Wilfred and Zelda

[Meeko505]

Planning our favourite baby names for each sex. What do you think of these two and, assuming we had one of each, would they work as a sibling set? What's the overall vibe?

I LOVE Zelda and Wilfred is lovely too.

I like them both, though I prefer Alfred to Wilfred.

Great…. For cats 🥴

I thought they were names for guinea pigs at first but i actually quite like them.

This.

Vibe is should have got dogs instead.

Wilfred - nice enough but Boris Johnson put me off.

Zelda - Nintendo

Wibur?

Zoe? Zara?

I think the vibe works, perhaps not in a transitional sense where Wilfred might be paired with Mary and Zelda with Scott but in that they would both be chosen in 2024 by contemporary, artsy upper middle classes. Plus there is the added bonus of the sharing of syllables and letters (l and d) which leads to complementary sounds.

Wilfred is a lovely name but completely ruined by Boris Johnson.

Zelda is a great name for a dog.

I love both those names and think they go together very well Stylish, literary early 20th century names.

Makes me think of Wilfred Owen and Zelda Fitzgerald.

@FuglySweaty sorry, I shouldn't have assumed you didn't know! It just drives me mad when people think he's Zelda and I know I'm irrational and ridiculous 😂

Ugh

I always laugh when I hear Victoria Coren and David Mitchell have called their daughters Barbara and June - so old fashioned , not trendy but rather lovely.

I would also think of Zelda Fitzgerald not I think a happy woman - Wilfred I agree with a PP probably more fashionable owing to Boris.

Thanks for opinions everyone! Wilfred is my choice and a family name, so I'm not picking it because of Boris! It was my great grandfather's name.

Zelda is my partner's choice and while it's not at the top of my list - I prefer Aoife - I think I'm willing to work with it because of the 1920s vibe I get. He does like it because of the video games though.

Zelda is lovely. Wilfred was my great uncle’s name - he didn’t like it as a child and changed it when he grew up.

Interesting that people are thinking the Boris connection re Wilfred being more popular now. DD was going to be Wilfred or Bryony depending on sex and Boris Johnson named his child about 2 months before she arrived and I was devastated 😂 was a slight relief as a result when she was a girl. Wilf turned up 2 years later and I was assiduously tracking the ONS stats to see if the needle had moved (in either direction) as a result - it’s actually remained fairly static for the last 5 years so I wouldn’t say it’s had a significant impact, and no one mentioned Boris when we announced his name.

I discounted Leo as Tony Blair named his son Leo around the time I was pregnant. Love the name we chose, but have slight name regret that I rejected the name so quickly. It’s not increased in popularity, or undesirability.

Twenty years on, most people have forgotten that Tony Blair’s son is called Leo, and I imagine the same would be the same for Boris’s son (unless he lives his life in the limelight).

There are so many Wilfreds it's really not a name that will become associated with one person. It's not like all Andrews are associated with Prince Andrew (thank God).

Wilfred lovely
Zelda terrible
They don't go together at all

😂😂Perfect analysis!

But I quite like both names. Just wouldn't use them together.

Boris has a Wilfred - that puts me off the name

We're likely to name our boy Wilfred. It's not my favourite, but my wife loves it, and I've not got another favourite. I also quite like the flexibility of Wilf/Will/Fred/Freddie/Bill. Etc.

What I would add to all those who wouldn't use it because of Boris is that A. Nobody will care. Like at all... And B. His other sons are called Theo and Milo. Are they also off limits?

I get not calling them Boris, but I just don't think Wilfred will feature enough in daily life for people to care. Anyone who does should have the good sense to keep quiet anyway.

They do sound like a sorcery practising brother and sister.

I quite like both, Wilfred may end up Will though, which you might feel is a bit pedestrian for you

I don't like either of them OP, sorry.

Sorry, I hate both! But if you love them, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!