Rafferty, Edward or Wilfred?

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Please help - my husband has near given up on baby discussion and is despairing. My shortlist is Rafferty, Edward or Wilfred - what does anyone think of these names - open to more suggestions if you can think of any similar? Not long to go now and feeling quite unsettled about indecisiveness! Thanks so much

Edward - great. Wilfred - not my taste but so-so. Rafferty? Er, no. Just no.

I guess it means upper class - destined for Eton, Oxbridge and The City!

Wilfred! (I am biased though ) When my Wilf was born nearly sixteen years ago it was very rare!!!

Pukka? They're pies aren't they? :o

Oh, I see, thanks gazza. Not sure why Wilfred and Rafferty would be more likely to work in the The City than an Edward, but I now understand the meaning of Pukka, thanks.

Pukkapies look good too . Never heard of those either...

Oh, no I wasn't implying that Edward wouldn't work in the City at all (it's one of our favourite names but couldn't call DS it because DW's ex was an Edward!) - it is a lovely, classless but very classy name. It's just no-one would rib you for being called Edward (or Teddy, Ned, Ed) but they might for being called Rafferty or Wilfred......(David Frost's son Wilfred is named after maternal Grandfather methinks who was the Duke of Norfolk if that puts that name in context!)

Rafferty - naff
Edward - no nonsense, Ed/Eddie good possible nicknames
Wilfred - I like a lot, but may be in danger of being uber trendy and overused.

Easy-Edward by miles!

Rafferty is dire and Wilfred is wet.

Is Wilfred popular in the south of England? I haven't heard it much at all oop North. Am asking in self-interest as I have a much older one; a 'frid', not a 'fred', but it is still not fashionable here.

Edward (I also like the nn Ned)

Don't life Rafferty at all and not keen on Wilfred, although nn Wilf is fine and I like Fred.

Think even down South Wilfred is still a quirky if not unusual option. Only know one child with it as a middle name (and those DSs both have one of their grandpas' names). However we are in the state sector and that is not to say that at the many prep schools hereabouts there aren't loads of Wilfreds....

I would put Wilfred in the same bracket as Stanley and Albert!

i also like the nn Ned

I used to, until I.moved to Scotland where a Ned is similar to a chav/townie. Q

I agree about Wilf, Stan and Albert. I think of Wilf Lunn, who I think played a quirkily old-fashioned 'Grandad' character. There are Wilfred Pickles and Wilfred Owen too but I'm amazed to hear it's becoming fashionable. You'd need to get him a cloth cap and a shed.

No, the Grandad character was Clive Dunn wasn't he. Wilf Lunn was a wacky inventor. Clive's a good name due for revival!

actually we are in Yorkshire and own a whippet, so gazzalw you may have a point.

I am the least bit Catholic, but I associate Wilfrid with Northumberland, early English saint etc.