Arthur or Joseph??

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Which do you prefer? Middle name i think William.

Plus are there any good nn's for Arthur apart from Art/Artie? Or just stick with Arthur?

Arthur

Arthur Joseph would be a great name, much better than Arthur William.

Really like both and like nns Artie and Joe. Joseph probably just edges it.

Joseph William.

Arthur. Lovely name. I don't dislike Joseph but there are an awful lot of Joes around.

Joseph

Thanks all. Interesting what some of you have said about Arthur being a bit faddy and Joseph being more timeless. I want timeless (DD Elizabeth).

I also prefer William but my nephew and my BIL are both Williams so I can't really have that.

i really like Joseph William :)

I love Arthur but it was vetoed because we have an Arthur the rabbit - moot point anyway because "Arthur" came out a girl!

Love both, but Joseph William

Arthur. Love love love it and have a beautiful little one asleep upstairs

I would say both are timeless. One is biblical the other is Royal and both are international.

I love them both. Arthur probably takes the edge for me as its just a bit more interesting. I wouldn't shortened it although I know and Arthur with nn Thor, as in Ar"thor".

Joseph.
Arthur becoming very popular.

Joseph was 21st most popular names last year. Arthur was 37th. So I wouldn't worry too much that Arthur is over popular compared to Joseph.

I love both, would have liked Joseph for my son but DP hates biblical. I adore Joe and would almost have another one to call him that but i haven't forgotten the whole giving birth bit and am not completely insane

Also love both. Joseph will probably get Joe when he's older so on that basis Arthur but like them equally.

My twins are Arthur and Joseph! Excellent taste 😊 *no help at all

I far prefer Joseph. I'm not at all keen on Arthur and it is a fairly popular name here at the moment. There never seem to be loads of Josephs, yet it is classic and ageless

DS is Joseph, born in 2011, I have never come across another Joseph in all that time, maybe it's regional. We went on a day out not long ago in a different part of the country and heard three Joseph's in one day, DS was agog! He goes by Joseph mainly, Joe, JoJo, Doe-Doe (DD) Bo-Bo, Bilbo, Bilbo-Baggins....nicknames in my experience come from places you didn't even think of! My daughter was called her name to be called the obvious nickname but it never caught on and we call her something else entirely now. Weird.

Anyway, I digress, both are lovely names!

Thanks everyone. Sounds like people don't generally find either too offensive... which is good!

Think maybe we will leave it open and see how we feel when he's born.

I have a Joseph Luke. He was Joe-joe when he was little, Joe now he's 8, and his friends call him Joey ☺ I now need a name for his little brother!!!

I also call my Joe 'pheen'

Comes from messing around calling him josephine 😂😂 he calls me mummy pheen so it's all good 😂

I prefer William as a first name, but if not.then Joseph William.

Ohhh, ds middle name is Joseph, and we had Arthur and William on the list for dc2 (who turned out to be a girl - middle name Elizabeth).

No help, sorry, but you do have excellent taste op