Rupert

[blondebanana]

Can I get some honest opinions on Rupert please? It has always been one of my favourite names - I think of it as strong and classic. However, I recently read a few comments about how ridiculous people think it is! It's currently at the top of my list for baby due next year (we don't know the gender yet).

Thanks!

I think it's a lovely name! Very classic and it sounds nice. It does remind me of the bear but that's not a bad thing.

It makes me think of twats in red trousers.
And the bear.
It's a silly name.

@blondebanana if you love it that's what matters!
It's a nice name x

It is a name I would associate with simeine very privileged and also the bear too. As a teacher I come across names that invite discussion or clarification re spelling. My advice is always to think carefully when you give a child a name.

Thank you everyone! 😊

I like ‘Roo’ as a nickname. But I think Rupert is a bear. Rueben or even Rufus is better.

However, my kids have never heard of Rupert the bear, and they know a Rupert and to them his name is as normal as Freddie/Arthur/Oliver etc.

It does sound a bit posh but I still really like it. DD1 has one in her class. Young people wouldn't know the bear I wouldn't think.

Very posh or the bear

I have one. He is often just Ru.

Really like it.

Unless there is a remake of the cartoon anytime soon, only adults will think of the bear.

But I think the name is posh and wet.

Twats in red trousers, the bear, posh and wet - these sum up my response to it too, sorry OP 🙈🙈

It's a nice name, but I think it’s one that comes with some associations/subtext!

I have a Rupert, hence the username. It suits him so much. My DM calls him Roo Bear which I think is a cute nickname, but DH and I call him Roopi Poopi

I also love Reuben but DH didn't.

I like Rupert and I think Roo is a cute nickname. Rupert has risen significantly in popularity in the last ten years and is now in the top hundred. Based on the popularity alone I wouldn’t worry about it seeming ridiculous as the popularity will dilute cultural associations with names.

My next door neighbour is called Rupert, he's a lovely funny man and I've never seen him in red trousers! He does have an unusual profession which suits his name, I think his partner calls him Roop. I love the name, I don't think kids know Rupert the bear these days

I have a Rupert so obviously love the name. There is the bear, but I don’t think that’s a negative connotation. We even call him bear - or Ru. When I was researching the name, I’d see people suggesting Reuben or Rufus instead but I disagree that they’re better names! Each to their own. Also don’t think it’s such a “posh” name nowadays - we certainly aren’t!

I would assume you were wealthy.

Same, sorry but it’s so twee

One of my neighbours had a cat called Rupert. Every time he failed to return home, I could hear her outside calling Wooooperrrrrrt. Wouldn't be my choice of name - I'm also old enough to have received Rupert the Bear annuals for Christmas and to associate it with the kind of people who buy coloured moleskin or corduroy trousers. Sorry.

Not a name I would chose, tbh. We were shopping in Aldi once and a mum in there kept calling out Rupert to her toddler, people were smirking, which I thought was extremely rude.

I know a little Rupert and also one in his thirties. I'm not mad on it tbh. The older one gets Roo and Rupes, never Rupert. He does manage to pull it off tbf and is very cool and untwee

Everyone will have different taste when it comes to names. As others have said if you love it that's all that matters

It's kind of an upper class twit's name. It's not a cool name. He'd probably get teased by the lads when he's a teenager.

I think of Rupert Campbell-Black.

I like it.

If it’s your fav name use it!!! It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
I remember telling my lovely friend my favourite girls name and she was horrified, hated it , thought it sounded cheap. The thing is it hasn’t changed my mind one bit and if I had a daughter I would name her my fav girls name