What assumptions would you make about a family

[helentheheron]

Who used these names?

Arthur
Samuel
John
Jack
Jake
Robin
Benjamin
Robert
Rowan
Harry

Please be honest and feel free to stereotype and be as unPC as you like (as that is kind of the point..)

Thank you

There are three groups:
Arthur, Jack, Jake, Harry* - trendy
Robin and Rowen - names that would have been really artsy in the 1930s
Samuel, John, Benjamin and Robert - timeless classics

*Harry could cross over to the timeless classics

I don't know if you still want opinons, but some of your names are nicknames for other names on your list s you can double up if you want.

Jack, Jake, Robin and Harry are all nicknames (although some are used as names in their own right as well).

Jack is a nickname for John, so you could use both.
Robin is a nickname for Robert, so again you could use both.

There is nothing wrong with any of your names, I'm not sure I would really be able to form any sort of judgement, they are all solid, although I might assume Jake was really a Jacob etc

Thanks wish. Yes, if we used Jack or Jake we would put John on the bc. May do the same with Robert/Robin. Not for Harry though as I have an irrational hatred of the name Henry.

I have a Robert who is mostly known as Bobby. For my family on my father's side Robert was the name of every first born son since the early 1700's. Nice solid and traditional. I've had quote a few people telling me they love the name the only negative comment was from a midwife on hospital who said you can't call him that it's an old man's name.

If it was a family who had used all those names, I'd assume one or both of the parents belonged to a sect that forbade contraception.

Thankfully not, fara , it would just be the one.

I think I know the answer to this, but if we used Keir would everyone assume we were try-hard middle class lefties?

No, Keir is an old Celtic name that means...

In Celtic the meaning of the name Keir is: Dark skinned. Gaelic Meaning: The name Keir is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Keir is: Dusky; dark-haired.

Nowt to do with being a middle-class leftie!

I think Jake would be more a nn for Jacob than John.

I would assume a little Scottish connection but not necessarily leftieness if someone used the name Keir. I would talk myself out of that assumption, since many anglicised names from Scotland and Ireland are commonly used by families with all sorts of backgrounds. Maybe Keir wouldn't be the first choice of the Cameron family for a child, but you would have to be fairly clued up on history or pretty much a leftie yourself to make any leftie association.

Love the name Keir!