Thoughts on Albie

[Mysteriously]

What do you think? Albie would be full name rather than Albert which I'm not so keen on

I like it and it f I'd had a boy would have named him Albie. It's unusual without being weird which is hard to come by with boys names I think

I like it - there will always be a load of people who hate every name out there, so do what you like. Asking on mumsnet is the way to ruin any name!!

I really don't see how Albie/Teddy/Alfie/Archie etc sound too cutesty for teenagers or adults.

You really don't think that Teddy 🧸 or Alfie or Albie sound cute?

I really like it.

I don't think it's changed my opinion on the name too much, not everyone is going to lile a name and mumsnet seem particularly fussy on names sometimes. If everyone hated it then I may have to rethink but it seemed to be quite mixed. I can see that it doesn't quite seem like a full name but more of a nickname, if we do end up using it I'll definitely use a longer version for the birth certificate. Probably either Albus or Alban

@Pennyjane89 and @Grufallosfriends no, that wasn't a fictional opinion. I know 20-40 year olds with most of those names and they sound quite cool and grown up on them.

I really don’t like it. It’s far too cutesy (yes I know his peers will all have cutesy names too which just means it’ll end up dated) and I don’t like the way it sounds.

Thanks for the ear worm.

Just call me Al........

Bit common but not in a popular kind of way, sorry.

@Mysteriously please please do not call your baby Albus. Everyone will think you are naming him after Harry Potter. It will be like calling him Sirius.

I'm not keen on Albus either.

But it's better than Albie!

The acid test for me with any name is to ask myself if I can imagine an full-grown adult with that name. So with a boy's name can I imagine a big, gruff bloke called Albie? A suited and booted professional working in a shiny office? etc. Personally, I don't like cutesy names (and yes, Albie, Alfie, Tilly, Evie, etc all fall into the 'cutesy' category), and they don't pass the above test. I also think they will date really quickly. This fashion for old man (and woman) names will run out of steam eventually (the sooner the better IMO).

I’ve never liked people using diminutives as the actual name. If you like a nickname so much, just give them the actual name on the birth certificate so they have the choice when they are older.

My Mother gave me a diminutive. I changed my name to the full version when I was 19.

It's a bit twee. And makes me think of Aldi.

Parents seem to forget that their cute little baby will grow into a full grown adult! And may not want a cute name then!

Albie is great

Gorgeous name will work on all ages I think

I think people seem to forget how much names have changed over the past 20 years

Yes 20 years ago an Albie would have stood out and it may have sounded a bit too cute for an adult man

It absolutely won’t do by the time the next generation grow up.

I think the nn “Al” is really lovely too

Use it @Mysteriously ❤️