Ronnie

[Roo2020]

Expecting first baby late July, we know that we are having a boy. DH likes the name Ronnie, which I wasn't originally keen on but coming round to it.
We originally liked Oliver but decided against it because of how popular it is. We also like Alfie but I think I prefer Ronnie out of the two and is probably less popular... Thoughts please?

@Cissyandflora I judge people too (were all only human), but I actually like Ronnie Charlie and Alfie. I’d probably avoid all those names due to popularity though. The Charlie’s I know are very posh funnily enough

I actually know more Ronnies than I do Olivers. I appreciate that is quite unusual, but it's definitely getting more popular. 3 of the ones I know have been born in the last 2 years.

I'm another who is irresistibly reminded of the Krays.

I'm not keen on names like that myself, but I know an Alfie who was cute (family at my sons' primary school) and some friends from uni had an Archie; so I'm reasonably unconcerned by other people using the construction. Ronnie and Reggie, on the other hand, I would vehemently advise against.

Awful. Mrs Hinch has a baby called Ronnie, and I just think it sounds ridiculous whenever she says it.

Let's face it there are some names that are very unlikely to ever be popular/fashionable again

Ronnie is one of them

Derek

Vernon

Clive

Gordon

Norman

Darren

Are others. There are more.

They should be written on the back of a betting ticket using a bookmakers biro then place in a golden Virginia tobacco tin and buried under a shed in an allotment. Then forgotten for a few hundred years.

Let's face it there are some names that are very unlikely to ever be popular/fashionable again

I agree with your list, but Ronnie is definitely becoming more popular again.

I know a young, lovely and very posh Clive. Also Vernon. Gordon is very nice too.

This is making me laugh.
Sadly I agree with most of the posters.
I would not like to bump into Ronnie’s mum in a dark alley.

@viques see what you’re saying. Ronnie is number 66 in the official 2018 charts though and on a huge upsurge so by the time the 2020 stats come out it will certainly be top 40-50.

All the other names you’ve listed are practically extinct- outside the top thousand type names

By the way @Roo2020 Op , Im in the minority on mumsnet but I actually like the name Ronnie and the general public obviously do as the statistics speak for themselves! I only know one or two Ronnie’s but it is getting much more popular every year now. If you’re wanting something unusual I’d look outside the top 130+ names.

Maybe you’ll like some of the names I suggested upthread (or maybe you won’t!)

Horrible name.

Love it!

Terrible.

Awful. I once met twins called Ronnie and Reggie. And another baby called Kray.

Gangsta

It’sok, but not if your surname is Rennie! (I went to school with a Ronnie Rennie). The only Other one I know is French, his English wife uses Ronnie as a diminutive of Laurent, which has caught on across a much wider circle of friends and family.

I've never met anyone called Ronnie and it doesn't have any negative connotations for me (except that it is slang for moustache in Ireland).

I prefer it to Charlie and Alfie but I wouldn't choose it. If you like it then go for it.

I love it ...was on the list for ds2 but went with Frankie

@Whatsyourflava I’m glad you were not telling me off for being judgy! I know it’s not right but I really do judge names.
One thing more to say on this though- someone related to me is called Donnie. Donald. He has detested his name from the day he was aware of it. Absolutely hates it. So I don’t like Ronnie because it has the same horrible sound. Plus associations with gangsters. But mainly because it sounds so horrible.

Awful, gangster connotations.

Each to their own but Ronnie sounds a chavy name

Dd has 2 in her class. Aged 7.
"Today, I played football with the 2 Ronnies "

How about Marley? Idris? Rex? Otis? Cole? Chester? Blake? Rudy/Rudi? Dexter? Casper? Barnaby? Tristan? Kit? Billy?

That’s a truly random selection of names - what makes you think the OP would like any of them?

And seriously - Idris?

@FamilyOfAliens sorry if the selection was random. I’m one of the posters that likes all OPs name ideas - including both Ronnie and Alfie ...but OP said she’d like a name that’s not too popular so I was just suggesting other names I also liked that are much further down the charts than Ronnie and Alfie. Totally appreciate OP might not find my suggestions very helpful. Hope they haven’t annoyed or upset her. 🙏

I just can't get past the gangster connotations. I really don't like it sorry.