What do you call an Arthur for short?

[luckiestgirlintheworld]

I love the name Arthur but I also love being able to use nick names- always using the full name seems so formal.

But I'm not keen on Artie or Art so I'm probably not going to call DS Arthur... Unless I can think of a nice nickname!

A friend has an Arthur shortened to Archie. Possibly a bit tenuous but if you don't like Art or Artie it could be a possibility.

I know an 'Arf'. Or it may be 'Arth' really but people are lazy with their pronunciations!

Art. Like Garfunkle.

ooo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang

Or Art?

Oh I see you don't like that.

Hmm, I would probably go for another name then.

Anything else you like?

Arthie

Artie :)

Oops, shows how well I read that :/ you don't have to shorten it at all. My friend has 3 children and hates if people shorten their names. My eldest is always called by her full name, my youngest has many shortened versions and nicknames :)

In 'The Sword in the Stone', King Arthur was nicknamed Wart.

I have a horrible suspicion we would end up using Wart.
And then people would think we were being mean instead of Arthurian.

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Bear. The origins of the name are disputed but many think it means 'bear' or 'bear-king'

I had an uncle Art whose sisters called him Artie x

Hmmmm automatic x

I suppose Arthie isn't so bad. Bit tricky to say in a hurry.

Wart is just awful!

Art/Artie

Thur. Obviously.

Thursday.

Art, Artie, tbh, Arthur isn't that long, you could just use that.

I love Arthur. Was my late grandad's name. I really regret not giving it to my youngest as a middle name (he was born on my grandad's birthday)

sorry, meant to say re formal that it's not a long formal one, like Algernon or Bartholomew, that sound formal, iyswim.

I know a duple who had an arthur who they called 'Bear'
i.e. went back to the name meaning, which was quite sweet.
I think most shortenings are no shorter, and most arthurs I know are just called arthur

duple?? couple :S

Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't need it to be any shorter - I just want a nick name so I'm not using his formal name all the time. I hate it when people use my full (two syllable) name - it makes me feel like they don't like me!

Funny isn't it? my DS hates having his name shortened/altered. Anyone who tries, gets told once that he's already told them his name is x
If they try again, he totally ignores them.
TBH, I hate people changing my name too. I like my full name, but hate it being changed. The only thing anyone else has ever called me by are totally random, personal, and unrelated nicknames. The only person who ever got away with shortening it was my Mam.