Brother for Wilfred

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Need help with names!
We're looking for a name for DS2 - little brother to Wilfred (goes by Wilf).
Options on the table:

• Doug/ie (douglas on birth certificate)
• Bruno
• Remy
• Max (Maximilian)
• Frankie (Franklin)

Any thoughts?

Arthur?

Sorry just realised you want advice on the names already on your list

Stanley
Benedict
Linus
Jago

Franklin

I like Frank/Frankie but short for Francis. Franklin sounds surnamey or like two names, Frank Lynn.
Max is nice too. I like Maxwell as longer version.
Bruno - we don't talk about.... everyone will sing the song
Douglas is OK, will probably get 'Hey Duggie' comments
Personally am not keen on Remy

My first thought was Albert.
Of the names on your list I like Frankie/Franklin the best, it’s great. I don’t think it being surnamey is a problem, loads of boys names are surnames.
Really like Douglas also.
Not a massive fan of Remy.
Have no feelings about Max
Keep swaying wildly between loving Bruno and not liking it at all, for some reason!

Remy or Max

Max, Frankie or Dougie go best

Owen

I like Douglas and Bruno from your list.

Or how about Quentin or Stanley?

I like Max. Wilf and Max sound best together and I like Max way more in its own right than others on your list.

I love Douglas. So under used.

All nice names that go nicely with Wilf. Other suggestions: Hugo, Rafferty (Raffy), George, Dominic, Henry, Sebastian…

Hamish

But of your list Dougie

You can't have Remy - aren't Boris Johnson's children Wilf and Romy or something similar?

Philip (Pip)
Or, Max.

We don't talk about Bruno, no no no.

I love Max. I think it is a name on its own too so wouldn't necessarily do Maximilian unless you were ever going to use that name

Douglas/Dougie is a lovely name.

Albert?

None of your names are what would spring to mind as a sibling to Wilfred - agree with PP that Max and Wilf sound natural together but I’m not sure I could go with Maximilian personally.

My first thoughts were
Edmund
Ernest
Arthur
Benedict

If Frankie was a string contender I’d go Francis rather than Franklin.

I think it’s because Wilfred is so classically old-fashioned, Franklin/Maximilian/Remy/Bruno/Doug don’t sound of the same ‘type’.

Douglas goes beautifully
I also like Frank but as a full name Francis goes much better with Wilfred than Franklin
Max is fine
Bruno and Remy don’t go and are slightly middle aged and sweaty

Otherwise - Ernest nn Ernie, Laurence nn Laurie, Rufus, Rafe, Miles, Giles, Walter, Silas, Seth, Ivor, Philip nn Pip, Arnold nn Arnie, Arthur nn Art/Artie, Alfred nn Alf, Joss, Lachlan, Hector, Nathaniel nn Nat/e, Edwin/Edgar/Edmund nn Ed, Barnaby/Barnabas nn Barney, Hugh

.. nn Ned not Ed

Victor is another