Cockney old man names!

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I am desperately seeking a cockney old man name for DS2! DS1 is Frederick/ Freddie so would like something that can be similarly formal and also has a cute nn.

I know these names are so popular now but would really like to find one less common that won't make him one of five in his class!! Any ideas?

We are considering Reginald/ Reggie but I'm wondering if that is becoming very popular now. Have you met many?

Actually quite like Reggie a mum at kids school has called her baby Reggie but apart from that dont know any young Reggies.

I also quite like Ronnie and Frankie

I know someone who has a Ronnie, Freddie and Bertie. I have a Stanley / Stan.

I was just going to suggest Stanley, but Pumpkin beat me to it. I know a teenage Stan & it really suits him.

Sidney or Alfred could be other options.

Albert/Bertie

Ernest/Ernie

Hubert/Bertie

Ronald/Ronnie

Oh I was going to say all those above.

Bobby
Jimmy
Arthur

Lenny
Larry
Barry
Norman

Chas n Dave. DS2s favourite musicians

Jimmy
Ronnie
Alfie
Arthur (pn: Arfa )
Sidney
Stan

All the names of good ole cockney geezas I knew.

I love these kind of names. All of the above plus maybe:

Vince/ Vinnie/ Vincent
Vic/ Victor

Stan, its got to be Stan.

Sidney?

Also, I absolutely LOVE Vincent.

Terence/Terry
Charlie
Rodney

See I pretty much love all of these names too. I don't know how I'm ever going to decide!! I really like Sidney but we live in the US where it's a girl's name.

Do you notice these names becoming very popular in the UK now?

Raymond/Ray
Leonard/Len
Albert/Albie

IMO Stanley, Alfie, Arthur, Jimmy, Bobby and Bertie are all fairly common now. As is Charlie, but I do love that name

Victor (Vic)

Dennis (Denny)

Camber (Cam)

I teach a Ronnie and a Reggie in the same class. Very 1950s East End!

Archibald - Archie
Douglas -Doug/Dougie
Ernest - Ernie
Clarence - Clary
Donald - Don
Russell - Rus

Herbert - Herbie

Also met a baby Eric recently, v cute

Spencer, can be shortened to Spence.

Albie, I knew a lovely old cockney Albie years ago. Hs wife would always refer to him as "my Alb"
He was a proper gent, salt of the earth!

My Dad would have been 70 this year (so old man-ish)!! His family very much cockneys lived on same street as the Kray family.. Family names are..

Harry
George
Terry
Jonny
Fred
Charlie
Alf
Lenny
William (Billy)
Albert (Albie)
Tommy

I always wonder if the many Alfies I see about the place are actually called Alfred. Or Charlies called Charles...

Besides the ones mentioned (apols if I've missed these)
Ray (Raymond)
Frank/Frankie (Francis)
Rod (Rodney not Roderick, I think)