Which name do you prefer for baby boy

[winterplease]

Wilfred, Casper, Dexter, Rohan or Otto.

Surname begins with hard 'C' and has two syllables.

Brother of this little baby is called Charles, sometimes Charlie

Wilfred (Freddie). Although they're all great names! I think I slightly prefer Rowan to Rohan although it's popular at the moment.

I think Wilfred of the ones you've listed. I prefer Ronan to Rohan (to be honest Rohan is the only of your list that I really dislike). In order.of preference I think I'd list them
Wilfred
Caspar
Dexter
Otto
Rohan.

Dexter is cute

I love Rohan

Wilfred and Rohan

Wilfred or Casper

Love Casper but not sure if it's too much with Charles? Otherwise I'd say Wilfred.
Hector?
Rupert?

Rohan

Wow- a great list of names there @winterplease-

Wilfred- cool and love the nickname Wilf. A classic name that suits a little boy and grown man.

Casper - absolutely love it. It’s a fairly universally loved name on MN yet is very rare you come across anyone with this name in real life. A strong name

Dexter - love this- it’s cool. Also Huxley and Felix are similar with the X- love it!

Otto- really cool name and love the nickname Ottie/Otty

Rohan - I would assume someone that uses this spelling of the name is of Indian heritage. All the Rohan’s I know are Indian.

The problem I have with this name RoHan/RoWan is it sounds exactly the same as RoMan (with an M) and that’s the fastest rising boys’ name- currently top 50 but it leaps every year and is the new Noah- it’ll be top 10/20 soon. I work in paediatrics and there’s a lot of little RoMans being born this last year - it’s rocketed from nowhere. I know there’s a few famous Romans around too (RoMan Kemp currently in “I’m a celebrity”) so I can’t see the growth of this name slowing any time soon sit would annoy me that people will mix up RoMan/RoNan/RoHan and RoWan. They will probably just assume your child is RoMan as that’s the most popular.

I don’t like the inevitable nickname “Roh” for RoHan. It’s not pleasant and sounds unfinished.

I think of that whole list Casper might work best with a C surname and brother Charles/Charlie! That’d be so cool. ❤️

I love Otto, Wilfred and Dexter just as much as Casper though.

Are you looking for a more unusual name than Charles/Charlie this time around @winterplease

Wilfred.

Casper or Wilfred

Otto I LOVE
Dexter and Casper I like.

Wilfred and Rohan I really don’t like at all.

I would choose Otto or Dexter to avoid confusing post later with the same initial and surname.

Casper or Rohan

Wilfred fav
Dislike Rohan (really popular at the mo)

I like Wilfred (Wilf). Don't like any of the others, sorry.

Fab list @winterplease

The only name I’d be weary of out of that list is “Rohan”, because of its similarity to the increasingly popular name “Roman” (with an “M”) and the likelihood of it causing confusion (depends if that bothers you or not?). Also as the spelling “Rowan” (with a “W”) is more common than “Rohan” (with an “H”) I think you’d constantly be contracting people.

There’s 2 Roman’s and 1 Rowan at my sons little nursery and I must say it gets confusing. They all end up being called Roman. A couple of years ago I wouldn’t have met any Roman’s but they’re everywhere now! Not surprised to read both Roman and Rowan are the top 100s fastest rising names.

Otto is really cool by the way, but so is Casper and Wilfred and Dexter! I can’t choose but if I had to pick I think I’d pick Wilfred because of the variety with nickname potential (don’t like the “Roh” nickname either, sorry)

Thanks all- I really don't like the name Roman and so I think Rohan or Rowan is off the list for now. I preferred the spelling Rohan as Rowan made me think of Mr Bean!

Dexter is my current favourite, Otto is DHs, and we both really like Wilfred.

I like Dexter. Personally, I’d avoid Casper if you already have a child with a name beginning with C

I'd avoid Roman because the only one I know is downright obnoxious just like his parents I'd avoid Rowan as it's used a lot for girls, though I see it as a boy's name.

I'd assume Rohan was Irish as I used to know an Irish one.

Ah well if you don’t like Roman (with M) then I’d avoid Rohan as I think the association will really grate on you if there’s a Roman in the same class @winterplease

Spacepyramid - That’s interesting you see Rowan as a girls name. It definitely varies. In Scotland “Rowan“ is indeed a top 100 girls name and is climbing up the charts, but the name doesn’t feature in the top 100 boys’ lists. So definitely predominantly a girls name in Scotland.

I think you should pick Wilfred then as that’s the name you both like 😍 It’s such a cool name

The problem I have with this name RoHan/RoWan is it sounds exactly the same as RoMan (with an M)

Can I ask what accent you have as Rowan and Roman sound completely different to me (South-East), so I am a bit confused by you
saying they sound the same? I have a Rowan and have never had this issue. I have a friend with a Roman and their names have never been mixed up!

OP I love Otto and is top of our list of DC2 is a boy :)

I’m south too! There’s 2 Roman’s and 1 Rowan at my sons little nursery and the Rowan just gets called Roman all the time and the teachers do get a bit confused between the three Roman/Rowan’s. They do sound very similar to me but maybe that’s just me 😊 I suppose they start off with the same sound and in terms of spelling, they only have 1 letter difference.
Glad it’s not happened to you though!

I myself have a v common 80s name that is similar to another 80s c common name (along the same lines as “Laura” and “Lauren”), and people always mix up my name with the other similar one and it drives me a bit mad! 🙈 .....just me being silly though, it’s not the end of the world!

Ps. Otto is a great choice if you have another little boy ❤️ Or Ottilie for a girl maybe!

Wilfred (Wilf/Fred) goes best with Charles/Charlie. It's a good name. The others are a bit beta or zeitgeisty

Ahh must just be the teacher getting confused - there are two Mila's and one Maya at our nursery and the Maya is always being called Mila! Sounds like a similar kind of thing.
Otillie is a great idea for a girl :)