have an effect, tho JK Rowling is surely responsible for a rash of Harrys.

Arthur is a lovely name

It is classic actually; it was in the top 10 100 years ago, and dates back, ooh well quite a few years actually. Or what qualifies as classic?

Trendy in my book is a name like Sky or Summer that wasn't even a christian name until about 20 yrs ago.

i love arthur.smashing name!

I love Arthur. It was top of my list if Eleanor had been a boy. I was going through a medieval phase :)