Rupert

[Nancy155]

What do people think? I absolutely love it and it’s the only boys name I like really but my mum hates it and is trying to put me off!

I love Rupert!

No name is ever going to be loved by absolutely everyone, so go with what you love.

love Rupert. It’s definitely not in the same category as Tarquin and Peregrine

It most definitely is. It's equally wet and unattractive and conjures up exactly the same sort of man.

I knew a Tarquin who was lovely (not wet or soft or any of those other things) so putting it in the same bracket at that doesn’t put me off at all!
I think I’ve accepted it a marmite choice and I’m ok with that. There’s plenty of names I don’t like; Robert being one them 😂 Would be boring if we all liked the same names.

It’s still my number 1 choice, thank you for all the feedback, positive and negative!

My best friend is Rupert and he's the most wonderful person on the planet

I had a cat called Rupert……perfect for him…..not keen on it for a child though, sorry !

Rupert is the Germanic form of Robert, though the German name is actually Ruprecht.
Bit like James & Jacob. When I was 9 I fell in love with Prince Rupert who fought on the Royalist side in the Civil War. I’m not so partisan now having found ancestors who fought on both sides and some civilians who suffered.
I still think Rupert is a great name though and would have used it if I’d had a DS.

Actually Knecht Ruprecht is a mean knight in Germany who comes to naughty children instead of St Nikolaus!

So not a good association in Germany

Absolutely love it...but was vetoed by DH.

Sorry OP but like previous posters I really don't like this name. Very posh, twee, wet...yep, it has those associations for me too. I do like a lot of R boys names - Robert, Robin, Reuben, Ruairidh, Rory, Rowan. BUT this is your child and you have to choose a name you love.

it's a good name.
and i rarely say that on MN.
rupert the bear.
prince rupert of bohemia.
all good associations.
it is a variant of robert.
which i also like.
what does your husband think;
that's far more important than your mother's prejudice.
you are the parents, not her; as long as it's not outlandish, which it's not, it's your choice.
good luck.

Love it. I also like red trousers and Labradors!

Rupert would've been our DCs name had she been a boy! If you like it, OP, go for it. Other people's opinions don't really matter ☺️

Rupert, Rupert the Bear, everyone knows his naaaaame.

No, no and no.

I’m ok with Rupert but adore Rufus

I think it's cute x

Not keen. It's too posh and wet. You'd be mocked for a name like that where I live.

Dreadful. Like a Little Lord Fauntleroy in old-fashioned bloomers.

I don't like the 'pert' sound in Rupert.

It’s not a name I’d use personally, however it’s not dreadful. There are names I like significantly less that get used all the time.

I think you’re just going to have to ignore your mum. When I told mine what my daughters name was going to be, she described it as “blah”. I named my daughter it anyway and from the day she was born, my mum has denied ever saying such a thing “I always thought it was a simple and elegant name”. It’s been 7 and a half years of solid denial now 🤣

Love the name Rupert .

Love Rupert!

'Rupert' Murdoch's first name is actually Keith...
Rupert is his middle name. I reckon he changed it to seem posher than he is.

When I had one of my kids I was on the post natal ward when I saw someone I'd gone to antenatal classes with and admired her baby and asked his name. She said it was Rupert and everyone hates it. I said I always associate it with Prince Rupert of the Rhine who I've always thought of as quite a romantic figure in the civil war, a dashing cavalier. I still think that. I don't know why anyone would tell a new mum that her babies name was horrible.

I know a 4 year old Rupert and he is a cute little bean.
I wouldn’t have thought R a nice name before meeting him, but it suits him well.

Robert is as boring as hell. I think that Rupert is much nicer