A replacement name urgently needed for a horrid name - help!

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If DC is a DS then DH would like to name him after his elderly great -uncle (who has no children).

Lovely ,wonderful and only fair as DC is getting my family middle name.

Except he was Uncle Algernon (after the character - his mother was a big oscar wilde fan apparently)

And no.

DH agrees it is a bit unorthodox but sees it as a loved uncles name so thinks it will be fine.
No it won't - it is awful, a horid name (no offensive to anyone meant of course)

So I really need a replacement name that I can suggest to DH without getting my head bitten off.

Help

I quite like Algernon, although that's not really important.

be careful he doesn't go off bunburying

Yes - Algie, Ali, Al or Gerry are good shortenings. But if you really dislike the name then just tell your dh no!!!

Personally I think Algy is an awful nickname just because it instantly makes me think of algae. What about Sebastian if you want to keep it Oscar Wilde themed? He renamed himself Sebastian Melmoth for a while. That would go with Hoskins/Hosking P...? It's a lovely name aswell :o
I hope you can both agree on something that you both love.

You probably know this already OP, but the meaning of Algernon is 'wearing a mustache'. No other first names appear to have this meaning. If you wanted to be a bit naughty, you could follow this line of reasoning:

"Why do Amish men have beards, but not mustaches?

There are quite a few scriptures that mention beards in the Bible. An example would be Psalm 133:1,2. An Amishman does not shave his beard after he becomes married. A long beard is the mark of an adult Amishman. Mustaches, on the other hand, have a long history of being associated with the military, and therefore are forbidden among the Amish people."

Amish names are: John, Amos, Samuel, Daniel, and David. (I like Amos and Daniel.)

I know, Bluestocking - it is exceptionally cool, and only recently occurred to me - DM has a special fondness for Bert and Ernie as a result

How about Dorian? I really quite like it.

Otherwise something else starting with Al?

Could you call him AJ?

I think that Algernon is slightly fabulous, but no I wouldn't really want to use it.

If you dh agrees to use your family middle name and really wants to use a family name too then two middle names woudl seem the obvious way ahead. Two middle names is quite mainstream in a way that four (possibly five) is not.

Otherwise I think you'll need to start again and chose two names you both like.

Yikes - how would his classmates react to that name? Where I'm from, kids would take the piss out of that name.

Even if you shorten the name, what name would be on school registers, etc?

Oh well, at least he won't be in a class full of other Algernons. There is unlikely to be another in the whole school. However, the name would definitely already have gone out of fashion by the time Great Uncle Algernon was born and would almost certainly have been an embarrassment to him. Notice no-one of your DH's generation has been given this name.

If you are asking for suggestions I would go with a name you actually like. Or if you want to please DH, what is his dad's name?

quite like aubrey too

I actually love it