Wilbur

[Monkeynuts101]

will it age well?

I can’t see why not. And he’s always got the option of Will which I know dozens of adults called.

My friend has a dog called Wilbur. Which is nothing in itself but then there's also Wilbur the Elephant, and Wilbur the pig from Charlotte's Web.

It just gives me animal vibes!

If I met a human Wilbur it might erase all that though.

Awful, and the Will/Willy nicknames he’ll likely get from it are even worse

It's lovely.

Wilbur the pig

It does make me think of the pig from Charlotte’s web. It’s a cute name for a pet but I can’t imagine using it for a child.

I don’t think it will ‘date’ I do think it is an unfortunate name.

i know one, his parents are odd.

I think it's just cruel to call a child Wilbur.

I've got a Wilbur and he absolutely suits it. Children's names are incredibly personal and not all the people will ever like all the names. In his class he's always called Wilbur. Never Will or Willy.

Some Pig

I just immediately think of Wilbur the pig from charlottes web. It's no from me

Awful.

Exactly the same nicknames as the many many boys called William have??

I like it OP, and it will age fine - the only thing is he end up as Will, which is perfectly nice but there are loads of them

I like it!

I met a pre-school Bernard and an Edwin recently. So compared to that I think Wilbur is rather lovely. And the nickname Will is fine too.

We had a guinea pig called Wilbur. I like it.

I don't like it but not really sure why

I like it and have met a little Wilbur. I immediately thought of Wilbur and Orville Wright, and it was a long time before I remembered Charlotte’s Web.

I don’t hate it but prefer Wilfred

Please don't

Wilbur I like - I love all names beginning with the Wil sound: Wilbur, Wilfred, William, Willem (my favourite) Willoughby etc, all of which have lots of nice nns which ward against dating. I actually think Bill/y is a sweet diminutive for Wilbur.

Pig.

Love it. What a neat little name ...