Name shared with a building.... Ok or not?

[Sharri1]

We have been really struggling to think of a boy's name for our baby (due in April). We finally decided on Albert (Albie), but then realised that with our surname (Hall), he would be named after a building!

Would love to know whether people think this is a definite no no or not?

Glad you’ve taken it off your list! You only need to read the “most unfortunate/funniest names you’ve come across to realise that people can be twats about names like that.

Arthur and Alfred are similar names as a previous poster suggested. I particularly like Arthur.

RosieCotton, it's very annoying when names are ruled out because of the surname, but good that you found an alternative.

SoupDragon, I also like Arthur, but I don't like Art/Arty, which he will no doubt get called.

Thinking of maybe keeping it simple now, with Edward (Ted) or Jacob (Jake/Coby). Disappointed by how common they are though 🤔

You may find you end up with an Albert ...It was the nickname of a friend of mine actually named Miranda (Hall).

What about another "Bert" name?
Robert, Gilbert, Cuthbert...

I honestly think any "Bert" name would be a problem anyway- "Bert Hall? Not short for Albert by any chance heh heh heh!" Everyone will think they are the first person to say it!

Came on here to say hope it's not the gherkin but Albert hall is almost as bad!

I think Alfie’s a good alternative as suggested further up.

I think I will avoid all 'Berts'. Not keen on Alfie.

Told some family members about Albert, and they hated it, so maybe a good job we didn't go with it! Not that you can ever ease everyone.

When I was a kid I knew an adult called Norman Church. I didn't really get it at the time, but my mum thought it was hilarious. Sadly, I think there will be people who make the connection and laugh, though hopefully not to his face.

I was about to suggest Arthur until I saw your response to it upthread. For what it's worth, I know of 2 young Arthurs and none of them are shortened. I think Art may be more of an American thing (and if you actually live in America, you probably wouldn't get many Albert Hall comments anyway.)

Why on earth did you even need a thread for this? Clearly it’s a terrible idea.

There’s two very nice boys names that are complete unusable with our surname, we didn’t even discuss them.

I wouldn’t.