Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

4 boys names, which one to use?

52 replies

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!

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
darlingfascistbullyboy · 17/02/2015 09:06

Edmund! It's a fabulous name!

They are all nice choices - Felix (very common around these parts) & Robin (much like Rowan imo & you'll get the whole boy or girl thing regardless of spelling) are my least favourite. Ambrose in great though ... I know a sibling group - Ambrose, Benedict & Caroline - lovely!

MerlinsBeard87 · 17/02/2015 09:45

I know that Felix is the odd one out from our name list, and I never thought it would be something we would go for, but it's such a cute name! I think we will only use it if the baby seems to be a happy little soul though.

I'm glad everyone at least knows Ambrose as a real name. We worry our friends won't have heard of it, and even though I shouldn't care about anyone else's opinion I do worry about people judging and commenting behind our backs. Time to start testing it out in RL and guage some responses I think!

Definitely rediscovering my old love of Edmund. I love Blackadder so that connection doesn't bother me. Don't really like Edwin as some have suggested, and would probably shorten it to Ned.

I still can't get past my preference of Robin though. I think it fits us really well! I've seen it mentioned a few times on here lately so slightly worried it might become the next popular name, like Reuben has recently. Hoping to get DH more on board with Robin over the next few weeks, and then after he's born catch him when he's a bit emotional or impressed by what I've been through!

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page