Ernest, Lionel or Bertram?? DC 4!

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Hi, I'm new but need brutally honest opinions on potential names for our latest addition due in sept... Other children are Arthur, Florence and Cecily and hubby and I can't agree on new name, we don't know sex but my fave boys names are Ernest, Bertram (Bertie) and Lionel...

Please help! Thank you ????

Re Bertram not being popular ...

I think a fair number of people are unaware of the name. They focus on Bert and Bertie being shortenings of names ending in "bert", so Bertram flies under the radar.

Thanks all so much for your input! I'll feed it back to DH tonight- some new suggestions to consider also, thank you!

Love Ernest (but hate Ernie) and really like Bertram, but it is the name of my imaginary dog.

Really don't like Lionel, sorry.

Bartholomew/Bartie
Abraham or Bramwell/Bram
Jeremy/Jem
Laurence/Laurie
Leon
Gideon

Love your other dcs' names.

Ernest

I don't like the other two, sorry

What about:

Hugo
Gregory
Victor
Philip

Love Bertram. My OH was keen on Bertrand but we're having a girl.

I love Ernest. Your children have lovely names.

Ernest is my favourite

I like all of them. Ernest is my favourite though.

I think you are joking, well, I hope you are, dreadful names.
Bert sounds too similar to burp.
Lionel is awful.
lenny would be marginally better.

The french way to say lionel is nicer.

No, I'm not joking. I know some of my choices are a itouch 'out there' for some nevertheless thanks for your honesty!

Glad I didn't offend, (secretly hope you choose Lenny now).

Malcolm?

Lionel might sound nicer in french I agree, but it has a dated image there too nowadays.

I like Ernest!
Other thoughts:

Lucian
Ned
Percy
Stanley
Victor
Willoughby

Love your other dc names!

Maurice?

Love Ernest, don't like the others sorry.

I quite like Bertie but would go for Albert rather than Bertram and I think Albert I think goes better with you other children's names too.

Lionel is grim.

Bertram is lovely.

Now got bloody maurice song stuck in head, thanks remus, grr.

Ernest nn Erns

I think having a Cecily and an Ernest is a bit much really, however much you may love The Importance of Being Ernest!

I suspect it's probably the most mainstream of a decidedly unmainstream list! Personally I don't like Bertram (or Bert) or Lionel.

I prefer Leonard/Lenny or Barnaby/Barney

Perhaps you should go the whole hog and opt for Algernon

Poshest list ever!

Assuming the dc will move in those circles then -
Job
Jory/Jonty
Rupert
Archibald (although Archie v used atm)
Toby
Simeon
Geoffrey (god help the child)
Jerry.

Bertram.
Lionel is ok.

Hate Ernest.

Arthur, Florence and Cecily are nice.

From you DC4 names I like Ernest the best. I like the name, it makes me think of Ernest Rutherford. I'm not quite so keen on Ernie though, do you have a nickname in mind?

Lionel I don't like but I think that is a personal association from my past that makes me think that way as opposed to the name itself.

Bertram is okay but I would never choose it myself, iyswim.

They are really awful names. What kind of person do you want him to be? The poor kid.

I know it depends what type of circles you mix in but he would go through hell in an average comp with such a wet name.