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4 boys names, which one to use?

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MerlinsBeard87 · 16/02/2015 17:13

Little boy is due in May. We have 4 names that we love. We like traditional names, and I quite like medieval connections. We are ideally wanting it to be outside the top 100 list.
What are your opinions?

Edmund- this is the name we had picked out before we got pregnant and I always thought we would use it, but now not sure it's still my favourite.

Robin- this one is my favourite, but probably not DH's.

Ambrose- DH's favourite, and I love it because it's quite rare, but I worry people won't recognise the name and will be asking us to spell it or explain it.

Felix- the only name that doesn't really meet our criteria of traditional and not popular, but we both think it's so cute!

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htf2 · 16/02/2015 19:04

I like your style of names! I'm not sure about Robin though - for me a bit girly. Ambrose I do like, not sure I would dare :) Would you like Anselm also? Edmund and Felix are both on my list -Edmund I am not mad about Ed, and Felix a friend has used so probably not....

htf2 · 16/02/2015 19:05

oh my goodness notso I think I would have gone back and changed it if DH did that to me!

daholster · 16/02/2015 19:19

Felix! My favourite. The only reason I don't say Ambrose is that for me personally I know one with a sad story so couldn't use it.

Aubrey is a good old fashioned boys name, though I know it will be met with a tumult of abuse... I met a lovely old man once called Aubrey and I always thought I'd like to use the name. Unfortunately dh disagrees. And for some reason Americans think it's a girls name!

Choccywoccydodah · 16/02/2015 19:26

My DH is Robin and I LOVE his name. You never really hear it any more for a boy, always the girls version. Although as he's got older he prefers Rob, but I call him Robbie :)

ScaryChicken · 16/02/2015 23:21

Edmund

I used to think I liked Robin but I know a guy called Rob at work and recently found out his actual name was Robin. For some weird reason it made me see him in a different light... Like he was a bit wet or something.. Totally my problem & not his, I know, but it still put me off using the name..

ScaryChicken · 16/02/2015 23:22

And sorry choccy, really no offence to your dh!

Rhubarbgarden · 16/02/2015 23:40

I love Ambrose. I also like Edmund, although I prefer Edgar.

Fridgedooropen · 16/02/2015 23:45

I love Ambrose and it really fits your criteria. Ambrose Edmund?

BikeRunSki · 16/02/2015 23:52

My brother is called Ambrose. His name has ever caused him any issues! He is 6'5" mountaineer and about as unlike Niles Crane as I can imagine!

Other than than that, Robin.

BikeRunSki · 16/02/2015 23:54

Aaargghh!!
My last post should say " ... has never caused him any problems."

Ohnodisaster · 17/02/2015 00:01

I like robin best

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 17/02/2015 00:13

Don't like any to be honest OP.
Edmund is the best.
Ambrose is a bit feminine to me, sorry
as is Robin. Gorgeous on a girl though Although the argument there is. It was a boys name long before it was used for girls
Felix the cat.

NanaNina · 17/02/2015 00:28

I like Felix but the others, not so much. What about Anton, Angus or Anselm as someone suggested, Finlay maybe?

Try calling the name out loud (imagining him in the school playground aged about 8 and see how it sounds!)

Lucked · 17/02/2015 00:43

Felix which I really like. I can't warm to your other choices.

SnoringNorma · 17/02/2015 01:30

Really dislike "mund" names. Love Edwin as a previous pp suggested.
Love Robin.
Ambrose a bit pompous.
Felix sounds sly to me!

MummyBeerest · 17/02/2015 01:36

I like them all. {So unhelpful}

I'd rank them:

  1. Edmund
  2. Felix
  3. Robin
  4. Ambrose
Qwebec · 17/02/2015 01:41

love Ambrose really, I've never met one, but even I would know how to spell it. Robin is also a great name.

TheNewStatesman · 17/02/2015 02:18

Edmund is the nicest. I think Ambrose and Robin are a bit girly. Felix is okay, I suppose, but I will always think of cat food.

Italiangreyhound · 17/02/2015 02:29

Felix is lovely, wonderful, amazing name. I love it. I know a Felix.

Edmund is good, nicely abbreviated to Ed, Eddy or possibly even Ned. I would use this and abbreviate to Ned.

Ambrose is lovely but I do think people will be asking how to spell it.

Robin Not bad but I would tend to think of it as a girl's name, I know the spelling is usually different (Robyn).

Now that I know a Felix I never think of cat food. I might think of Edmund Blackadder but that is because I am 50 and it is my generation, children will not. And I doubt they will think of Custard for Ambrose.

I quite like Edwin.

My kids have short names, I must admit I do like short names! I'd go for Felix or Ned if it were me!

CONGRATULATIONS.

MollieCoddler · 17/02/2015 02:38

Edmund is best but what about Edgar?

Carbonel · 17/02/2015 02:38

I like Edmund and Ambrose.

afghanda · 17/02/2015 07:04

I like Ambrose and Robin. Really dislike Edmund, and although I like Felix, it's a bit 'trendy' at the moment and getting much more popular, and the other names seem to fit more with the impression I get of you and your husband. Smile

wesH · 17/02/2015 08:46

Edmund or Robin. Ambrose just sounds like custard

Notso · 17/02/2015 09:00

htf2 Grin don't worry. I do love his name too and I can't imagine him being anything else now. I just favoured Robin a tiny bit more, but because we didn't use it I got to use Robert as his middle name after my Grandpa who died just a few months after DS was born so it probably turned out for the best.
Although thinking about it DH has got his way on all 4 DC's first names and I picked all the middle names a few days later!

Chillyegg · 17/02/2015 09:05

Robin is a lovely name.

Ambrose reminds me of the custard brand.

Felix is nice so is Edmund but I really like robin.