Positive comments on the name Wilf please!!

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My husband and I have pretty much decided our baby boy will be Wilf. However, I made the mistake of reading some threads with opinions on the name and have read a lot of negative reactions to the name which has knocked our confidence with it! Can I ask for anybody with positive associations with the name to share them. I don’t need to hear the negative thoughts again! Thank you 😊

I love Wilf / Wilfred

What is the point of this thread? If you've already decided this is what you're calling your child, it doesn't matter what people comment as it will make no difference.

Asking for positive comments means you know negativity surrounds the name more

Wilf is a lovely name and won't raise any eyebrows in 2022 (apart from a few on mumsnet). Great choice

No, don’t do it. You have to imagine a teenager with the name.

There's a MNer with a son called called Wilf. She posts a lot about him.

He's an amazing chap who's faced such adversity and come through it all.

I always think of him when I hear the name and think of it positively.

My first thought too

I think rather than our opinions - ask yourself (or DH actually!) would YOU want to go through life called Wilf?

Personally I'd choose Will. You never hear it on young kids, the 3 little Williams I know all go by the full version. Will is cool.

It's fine. I neither like it or dislike it. Would put Wilfred on the BC

I have only ever know one Wilf and he was a great bloke. I love the name.

Reminds me of the focus in school. WILF: (What I'm Looking For)

It's nice apart from the Boris connection. Do you like Wolf/Wolfe/Wolfram? No connection to our leader with this is my thinking.

I don't get all the negativity, especially when you've asked for positive comments. But I think it's a great name. Not sure why people think it won't suit a teenager/adult. All names grow with people in my opinion.

I'd choose Wilf for our second child if it went better with our surname.

Good luck OP and just go with Wilf and ignore the MN opinions. People are nicer in real life

Why are you asking for positive comments? This won't eliminate the negative ones.

Choose the name YOU like!

I like the name and would use Wilfred on the birth certificate as I love the long form even more. Makes me think of strong, handsome young men from the early part of the 20th century.

I love Wilfred. Wish I’d used it tbh but might shorten it to Freddie . But also love wilf. Tbh in the age of hunter wolf etc you could choose a lot worse!

I absolutely love Wilfred and DD would have been that (or possibly Rafe) is she'd been a boy. The Boris connection did put us off a bit, and tbh it's a bit more popular than I'd have preferred (and much more so than the girl name DD got) but it's just lovely.

I don't understand the comment that it's nice on a baby but not beyond. I can absolutely see a teenage Wilf and an adult one!

I'll probably never use it now, as DD's name ends in a D and I think it would be too matchy for siblings (and I'm team full name). But you should definitely use it!

David & Georgia Tennant have a boy named Wilfred.

Wilf and Wilma...ORT reading scheme!

David & Georgia Tennant have a boy named Wilfred.

How is that a positive comment? Or even a useful comment

I love it.

His Mum is still here & we still get the occasional update. Haven't read one in a little while though (around Christmas!!) my brain is so full of FOG, I can't currently remember her current user 'name' 🤦🏻‍♀️

but that's who I immediately think of when I hear Wilf.

@user1467701718 it's a perfectly fine name, if you want to use it, then do. Personally so close to BJ having used it, I wouldn't.

I know a gorgeous little Wilf and quite like it.

When we named DC2 we chose a name that we knew some wouldn’t like. It’s an old fashioned name that isn’t commonly used at the moment. It got mixed reactions from family, but we love it and we’re always going to use it regardless. A few days before she was born someone started a thread about the name on here and it got absolutely slated! We still loved the name, still used it, and have absolutely no regrets. Once she was here people were more polite - you can sometimes tell someone isn’t keen but it doesn’t bother us, and we’ve had some really positive reactions too. She suits it, and the family members that weren’t keen initially say they love it now and they couldn’t imagine her being anything else.

Honestly, if you’ve decided on it, use it without caring what others think. It’s not a made up name, it’s not an offensive name, once he’s here it will just be his name!

I quite like it

But you must put Wilfred on the birth cert, partly for grown-up-ness, and party so he has the option of Fred

Any name connected to BJ would send me running! Name ok but BJ would ruin it for me ..sorry!

I like the nn Will.

What about Wilbur?