Wilfred alternatives

[LondonTowers]

Hello

Due to have our baby a few days ago and thought we had settled on Wilfred
.......apparently not as the OH has started to pull faces.

So the other names we like are Louis (but just doesn't go with our last name and is quite popular) and Ellis (Also a no-go) and Rowan (Maybe) we like names with history but are a bit different too.....

Any suitable Wilfred alternatives?!

Wouldn't use anything that common and we will avoid the more popular of the historical names such as....Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Alfred, Albert, William, Henry, Percy, Ralph etc etc

If we have a girl I think....with the help of mumsnetters ;)..... we have settled on Edith.

I don't like last names as first names.

Sorry if I'm asking the impossible but any suggestions????

@mylittleavalon love woody but not so much woodrow

@matchboxtwentyunwell Merryn is lovely, didn't realise it was a boys name too. Will have to investigate further!

I think what I need is for the OH to back down and like Wilfred again, it's me doing the hard work after all!😅

Wilson
Felix
Marcus
Charles
William
Frederick

Alfred

Ethelred
Ethelbert
Ailred
Cedric
Cuthbert
Leofric
Wulfric
Wulfgar
Rufus
Baldwin
Wystan
Carloman
Francis
Llewellyn
Jasper
Percival
Gawain
Lancelot
Rollo
Anselm
Beowulf
Magnus
Harold

Leonard, Roland, Clarence, or how about just Wilf?

I've only met boy Merryns...

Wilbur og Winston

og = or

We almost named DS Wilfred and went off it a bit before he was born. He's Stanley. We also had Albert, Hector, Henry and Hugo on our list.

Nicholas

I like elfran’s suggestion of Barnaby. Casper and Barnaby sound like great fun!

Merlin (cool as fuck!!) Austin, Talan, Asterix

@GoingBackTo505 Funny enough I mentioned Stanley as a Wilfred alternative about an hour a go! Perhaps this is a sign! We had briefly talked about the name a while back and I do like it and so does my OH. He said would a baby called Stan sound strange....I personally think its sweet.....you've obviously no regrets Switching Wilfred to Stanley?! I like your list x

I know a couple of Merlins in my age group. ..not for me I don't think
Yep I think Barnaby is good....OH really doesn't like it....

@LondonTowers it's a sign! Our Stanley gets called Stan and Stanley and we like both as he does sometimes remind us of a little old man! No regrets about switching from Wilfred. I do still have a little smile to myself whenever I hear of a little Wilf, but it just wasn't for us. There was no real reason either, we just both felt it wasn't "the one" in the end.

Edgar
Sidney
Eric
Dennis

Wilby

Ernest / Ernie
Albert / Albie

love albie not Albert so much.

Boys names are haaaard

Albin?

Espen
Sondre
Aksel

Malcolm
Leonard
Bernard
Trevor
Mervyn
Walter
Reginald
Basil
Herbert

Stanley is awesome I love it. Also love Sidney with nn Sid

Bertram
Sidney
Osbert
Elias
Berenger
Kinsey
Wesley