Theobur - a made up name

[daisy2345]

Me and my other half really like Theo but we also really like the name Wilbur, but we are not as keen on Will as a nickname. So we came up with Theobur, Theo will be their nickname but just like Theobur as a full name, a bit more to it. Can't see it is a real name though, is it ok to make up a name??

Then just call him Theo Wilbur? At least Theodore has a nice meaning unlike Wilbur "gift of God" vs "wild boar" so effectively you be naming your child God boar

It sounds like someone with a blocked nose trying to say "fever".

Me too. It just sounds unusual but not outlandish. He'll spend his whole life spelling it out but so do I and I have a pretty straight forward name that anyone with half a brain should be able to spell. Go for it!

I'm picturing an untrained cockerpoo on a flexilead, with one of those jaunty neckerchief things some groomers put on them as a USP.

Go big or go home....

Theobur Dorewil gets my vote...

A perfect mash up of names that will certainly provide entertainment for everyone you and your child encounters for a lifetime!!!

And it's free!!!!

Revel in your ingenuity and ignore the sneers of others who deign to give their children actual "names".

Ready yourself for the thrill of righteousness indignation you can assert when other people everyone misspells/pronounces his name incorrectly and see it as a legacy you can pass on to your child 🎉.

Prepare ahead for the "talk" about how a special child needed a special name and practice the face when they tell you they wish they were called Tom or any other simple name they will never have to tell anyone how to spell or explain the origins of.

What's not to like about this plan? 👍

I totally agree with this.

My DD knew a boy with just such a name when in sixth form. It was a huge embarrassment to him. Whenever he had to introduce himself to anyone new he always qualified it by saying that his parents hated him when he was born. It made me feel sad for him.

OP, please reconsider. Don't saddle your child with a ridiculous name like this. It even looks silly.

All names are made up. If you like it, use it.

Just call him Theodore Wilbur
you can nn theobur

or what about theobald instead of Theodore

Bald is worse than Bur imo.

Theobur Dorewil gets my vote...

I love the anagram there. 🤣🤣

What about Baldbur, or Burbald?

Good solid names! 😉

Bows and blushes 😂

So you absolutely can make up a name - I guess all names were originally made up at some point!

However, Theobur sounds clunky and I agree he will spend his entire life having the following conversation:

“Theodore?

No, Theobur

Theo - what?

Bur. Theo-bur. t-h-e-o-b-u-r

That’s unusual…”

Also isn’t Theoden a character from the Lord of the Rings (the King of Rohan)? Never heard it as a name otherwise.

The thing with names is they carry meaning. A made up name doesn't.

No, many names have no meaning whatsoever and EVERY single name was once made up!

I prefer it if it is said as, Tee Oh Buh, rather than Theo Bur, sorry not much help.
And I cannot guess the anagram but am trying😂

It's a ridiculous name.

Hideous name.

People always say this but it’s like saying ‘all words are made up.’ It doesn’t mean I can start saying ‘pass the jabalawa. The JABALAWA! Yes it’s a made up word but all words are made up.’

Some names have a long history of use and so will be recognised by many people. Some are made up. If you want to use a made up one use it for yourself and let your kid have a real name.

Theo is also short for Theobald, Theophilus or Theodoric.

If this were a predominantly North American site, I think the responses would be much more encouraging. Combining bits of names to make new ones is fairly ordinary.

a North American friend couldn’t agree with her partner between Laurel and Clarissa for their daughter. So they split the difference with Lorissa. It’s not been a controversial choice.

And it’s a combination of Theo and Wilbur serves as an easy explanation of how the name came about, should anyone ask.

Theophilius might be a ‘real name’. But it’s hardly less remarkable in a white British child with no Greek connections than Theobur. And the story that his parents wanted Theobur but felt they had to use a ‘real name’ is a worse one for explanations.

Or theophilus even.

Its so not recognisable as a real name to most white British people that it doesn’t matter if it’s theophilus, theosopholes, theologic or Theobur. 🤣

theobur is probably the easiest of those to learn to spell.

If you want him to be teased at school and later at work then go right ahead

This isn't twilight, this is a real child that will have to live with this decision for the rest of his life.

No, it's silly. Aside from its made-upness, it's just not nice.

Just call him Theo if you don't like Theodore. Or Theon, for a Game of Thrones vibe.

Rather Nirvana