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Opinions on baby boy’s name!

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Girlsmumma2618 · 07/02/2023 22:45

We are really stuck on whether to go for Alfie or Myles….. and now we’ve got Albie in the mix too!

what are people’s opinions please?!!😀

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everythingsapickle · 07/02/2023 22:54

I like Myles! Lovely for a baby and an adult. Everyone can say it but you don’t meet loads of them.

StupidlyImperfect · 07/02/2023 22:55

Out of the threes I prefer Myles.

3girlsmama · 07/02/2023 22:56

Myles

caringcarer · 07/02/2023 23:07

All good names.

MysteriesOfTheOrganism · 07/02/2023 23:09

Myles (first choice) or Alfie. I don't like Albie.

RideMeStallion · 07/02/2023 23:11

I really like Myles as seems classy and would suit all ages. Alfie is fine too but Albie always sounds like a baby’s nickname to me (sorry).

whatsinaname2 · 07/02/2023 23:13

Not Alfie or Albie, God no. Myles is lovely though.

Wrongsideofpennines · 07/02/2023 23:14

I think Myles works for all ages. Alfie just about as it can be shortened to Alf as an adult. Or if you call him Alfred he has more options. Albie to me sounds very much like a 'baby' name and I couldn't imagine an adult Albie being introduced at work.

Emmamoo89 · 07/02/2023 23:14

Alfie

quietnightmare · 07/02/2023 23:18

Alfie

kingseyot · 07/02/2023 23:18

Myles

WhoNeedsSleepNotISaidMyBody · 07/02/2023 23:20

Alfie
Albie

Myles. nope.

NightsThatStartWithWhiskey · 07/02/2023 23:26

I think Miles with an i not a y is quite nice. I don’t like Alfie and Albie at all.

Snugglemonkey · 07/02/2023 23:26

Myles

Velvetbee · 07/02/2023 23:32

Myles.

UsingChangeofName · 07/02/2023 23:52

Alfie

I would spell Miles with an 'i' if I were using it.

I don't like 'Albie' ...... it sounds like a pet name a toddler is called, short for Albert.

peasandquiets · 07/02/2023 23:53

I like Myles best! It's the most original of the three.

4thonthe4th · 07/02/2023 23:55

Myles. Not my cup of tea but a million times better than Albie & Alfie which are both awful names. Alfie was done to death from 2009ish-2013ish and seems dated already. I cannot imagine an adult man, or even a teenage boy Albie. Just has a very babyish vibe.

mintich · 07/02/2023 23:56

I prefer Myles by far

WishIdDoneItYearsAgo · 08/02/2023 00:02

I’m not really keen on any of them but at a push, Myles, though I’d probably spell it with an i.
I do like Archie though which is maybe in the same vein.

MyCreation · 08/02/2023 00:04

Myles.
Not keen on the others. I prefer Miles to Myles though,

BreviloquentBastard · 08/02/2023 00:04

Myles is alright.

Every other child where I'm from is called Alfie and I'm so sick of hearing it shrieked across Aldi I think it'll be forever cursed for me.

Albie is just... No.

WeAreAllSpecksOnARock · 08/02/2023 02:10

Alfie is the best of the 3 for me.

Albie always sounds like just a toddlers nickname to me.

Myles I hate. It makes me think of a smarmy man and I don’t know why because I don’t know anyone with that name.

Pinkdafodils · 08/02/2023 09:59

I'd pick Myles but only because Alfie and Albie are so awful/dated/childish

Twoinapod · 08/02/2023 10:02

Myles is miles better (ba dum tssh) although I do prefer Miles spelling

Alfie is ok, quite popular

Albie is so awful, unless you’re very upper class it doesn’t suit a grown man.