What will become of the name Arthur?

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For our last baby, we considered the name Theo in case we'd have a boy. We're having another baby now and trying to decide on a boys name. We've gone off the name Theo and when I've told people this they've commented that as it has been/is a really trendy name it's gotten a bit..... c word (chavvy, sorry!). Now we really like the name Arthur but I can see that that is quite a trendy name, perhaps a bit of a fad in terms of the current v recent historic popularity. So my question is, with a name like this, do you think it will become (sorry to use this word again, I know you hate it but not sure how else to describe what I'm getting at) chavvy?

Arfur doesn't sound great!

Or "Arth"!!

Theo and Arthur are both nice but Theo has become too popular.
Can you think of any Theos over 30?
Arthur has always been used but has become very popular again. It's been around since King Arthur so should have staying power.

Leo might be an alternative to Theo, but it is also very popular.
I'm not keen on names with 'th' in them.

I love Arthur and I’m planning on calling my son Arthur. It’s not too popular where we are but I know lots of people who know others. There is actually a thread I started asking how many Arthurs people know IRL.

I have a 15 yr old Arthur. Was not top 100 then - Midwife called another midwife in to hear his name because it wasn't one they heard ( v large maternity unit). Met one or two others at
Toddler groups, but has always been the only one is his schools. He is called Arthur by all of his friends- no shortened version or Arfer.

I think it’s ridiculous to call a name ‘chavvy’ and obviously very snobby. What is fair and what is perhaps one of the reasons for Mumsnet is, (especially as a new mum without as much contact with baby groups as others) to ask ‘is it really popular/will it ‘date’?’ Some people are fine with that others not.
No one can deny Paul/Sally are names that had their moment.
Doesn’t mean it’s bad to use to the name just that some people don’t want a name associated with a particular decade. I think perhaps Arthur and Theo are along similar lines in that 15 years ago they weren’t as popular... which like I said, is fine for some people and not for others.

Arthur is a good name.

I think Paul and Sally are due a comeback, and both are nice.

Names can be chavvy. What you name your child says a lot about you and unfortunately people are prejudiced. It's the child who will live with the prejudice.

The responses you get to names on here are what people think. If you met them IRL, you'd get less negativity.

IRL, I'm guilty of just going Oh OK, and then thinking, That's a pretty/interesting/strong name.

If the is a bit hmm I'll usually say it's lovely.

I know a baby Sally! I love it.

Arthur - I fear it will become the dreaded "overused" but who cares? I hate my full name because it's vairy 80s but I shorten it - its just a name.

Sally is nice but better if it is Sarah and Sally the nickname.

I know several women called Sally and they are all Sally on the BC.
No point in putting Sarah on the BC if she is only going to be called Sally.
It would be like putting Mary on Molly's bc, or John on Jack's.

Hi I didn’t express myself right- I like the name Sally and Paul is fine, I just meant that (unless they are having a comeback!) the names did have their moment in the 1970’s. And although Arthur is a ‘classic’ name its massive popularity right now compared to the past means that there will be a lot of Arthurs of the same age in the future- which again is no big problem just something to be aware of!

Depends if you live somewhere he'll end up as Arfur.

The reference upthread to Art Garfunkel being an Arthur reminds me of a MNer confessing that she’d thought Simon & Garfunkel were brothers. Simon and Garth Funkel. Still makes me chuckle! (spectacularly misses point of thread)

Arthur is a lovely name. One of DS2’s friends is an Arthur. Does help if it isn’t pronounced Arfur though.

I'd say Sally had its moment in the 1960s.
I only know one who is younger than 50 and she's a Sali.
Sadie is also a diminutive of Sarah, and Sara is quite popular.

I think I was born when Sarah was hugely popular.

Paul is biblical so is a classic name. It will come back.

Art Garfunkel aye? I used to really go for him, beautiful man.

I can’t hear the name Arthur without being reminded of Olive from On the Buses.

Simon & Garth Funkle

Hermione, when I was young people had dads and uncles, even granddads called Arthur, there were no young Arthurs then.

Art Garfunkel - Farty Carbuncle.

No I doubt it, it’s a timeless classic.

It's strange how names make a come back.
When I was little I was at school with a boy called Arthur, my parents thought it was an odd name for the time. His family were what you would now refer to as chavvy.
Under no circumstances would you have referred to it as a timeless, classic name.