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Wilfred or Conrad?

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LOOKATTHATSHEEP · 04/10/2020 00:04

Wilfred or Conrad?

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Enko · 06/10/2020 08:09

Conrad and ds is Conrad so I really like it Grin

He is 18 now. It is a real marmite name (as this thread shows) however we have met 1 other a dad at his primary school who on meeting him commented that af age46 this was the first time he had met a Conrad

People know the name and they often comment its a strong solid name and how much ds suits his name.

However when we announced his name we had quite a few "oh" and my mother (never one to be subtle) announced thats a HORRIBLE name. FFW 11 years she came to stay and told me. "I always liked the name Conrad its such a good strong name" she had connected it to her grandson who she loved so got used to it.

Friends have a Willfred he is known as Wilf he is a lovely lad but Its not one of my preferred names

Enko · 06/10/2020 08:13

forgot to say Conrad is known as Conrad or an abriviation of his surname noone has ever shortened his name bar his dad and I who when he was younger used Radskiroo that got shortened to Roo and he is still at times called Roo but only by his sisters or parents

Ellmau · 06/10/2020 18:43

Conrad is great!

ifiwasascent · 07/10/2020 17:48

I love Wilfred with the nn Wilf!

CormoranStrike · 07/10/2020 19:25

Conrad is nice

SwedishEdith · 07/10/2020 22:30

Conrad sounds really cool but potentially bratty. Wilfred is a dreadfully weak sounding name. It's the Wilf bit - all wilty. What about Wolfgang? Or Amadeus? I would have loved to have ever had a chance to use Amadeus as a middle name.

emilybrontescorsett · 07/10/2020 22:49

Conrad. I don't like Wilfred, the nd me of an old grandad eating Worther's Originals.

SourcePlease · 10/10/2020 18:25

Why would you do that to a child?

Lol. What a dick!

Neither name is particularly out there or anything!

I much prefer Conrad. Really cool name.

MajesticWhine · 10/10/2020 18:30

Wilfred I think. Can be Wilf, Will or Fred.
Both ok though.

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