Henry or Theodore/Theo

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Stuck between these 2 names for our baby boy due in April!
We like them both, but currently I’m team Henry and husband is team Theo.. which is your favourite? 🥰

I prefer Henry

my first grandbaby is called theodore... so im obviously going to vote for that.. he is theo to family and close friends

Love Theo! Hate Henry.

Henry is one of my favourite names 🥰

Henry, it’s popular but classic, and he has Harry and Hal as nns if he likes (or Hank!)

Theo/dore is nice too - but it’s the name of the minute, there are SO many of them. Plus a lot of v similar sounding Leos.

How interesting! Thanks for the link. Honestly as a non native Brit it’s so hard to know the nuances of these things. It seems to me like a super popular diffusely used name these days- the registrar told me off for using it because it’s too common! I think the coining of the term was fairly early like 1930s and there was a surge of talking about it in the 2010s. Probably for my ds’s 2024 birth generation it’s going to be an overused popular name. I wonder what OP went with!

I think the term is out of date now and doesn’t apply to those currently being given the name.

why would the registrar tell you off for using a popular name , that’s so out of order.

@ThreeLuckyStars , it was aimed at the poster who said 'Hoo Ha', but thanks.
I think she might have meant 'Hurrah' but never seen it written down.

Theo is incredibly overused.

Henry.

Theo is common

Henry!
Theodore is so hellishly common it's starting to become a joke.

Henry is my favourite, I like Theodore but it's been very popular the last 5 years, overkill.

Henry

Henry, classic and strong name in comparison to theo which is a little more soft I think. I don't think I'd call my baby theo as it's cute for a baby but no so cute for an adult. We're having the same problem now! It's jimmy or teddy for us but I love teddy for a child not so much for an adult🤣