help...

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My OH has fallen in love with baby names that i am super sceptical about...Wilbur for a boy and Therese for a girl my picks are Tessa James for a girl and Robert James (bobby) for a boy...slightly different.... can we take a poll??? what do people prefer and any negative connotations that we are overlooking

I think both Tessa James and Robert James sound gorgeous!
Agree with you on Wilbur and Therese though.. not a fan at all. Wilbur feels like what you'd name a guinea pig and Therese is very dated.

I love Tessa. Personally I'm not ready for James to be a girl name though . Robert James is lovely.

I like Wilbur but Therese is too close to the PM's name for me!

You obviously have much better taste in names than him. Start calling HIM 'Wilbur'. See how he likes it then. I do agree with Anya about James for a girl, though.

The James for a girl would just be a middle name rather than an everyday Tessa-James name. It's an old family name that I have in the middle of my name too, so it's less weird to me, although OH did draw the line at James for a girl . I actually love the name May, but Tessa may is probably a little close to the PM, although when the little one was old enough she may be a distant memory

He was previously trying to convince me of Francis for a boy, so I used the feature on the apple box where you can name its location to rename it Francis so I could veto it.

I like all the names but wouldn't use James for a girl.

I love Wilbur, Francis and Robert, James is a great name too, but I draw the line there.😄
Not keen on Therese, but love Tessa.
Tessa Rae
Tessa Marie
Tessa Wren
Tessa Willow
Tessa Frances

I love the name Therese but would spell it Terese, you could put this on bc then use Tessa as a nickname. I really wanted Terese (pronounced Ter-aze) nn Tess for DD1 but it got vetoed :(

I love James as a middle name for either a boy or girl, not a fan of Wilbur though.

Also - I LOVE Francis!

Agree with pp that a good compromise would be to go with Therese (I'd stick with that spelling) then abbreviate to Tessa for everyday. Not all that convinced by James for girls, but ok as a middle name especially as there's a family significance.
I wouldn't worry about the PM, she'll be long gone soon.

Wilbur is awful, Robert James is really nice . Francis is a bit meh.

Wilbur and Tessa.

Wilbur is most certainly not awful. It’s lovely.

Therese could be Tessa day to day
I prefer Robert/ Bobby to Wilbur but don't think Wilbur is horrific. I wouldn't name my son Wilbur because I don't love it, and it reminds me of the pig in Charlotte's Web, but if I came across a Wilbur I wouldn't think "Good God, what a name!"

Wilbur is a pig name and Therese I’m not a fan of either, the others sound great however

I just think with Therese people won't instantly recognise the pronunciation as ter-aze so who knows what she'd get called

Tessa is lovely. The only one I like.

Robert is fab but can’t stand Bob.

Therese is a pretty common name IME I’d be surprised if people had problems with it.

I’m not overly keen on Wilbur but Will is nice.

I like Robert but don’t like Bobbie. Rob or Robbie are both great though.

Tessa is fine and I really like Tess.

I like Therese and Robert.

Wilbur is amazing!!

Not a fan of Therese, Tessa is way nicer!

Good luck op

I LOVE Wilbur. Dislike Bobby because I knew one who was a thieving sleazeball but that's my problem. Ambivalent about the girl's names.

Bobby gets a No from me, but Robbie is fine.
Therese is nice but is it Ter-ez, Ter-eeze, Ter-aze... ?
Tess is lovely, and I prefer it to Tessa.'t l don't like Wilbur.

The correct pronunciation of Therese is Te-rez (rhymes with Perez). It is Tay-rez in french though. I think a lot of people would struggle with it however, so take that with a grain of salt.