Cecil, clement, hector...?!

[Ttforty]

Thoughts (unvarnished) much appreciated please on

Cecil
Clement
Robert
Hector
Edmund
!

Appalling except for Robert.

Well Robert is a good option

My husband really likes Clement, Clem for short.

Cecil has an ugly sound.
Clement similar.
Robert - fine.
Hector - reminds me of posh idiots I knew at university.
Edmund - fine although it will always be associated with the boy who betrayed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe for me.

@NeedSomeComfy you summed up my feelings exactly!

No just no

Cecil and Clement are awful! The others are nice

Robert is fine. I also like Clement, but I think we may be on our own with that!

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango is all I can hear

Robert is the only good choice. A selection of not very nice names I don’t think and wouldn’t want to be lumbered with them myself

i know a Clem, he isn’t very nice!

I like Clement. Clem for short.

Not keen on the others. I don’t like hector as I associate it with the word hectoring…

You can’t call a child these names 🙈 Robert is at least unremarkable

Edmund, nn Eddie is ok. Others just no.

How about Vincent or Ralph or Reggie ?

Love hector!! Was on our list

Edmund is the best of that list.

Nice list! All unusual (bar Robert) but genuine names, great work!

Sorry OP. Posh idiots is good description of the type of person who springs to mind for all these names. Or a spaniel. Maybe with the exception of Robert.

Edmund is okay.

Vincent and Reggie are terrible. Worse than the OPs own list.

I couldn’t do that to my son.

Robert is ok.
The others, no.

Richard
Ross
Jonathon
William
Andrew
Callum
Alexander
George
Hugo
Adam
Aiden
Thomas
Milton

Edmund and Robert are okay.

Unless you are naming agricultural vehicles, they're all awful except Robert (nn Robbie to be less old fashioned).

Are you French ?

Robert is the only one that feels quite neutral. Maybe Edmund, though I think Edward is nicer. All the others feel quite strongly associated with a particular demographic in the UK and I’d avoid on that basis. I prefer names that could more easily belong to anyone eg. James - could be the king, could be in prison, you wouldn’t be able to guess from the name! Obviously this is totally subjective.

And Blackadder ...