Wilfred?

[lisbapalea]

What's the consensus on Wilfred? Is it a bit Shoreditch try-hard? Could nickname be Will as well as Wilf?

Had always liked William, but DD is Katy, and think that Katy and William is a bit too Royal family-ish now. Also have had to ditch George for the same reason.

Other ideas, along with their reasons for veto are:

Jonathan - vetoed as Tomas will be the middle name, and John Tomas is slang for a penis. Thanks DH Lawrence for messing that one up for us...

Samuel - vetoed as when couple with Tomas and our surname the initials will be STD.

Frederick and Edward - Freddie/Eddie sound a bit duh-duh-duh-duh (think machine gunfire), when said with our surname.

Any other suggestions?

If baby is a girl, she will be Hannah Lucia (Lucia to be pronounced with a soft 'c', as that is Swedish), not sure if that helps give an idea as to our tastes - we definitely err on the side of classic / traditional (boring?).

All opinions and ideas gratefully received!

[mootime]

We have a Wilfred and not trendy or try hard! He loves it, and we get lots of compliments on it. He goes by a mixture of Wilf and Wilfred.

[WinteronPluto]

I think it's either Angus or Augustus. There might be other possibilities though.

[jalapeno]

Sorry to hear that Lisbapalea having his name as a middle name is lovely

I also like Samuel which I have now added to my list!

[lisbapalea]

jalapeno I know what you mean about using Tomas as a first name, but it was my brother's name and he died just 2.5yrs ago so I feel it might be a bit too much to use his name as a first name - I don't want his family to feel that I am replacing him, but I definitely want to honour him which is why it's a 'must have' middle name. I am sure he'd be pleased he was causing me such a headache!

Good idea on the Jonathan though - if we're prepared to add a second middle name for Samuel then we should do the same for Jonathan!

Also forgot James from my revised list - if we forget the link to the d-list celebrity it could work!

I do like Gregory and Dominic though so thanks for those ideas! Not too keen on Isaac although I have no idea why not!!

[jalapeno]

Any reason why you can't have Tomas as the first name? Seems odd to veto first names based on the middle name. I love Jonathan but wouldn't go with Tomas as a second name for the willy reason! How about an extra middle name to separate the two names e.g. Jonathan Edward Tomas Surname?

We are expecting a boy and our shortlist is essentially the same as yours . Leaning towards Luke at the moment but will wait to see him before making a decision.

Since we have similar tastes (except Alex, I have one of those!) how about Isaac, Gregory, Dominic or James?

[EnglishRose1320]

I'd go for Edward or Henry personally

[lisbapalea]

Wilfred has been ditched, as has Angus as it sounds weird with Tomas as a middle name. We know too many Bens / Benjamins, and ditto Matthews / Matts, so those have also been vetoed. Joseph could be a contender but it is FIL's name.

So the new shortlist, in no particular order, is:


Edward Tomas (maybe Eddie D[surname] doesn't sound like machine gunfire after all)

Samuel Tomas George (and we get over the STD thing, if we add a 2nd middle name)

Oliver Tomas (and we get over the fact that Oliver is the 2nd most popular boys' name)

Jonathan Tomas (and we get over John Tomas being slang for a willy)

Luke Tomas

Henry Tomas

Any thoughts / preferences? I think I have looked at every single boy name in the UK today and these are the ones I keep returning to.

[Tuhlulah]

Okay for a hamster.

[elcranko]

They would still be Katy & Will whether you used Wilfred or William! I would go with William, not keen on Wilfred at all, sorry!

[EnglishRose1320]

My OH really wanted Wilfred and although I liked it wasn't convinced so we used it as our Ds2 middle name.

Um similar names you might like,

Matthew
Henry
Benjamin
Joseph
Solomon
Benedict

It is so tricky and so personal, whatever you pick someone will disagree so go with what you love. Ds1's name was picked out for ages, Ds2 just came to us when we saw him.

[NewBlueShoesToo]

I taught a Wilf, quite liked the name but just wait until you get to Oxford Reading Tree books.

[poppydaisy]

Don't like Wilfred at all, sorry.

I like Jonathan from your list.

[pygmy]

I love Wilfred.

[lisbapalea]

Hmm, I like Angus. Dh is half Scottish so it is quite appropriate (I'm right thinking it's a Scottish name aren't I?).

Will see what dh thinks.

[Ham69]

I would assume Angus was full name for Gus. Like it.

[kiwik]

I love Wilfred, but DS1 is Gilbert and often called Gil. I'm keeping it on my list for DS4, although it will probably get vetoed by DH.

[tammytoby]

I really dislike Wilfred, sorry.

How about Henry, Quentin, Sebastian or Augustus (if you're after Gus as nickname)

[missmargot]

I know a little Wilf and the name really suits him, I like it a lot.

[lisbapalea]

Dh has just fully vetoed Daniel as well as Wilfred (which to be honest I don't think I was convinced by).

Stupid question, but what's the full/proper name which gives Gus as a nickname?

Winterton I have an irrational aversion to Alexander. Feel it is a bit grand when full length, and then I either think of the Alex from the game Guess Who (childish, much?), or a complete bell-end that I used to work with, so that one's out I'm afraid.

[WinteronPluto]

I don't like Wilfred at all, sorry.

I like Edward and also Daniel.

Alot of people who like William also like Alexander - does that suit you at all?

I'm not a big fan of James, but no particular reason!

[Cassieyellow]

Toby, Hugh, Owen, Henry ??

[rockybalboa]

I looooooooooooooooove Wilfred!! It didn't suit DS3 or we would have used it. Still makes me a bit sad that we didn't.

[badtime]

I used to know a Wilfried (Austrian father, I think), who was known as Wil (stil pronounced like 'will').

[lisbapalea]

I quite the idea of Gilbert, with a nickname of Gil, but don't think we could carry it off!

I do like Daniel, but DH needs to be convinced that alliteration with our surname isn't a problem.

We also like James, but there's a celeb called James (Jimmy) and our surname which puts us off. Admittedly not a high profile celeb, or someone you'd expect to be on a front page, but still makes us wary.

Hmmm. I am just waiting for a 'thunderbolt' moment with boys names and it isn't forthcoming so far...

[kelda]

What about Gilbert?