Arthur - Opinions please :-)

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Hi everyone,

My partner & I are expecting a little boy and both love the name Arthur (Artie for short) but friends reactions to this have been..... lukewarm.
We've already decided his middle name will be William and I think Arthur William is lovely and strong.
What is everyone's opinion on this? We were considering Henry as we like classic names but I think Henry is far to popular now.

Be gentle and thanks in advance! :-)

like Arthur. have only ever met 2 small ones.

don't like Artie though

Arthur was no 43 in the last list produced by the Office For National Statistics (2013). It's climbed in popularity by 8 since 2012 and there were 1,559 born in England and Wales in 2013.

love it. always have.
my fiance has decided he likes it now too so it's a good contendor if bump is a boy.
I love artie. even if he would ge farty artie.
bear is a cute nickname too

If DD had been a boy she would have been called Arthur and it remains top of the list if we do get a DS in the future.

The increasing popularity does worry me a bit though, I had two other girls in my junior school class with the same name as me and I would hope to avoid that situation for my child/children.

Arthur William was my boy name choice. We got a dd though and as she was dd2 there won't be anymore babies here...

I like Arthur it was on our shortlist - but I think we share our taste in names - DS is actually William!