Go easy on me please.....

[aprilfoolsbaby]

Ds born yesterday and we still haven't decided on a name. What are your thoughts on these

Jasper
Benedict
Rafferty
Bede
Arthur
Edmund
Ezra

Thanks

Aprilfoolsbaby

Why on earth do people like Rafferty

It is a surname, and not a particularly nice one at that. Overtones of riff-raff, rackety, raggedy. How could anyone foist that on their child, it's horrible.

"Why on earth do people like Rafferty "

Thankfully we all have different tastes .

OP my boy is due on the 24th April. No one in RL knows this yet but I've we've decided to call our son Ezra, I love it. Its a simple name yet not too common.

You've made me all excited now

Congratulations

Congratulations!
From your list like:

Jasper, Rafferty & Ezra.
But I think Ezra wins my vote!
Sounds so manly and glamorous - like an old hollywood actor or something!

I love Bede - really underused but not pretentious at all imo.

Congratulations!

I agree about Rafferty. I much prefer Raftery, name of a famous old Irish poet.

Ezra is my favourite on your list, followed by Benedict or Edmund.

My favourites are Arthur and Rafferty

Benedict or Jasper. I love both.

Sorry, but Ezra sounds like a wizened and shrivelled old man to me so would probably suit a baby

Jasper, Benedict, Arthur and Edmund I like.

Not keen on Bede. Has anyone ever heard of a Bede apart from the Venomous Venerable Bede?

Anything except bede, which is just a bit too venerable

Huge congratulations on your new baby

I'm really sorry but I don't like any of them but everyone has different tastes and I'm definitely the minority in this thread.

How would you feel about the nicknames that he may be given though? Art, Ben, etc? I always think about whether I'd hate the nickname and would always be correcting people in annoyance.

Congratulations on your little one

Congratulations. Ofthose, I like Jasper, Benedict and Arthur, with Arthur being my fave

Jasper - quite like
Benedict - lovely, as long as you're not American or going to live in America. Benedict Arnold is the name of a v famous traitor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold and apparently that's who they associate the name with
Rafferty - bit too Jude Law for me
Bede - no
Arthur - ok
Edmund - ok
Ezra - like

oooh Love Benedict

many many congratulations

LOVE Ezra! LOVE!

Can't stand Arthur, sorry to anyone who has one, but I just think it SUCH an old man's name, and I'm pretty sure no 15 year old boy would want to be called Arthur.

Congratulations.

Jasper - ok
Benedict - lovely
Rafferty - don't like
Bede - absolutely terrible
Arthur - don't like
Edmund - love it
Ezra - bloody awful

Edmund tops for me.

Congratulations!

My favourites from the list are Benedict and Edmund.

Congratulations

Like Benedict

Favourite is Ezra

Dislike Jasper and Bede

I love Ezra but in a lot of other countries it is a girl's name. Not sure if that bothers you, just making you aware.

I like Jasper and Arthur from your list.