Names like Wilbur

[BunnyWilliams]

I love vintage and older baby names, especially those that are softer sounding. We already have already used Rupert and Theodore.

We've recently found out we're expecting a boy. I had a huge girl name list but can't find many boys names that Iove. DH and I both love Wilbur but I'm aware of the pig connotations and the general dislike of the name.

Can you suggest any other similar names? I don't like Wilfred because it's too popular here. We've also talked about Barnaby but DH isn't as keen. Middle name will be Charles (family name).

Wilfred
Gus
Tobias
Ernest
Walter
Sidney
Leonard
Lawrence
Cedric
Oswin
Edgar
Edmund
Ivor
Hugo
Silas
Felix
Quentin

Ernest. Wilbur is great!

Horace
Cyril
Clive
Randolph
Aloysius
Sylvester
Walter
Sheraton
Gregory
Percival
Chester
Wendell
Lionel

Thank you for all your suggestions. We have decided to go for Wilbur after all 😊

Gonville

@BunnyWilliams Good choice. We call ours Wil for short but generally call him Wilbur. Hes 9 and very happy with his name.

I have a Rupert and a friend has just called her new baby Wilbur. If you love Wilbur, go for it!

Other suggestions -

Chester
Cyrus
Emrys
Franklin
Hector
Julian
Laurence
Leonard
Lucian
Nathaniel
Otto
Percy
Quinn
Sidney
Silas
Stanley
Vincent
Walter
Wesley

Willow

Rupert, Theodore and Wilbur Charles sound great.

Others..
Victor
Edgar
Geoffrey
Sylvester
David
Stirling
Archibald
Wiloughby
Leopold
Zelman

Ernest.

Jasper, Seymour, Edward, Toby, Tristan.

Y'all are going to have kids who hate their names. Why name a kid something they're going to have to pick a nickname to hide? There's a person up there who said these are guinea pig names.

But anyway, choose Eustace.

Please don’t name your child after a pig.

I loved Wilbur so much. I really wanted to use it but I couldn't get it by my husband haha, glad you've decided to use it! I think we've got similar taste based on your names. Just in case, also like Edmund, Edgar, Benedict, Arthur.

We wouldn't be naming him after a pig. It just happens to be a chosen name of literary character as well. In fact, a rather lovely literary character if you ask me. Would you say don't use Stuart because it's the name of a mouse? Or don't use Tom because it's the name of a cat?
I'm not sure why everyone gets so hung up on Charlotte's Web. Is it just because he's a pig?

I think pig straight away - difference with Tom and Stuart is that they are more common names so don’t have such a strong association to the animal. I also think Felix equals cat for example. I’d use something like William instead.

My friend has a Wilbur. Charlotte's Web drifted into mind the first time but now the name is associated with the actual child. As would happen with most names!

Felix is a good example. I considered it ten years ago but the cat came to mind quite a lot (not the reason we didn't use it). Since then there are about 10 Felixes I've come across so the cat association is long gone.

Unless CW is your favourite book in the world the association is likely to be fleeting.

I don’t like the sound or look of Wilbur.

Wilbur is great. How about Cedric

Wilbur is lovely and I wouldn’t think about the pig at all!

I love the name Wilbur 😍 it was on my list too.

Also had:
Wilfred
Ralph
Henry
Vincent
Atticus
Giles
Rufus
Arthur
Jonah
Benedict

Jasper

Edwin,
Anselm,
Clement

Makes me think of Wilbur in Mr Ed. 😂

Hello, i also have a Wilbur and so many people compliment the name. Nobody links it really to charlottes web - we do however live near Colchester Zoo, and my son loves the fact that a pig is names after him!!