Help with boys names, I love Wilfred and Edward...

[oliversmummy26]

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on boys names for us? Found out we are having a boy yesterday and were convinced we were having a girl, so a little bit thrown!

My favourites are Wilfred (Wilf or Freddy) and Edward (Ed, Eddy or Ted, Teddy)...just just wondering if there are any other suggestions of similar, old/traditional names?

I like longer names which can be shortened, so that the baby has a bit more choice when he's older. I love Jamie, but I'm not sure it's as much of a grown man's name, and don't like James..

Going to try and convince DH on either Wilfred or Edward, but just wanted to check there's nothing I've missed

Congratulations! Conrad is an underused classic. Also loving Anthony at the moment.

I like both of those. Sadly we can't use either as one is already in use in the family (and we have agreed no family names) and the other doesn't go with our surname.

Others I like, although not all are 'shortenable'
Hugh (although I would use Huw as we are in Wales)
Seth
Thomas
William
Edwin
Ernest
Gethin
Hugo
Robert
Richard
Oliver
Matthew
Benedict

Hector
Rupert
Jonathan

Alfred
Albert
Arthur
Benedict
Barnabas
Christopher
Conrad
Clement
Dominic
Edwin
Edmund
Edgar
Ernest
Everett
Frederick
Francis
Gregory
Harold
John
Jonathan
Joseph
Julian
Laurence
Miles
Matthew
Marcus
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Oswin
Orson
Peter
Philip
Patrick
Robin
Sidney
Stanley
Timothy
Vincent
Percy
Leonard
Bernard
Bertram
Raymond
Ronald
Victor
Josiah
Cornelius
Wilson
Benjamin
Michael
Quentin
Roland
Sebastian
Solomon
William

Ernest.
Aldrin.

Wilfred and Edward are the two names on my boys list so it goes without saying that I love them! I love them so much that we're not really bothering to find any more alternatives...

Girls names, on the other hand, are turning out to be really tricky. I like a few but don't love any and I don't feel anywhere near as strong about them as I do Wilf / Ed etc! Can I be nosey and ask what your girls choices were, seeing as we seem to have similar tastes!

(must get round to posting my own thread about my own dilemmas!)

I love Wilfred. I know a Wilf and he has a little brother called Stanley. Great names.

Grumpy Stanley is on my list too!

clevername we had lots for girls, but our favourites were Charlotte, Ariana, Scarlett and Tabitha.

I keep looking at other boys names, but to be honest I don't think I like anything as much as Edward or Wilfred, so will be convincing DH over the coming weeks, as he's on the fence at the moment I think!

I was going to suggest Stanley!
Also
Isaac nn zac
William nn Will
Benjamin nn Ben
Albert nn Bertie

Wilbur
Edmund
Edgar
Edwin
Jameson (Jamie), lovely name OP.

Frederick

Hmm, I might have to add Jameson/Jamie to the list, and Wilbur, had forgotten about that, gorgeous name!

Love Freddy but not sure on Frederick which is why I was leaning more towards Wilfred..

Wilbur is one of my favourites !

wilfred...really???

Both lovely names.
William
Samuel
Matthew
Daniel
David
Henry
Christopher

My two are called Wilfred and Gabriel. Wilfred is a great name and flexible as they get older. I wanted an Ezra.

Jayfee yes, Wilfred...and you'll see there is lots of love for it here and lots of little Wilfreds already named..

Mummy Wilfred and Gabriel is a lovely combo, I also like Ezra

Wilfred is brilliant. Edward is also lovely but Wilfred wins.

Other ideas:

Charles
Winston
Reuben
Lawrence
Maurice
Philip
Berthold
Richard
Gilbert
Herbert
Stephen
Wesley
Lemuel

Thansk Banana Wilfred is definitely winning for me at the moment, I think because it's a little bit more different, also not something anyone in RL has suggested to me yet.

I've got a Wilfred and a Caspar. Wilfred has become Wilfie. Love the name. Go for it!

Alban

Love Wilf

The Wilfred I know has a brother called Gilbert (known as Gil).

They are both lovely names, if you did still want any more suggestions I love both of them and I also love Bertram (Bertie) and Sydney (Syd).

Theodore - Teddy
Jameson or Jamison - Jamie or Sonny
Edison
Wilson
Addison
Harrison (all possible 'Sonny's! I 💗 Sonny as a shortened nn)
Love Wilfred - Wilf too.
Stanley
Sidney