Boy's name needed to go with comedy surname

[notbloodybranston]

Hello

Am now 31 weeks pregnant with our second child - a little boy. We chose our first child's name (Grace) really quickly and easily but for some reason can't agree on a name and everyone has an opinion/joke suggestion.

We're not helped by the fact that our surname is "Pickles" (why did I change my name!?). So we do get a lot of suggestions along the lines of Branston, Judge, Wilfred...

My favourite names - Tom and Harry - are no goes, as they are already in use by my husband's family.

Please can anyone come up with any suggestions? Just to point you in the right diection, Husband is fairly northern down to earth and thinks that "Reuben" is a made up name......men....

[Beauregard]

Charlie Pickles?

William Pickles?

George Pickles?

[singyswife]

The surname of the family in rugrats is Pickles and their names are dill (?) and Tommy. Think Tommy is nice.

[anorak]

You can't have anything in the least rhyming or alliterative or it will sound jingly.

Something plain and simple would be best?

John
Michael
Stephen
David
Ian
George

[comfytoast]

ina (sorry)

[TREBUCHET]

Maybe William? Then you can pick and choose, Billy, Will, etc and save william for best!

[Fimbo]

I think you need names like:-

Michael
Jonathan
William
Harry
James

[PrettyCandles]

Peter

[Disenchanted]

Adam?

Matthew?

James?

[Beauregard]

Sebastian Pickles?

Must admit i like the suggestion of Freddie.

[Tutter]

i have a friend called pickles

not so unusual is it?

agree, something plain and traditional - a la william, thomas, james etc

[Disenchanted]

Nooo not Peter Pickles!!

[TREBUCHET]

Count yourself lucky you are not married to a historian, my husband campaigned strongly for Cogidubnus and Wulric for our ds. I won, and called him Bertie! Ha ha!

[Disenchanted]

Robert?

[VanillaPumpkin]

Michael is a lovely name.

[Carmenere]

Alex?

[schneebly]

looove the name pickles! I think Matthew Pickles sounds lovely.

[tictacto]

Jeloquondoh?

What about Henry,(like Harry) David or Rufus

[snowleopard]

I would try to distract from the pickles with something long like Alexander, Jonathan or Christopher. Or something a bit unusual like Marmaduke. Or Rigoberto.

Old fashioned names do go well though, what about Arthur or Edward? Joshua Pickles is nice too.

[notbloodybranston]

Reading these with my friends at work - roaring with laughter..

Like Adam but husband was worried about signature being "A Pickles"....I don't see the problem.

Like William but we have a "Grace" and kept thinking of "Will and Grace" which I loved as a programme but felt that we already have the piss taken out of us enough as it is.

Like Joshua - never thought of that one - will present that to him tonight. James is on our list but isn't calling out to me like "Grace" did for our daughter

Peter/Freddie/Marmaduke/Ina........sods....

I like Snowleopard's suggestion of trying to "distract from the pickles" as it represents my attitude to daily married life!

[LadyOfWaffle]

Not WIlliam! He'll be Willy Pickles. Not Peter either! James? Thomas rather than Tom? Jack?

[SoupDragon]

I like Matthew