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Opinions on boys names please

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sjclarke86 · 07/06/2013 19:08

I don't want to keep asking friends as if we do name our baby boy a name they didn't like I don't want them to feel awkward. our choices so far

  • Ralph
  • Stanley
  • Dennis
  • Teddy
  • Albie
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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/06/2013 19:13

Love Teddy as nn for Edward, or even for Laurence. Don't like the others at all, sorry.

exoticfruits · 07/06/2013 19:14

I like Edward but not Teddy- don't like the rest.

MortifiedAdams · 07/06/2013 19:15

Ted rather than Teddy. Dont really like the rest tbh buf as long as you and dh like it!

ByTheWishingWell · 07/06/2013 19:17

Agree with Remus, I like Teddy as a nn, but really don't like the rest. I think they all sound like old men's names, sorry.

But people have very different tastes- I think you'd probably hate the names on my shortlist!

fussychica · 07/06/2013 19:24

Sorry all "old man down the pub" names except Edward.

StrawberryMojito · 07/06/2013 19:27

Please don't call your child Dennis.

Albie is great, I also like Teddy.

ImaginaryHat · 07/06/2013 19:28

I like Albie and Stanley, love Edward but not Teddy, prefer Ted/Ned. Not keen on the others, sorry.

Christabel3 · 07/06/2013 19:28

I love Dennis for a dog!

Ralph means puke. Sorry.
Stanley, it's ok, it's been around for a decade now and I should have accepted it by now but it still seems 'old man'.
Teddy/Edward - I know it's the most popular but it's my favourite.
Albie - not my taste. I don't like Albert either. I prefer Robert.

Albert and Alfie are just not to my taste.. Robert and Edward are more to my taste but I know they'd be too popular for some!

MrsBungle · 07/06/2013 19:30

I don't mind Ralph. Ted is on. Don't like the others. Dennis is truly awful!

Elquota · 07/06/2013 19:30

I'd only use Teddy and Albie as nicknames for Edward and Albert, which are both nice names. I wouldn't use them as stand-alone names though.

I quite like Stanley, but not Ralph or Dennis.

MrsBungle · 07/06/2013 19:30

Ted is ok not on.

Elquota · 07/06/2013 19:30

Or you could have Theodore/Edwin/Edmund with Teddy as nickname?

BabyStone · 07/06/2013 19:31

not keen on any I'm afraid, a family member (3years old) is Teddy not a nn, and I know of an Albie. So those 2 names are probably the best out the bunch

Fifi2406 · 07/06/2013 19:55

Teddy and Ralph! Love love loveeeee both!

PixelAteMyFace · 07/06/2013 19:56

Id say Ralph is the best, def. dont like the other choices.

MyNameIsSuz · 07/06/2013 20:00

I love Ralph! SIL and I both had it on our lists (pregnant at the same time) but I would pronounce it Ralf and she would pronounce it Rafe - for that reason it was struck from both our lists! I couldn't stand the thought of people using the other pronunciation. I still really like it though. Stanley and Teddy are also nice, but really don't like Dennis.

JazzAnnNonMouse · 07/06/2013 20:02

I like Ralph
Love teddy
Love albie

Hate the others Grin

bananaramma · 07/06/2013 20:08

I really like Ralph! Cool, masculine and not overused.

I really dislike the currnetly fashionable Albie/Alfie/Teddy type names, sorry.

Dennis actually has a nice sound to it and I don't know anyone, old or young, with that name.

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sjclarke86 · 07/06/2013 20:09

Thank god for some positives I was starting to think our child was doomed before birth haha

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sjclarke86 · 07/06/2013 20:11

Thanks bananarama. I have never heard albie before, not until my husband mentioned it last night. I know Alfie, Archie etc are quite popular. Dennis was my great uncles name we were quite close and his bday is two weeks for d day so if he comes by chance on the same day then maybe it was meant to be :)

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LanternGirl · 07/06/2013 20:34

Ralph is great. Cool and Masculine as banana said. Like Edward, but nn Ned. Teddy/Ted is v well used around us.

Don't like the rest, Stanley and Albie sound completley camp to me. Albie is usually short for Albert. Dennis is an awful name, but I don't have your positive associations to improve it! What about using it as a mn?

MsJupiterJones · 08/06/2013 12:09

Ralph to me will always be Judy Blume.

Dennis is good, I know 2 little Dennises so think it is becoming more popular?

I'm not a full-name obsessive but Albie does sound very nicknamey. Albert is great or even Albion?

Teddy I'm not a huge fan of. Stanley is quite sweet and another one becoming more popular although not overly so.

Happymum22 · 08/06/2013 12:28
  • Ralph - agree on judy blume (used it as a nickname for the boy's penis...) but kids wouldn't know that, it just may be other mothers.
  • Stanley - reminds me of a dog
  • Dennis - dennis the menis
  • Teddy - really like
  • Albie - not sure, bit odd.
AgathaPinchBottom · 08/06/2013 13:01

I have a Ds called Stanley! And we also considered Ralph and Teddy - all of which I love. I also know a really cool Albie! Really great name choices.

CheeseStrawWars · 08/06/2013 13:16

Are you pronouncing Ralph as "ralf" or "rafe"? Ralph pronounced "ralf" is slang for "to puke".

I find Teddy a bit twee, and Dennis reminds me of the trucks. The others are okay.