Albus?

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Yes ? Or too Harry Pottery ?

I wasn't expecting so many replies !
I absolutely love the name and the added bonus is that it's still HP to please my older children who are becoming rather insistent we call the baby Ron or Neville 🙄 but I'm not keen that it will be the first thing people think of when they hear it !

I like HP but I honestly wouldn't make the connection.

I'm actually a bit gutted I didn't clock it for ds2

I love that the first two objections on this thread we’re from MNers with Harry Potter-ish nicknames!

I do think people will think Dumbledore, I’m afraid.

If I had to use a HP name I’d call my child Ernie, Minerva, Dora (not Nymphadora), Pomona, Olympe, Blaise (for a boy, definitely not a girl), Rowena, Mafalda, Cedric, Fabian or Cormac. And use Abraxas as a middle name 😉

Albus is nice but very Dumbledore-ish ;)

I LOVE it (I live in quite an artsy place though and kids all have out there names!)

If i went for a HP name it would be Sirius

Albus is lovely! But Alby / Albie are v v popular names near me. Very much the new Archie/Alfie

Or maybe Orion...? Idk.

Don't like it, and it is very HP.

Aldous?

Middle name Severus?

I reckon my dd will name her firstborn Albus 😂

Dumbledore

Awful.

Dumbledore. I love it. But then DD was nearly Minerva (and it's still on the list for next time)!

Also a big Harry Potter fan and named my dog Albus. The main reactions are either: 'like Albus Dumbledore?' Or 'Where did you get that name from?'

But I love it and it's a reasonably subtle reference to HP in my opinion, as Albus is more commonly known as Dumbledore in the books/films.

Only other thing I would say is people often mis-hear the name as either Elvis or Albert.

As previous posters have said, Albus also gives the cute nickname Albie!

I love it and thought I was a genius when I thought of it for dc2... but it turns out she's a girl! Use it!

I thought you were naming your child Gymball - just spent the last few minutes trying to work out the relevant to HP. No idea how I managed to miss the name - Think I need an early night!

For the record I quite like Albus.

Albus is cool but I don't think I could manage Albie. It just reminds me of the Flight of the Conchords song.

Albie etc is soooo overused at the moment. all the little grandad names have been chavved. Albus too close for comfort.

I love it!

I wanted a HP name but it got vetoed for the first and it's now one of his middle names.

Although when he was born I knew instantly the name I liked suited him! I'm the only who calls him that . I sometimes contemplate changing his name

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