Old man names

[Namechanger2735]

Just posted this in pregnancy, not realising there was a section for baby names.
Please help!!

Il never find a name I love enough!
So here are the names I like, to give you a clue..but they come with reasons why I won't be using them.
Alfie-too common and reminds me of Alfie moon
Archie-reminds me of Archie Mitchell
not an eastenders addict I swear
Albert- I like albert but Hate "albie" and I just know people will shorten it.
Barney- reminds me too much of the dinosaur
And the same with barnabus plus I think that sounds a bit jokey? Sorry
The front runner at the moment is Rupert.
So I like old names I think, think old peoples home register and hit me with your favourites!

If i was to have another girl she would be winifred.

Just trying to think of the older men in my family.

Grandads - Thomas Samuel and Albert (he was Elb)
Great uncles - Gordon, Basil, Mackenzie (only ever knew him as Uncle Mac and only found out his full name at his funeral). Keith. Wilbur and Arthur (Art).

Ronald
Douglas
Walter
Sydney
Fredrik
Reginald
Herbert

Vernon
Charles
Howard
Camillle
Rodger
Gaston
Victor
Alberic
Leonard
Philip
Hector
Louis
Fernand
Giovani
Jean-Paul
Benoit
Paul
François
Jaques
Bernard
Eric
Maurice
Marcel

That's all the old men's names I can think of right now. I'm in France by the way.

Love Stanley and Hector or Horace

Gordon!

Ah! I LOVE an old man name.
My son's an Alec.
It's SO old man, so 'Derek' that not even my elderly neighbours have such names.

I love Norman, Bernard, Richard as well. Nigel too.

My grandpas were Cecil and Ralph Eugene. I love the name Ralph.(not pronounced rate though, you have to pronounce the 'l'). There's a wee boy at our school who's named Bill, that's nice too.

Hubert
Gilbert
Islas
Seth

• Silas

Vincent
Norman
Boris
Hubert
Douglas
Alfred
George
Wallis
Henry

Bernard
Eugene
Fredrick
Philip
Richard

Maurice

Alastair
Aldous
Amos
Arthur

Bertrand

Douglas

Ernest
Errol

Frederick

Humphrey

John

Montgomery

Robert
Raymond
Reginald

Spencer
Sidney
Stanley

Wilfred
Wilbur

Oh, and Gene!

With the wonderful Gene Kelly as a namesake.

I love the name Freddy/Freddie

Cecil, Maurice, Clive. And quite underused.

The only “old man” names I like are:

Jasper
Douglas
Stanley :)

Edwin

I also know a 70 year old called Ezra

My uncles' names are starting to sound quite cool! My Granddads' names are just really classic and still used a lot today.

Victor, Howard and Douglas.

Walter

Ephraim

Edward
Clement
Quentin
Thomas

I think Cuthbert is due for a revival

He will be known to his friends by a nickname by the time he's 9 almost no matter what you call him, but if you really dislike nicknames and shortenings that probably has to be the first thing you think about when choosing a name. Anything with a common short form or more than two syllables will be shortened automatically by nursery staff and teachers (though you can ask them not to you're setting yourself up for the dilemma about whether to be that parent) and friends parents as well as his own friends and classmates no matter what your preference. You can only really control what your (not his) friends and family call him.

If you dislike nicknames you can cut the longer lists down by discounting anything long or with a natural short form, and you'll have an automatic short list.

I know what you mean about associations with names - I couldn't call a child a name with an unfortunate meaning or a name that makes me think of a fictional character with an unhappy fate or an evil character, but it seems not to bother most people.