Brother for Edmund

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DH and I like classic names but we're struggling to find one we both like.

The below are what we have on our list at the moment:

Alfred
Arthur
Hugh
Emrys

What do you think of these 4, and what could we add to our list?

Other names we like but can't use, for various reasons:

James
Alexander
Thomas
George

Cedric
Roland
Magnus
Peter
Piers
Lucian
Declan
Jeremy
Toby or Tobias
Jasper
Julian

I love Arthur op! I think it goes well with Edmund.

Congratulations OP! Edmund is a lovely, classic and timeless name. Does Edmund go by any nicknames or shortenings and would you would like DS2 to have a shortening or nickname too if that’s the case?

My first thought was Edmund and Albert
other suggestions
Edmund and Hugo
Edmund and Cassian
Edmund and Montgomery
Edmund and Phillip
Edmund and Felix
Edmund and Oliver
Edmund and Marcus
Edmund and Damien
Edmund and Daniel
Edmund and Ralph
Edmund and Nathaniel
Edmund and Quentin
Edmund and Julian
Edmund and Leonard
Edmund and Lennox
Edmund and Theodore
Edmund and Tarquin
Edmund and Otis
Edmund and Olivander
Edmund and Frederick
Edmund and Bartholomew
Edmund and Hendrix
Edmund and Sebastian
Edmund and Benjamin
Edmund and Elijah
Edmund and Gregory
Edmund and Vincent
Edmund and Matthias
Edmund and Rupert
Edmund and Wilfred

Feel free to let me know which you like and I may be able to find some more x

I like Arthur too.

Other possibilities are perhaps

Richard
Robert
John

i have an Edward and loved Hugh for baby no 2, I also felt Magnus worked well

Alfred- love this name. I like the nn Freddie, Fred, Al, Alf... not met an Alfred yet myself. (Alfred is on my boys list)

Arthur- I do like but I know a few little boys so would say its too popular for me (may not bother you?)

Hugh - i like and think it goes well eith Edmund!

Emrys- sorry don't like

My first thought when I saw Edmud was Alfred but also I like Hugh!

Peter
Aslan
Caspian
Baldrick

I like Alfred. Or Arthur.

Edmund and

charles
leopold
Hugo
rupert
rufus
ralph
vincent
albert
quentin
francis
lawrence
douglas

Edmund and Alfric

Hugh from your list

Or
Sebastian
Tristan
Michael
Nicholas

I love Arthur too.

In Mansfield Park the young gentlemen were called Edmund and Thomas, but in Narnia it was Edmund and Peter.
I work in a school and we have no Peters and only a few Tommys so either for rarity.

Lots of lovely ideas.
Alistair was on my short list (Along with Edmund, and several already mentioned).

Depends if you want to stick with the Old English saints theme:
Edgar
Swithin
Oswald
Cuthbert
Or the British saints in general theme:
Julian
Theodore
Lawrence
Or not....

Joseph

Bede
Chad

I came here just to find Baldrick. Or Percy. Actually, Bernard.

How about Cassian? Unusual without being bizarre. Helped by the only one I've ever known being both cool and nice!

My adored grandfather was an 1890s Alfred and it is a great name, but like some of the others once the current cycle finishes it will revert to being Old Man, like (again sadly) Wilfred.

BTW, Edmund is lovely.

Gregory
Maximilian
Hector
Oliver
William
Hugo
Lysander
Lucian
Frederick
Julian
Benedict
Gabriel
Peter
Quentin
Nathaniel
Ivan
Euan
Evan
Lawrence
Philip
Timothy
Robert
Christopher
Andrew
Jasper
Theodore
Samuel
Michael
Percy
Henry
Victor
Vincent
Jonathan
David
Charles
Dominic
Eric
Elliott
Tobias
Montague
Fitzwilliam
Marcus
Miles
Daniel

What about

Patrick
Angus
Julian?

Hugh is stunning and works very well with Edmund imo, both are traditional names that are currently underused.

I like Alfred very much too as another slightly retro beauty and it would be my close second choice, but it is much more popular - and trendy Arthur even more so. Because they are so popular I’d possibly expect them to be in a sibset with something like Edward instead of Edmund which is so much rarer. You might like Wilfred as another to consider too? (although even that’s rising in popularity)

Emrys is gorgeous - but again I feel it’s not the best match to Edmund if that matters. The Emrys I know have brothers Ioan, Owain etc - it feels very Welsh to me.

Hereward

Arthur was one of my first thoughts!

Henry
Theodore
Monty
Hugo
Christopher
Jonathan
Thadeus
Ivo
Charles
Harold
Peter
Benedict
Toby
Timothy

Alistair
Miles
Atticus
Lawrence
Francis/Frank

Hew

Wilf

Arthur