Walter inspired thread. So, can I make you like my favourite boys' names? Victor, Bruce, Donald, Richard/Richie

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They don't get as much love as I feel they deserve!!!

Walter wouldn't be one of MY faves but from that era, I like plenty of names.

Victor is not so different from Oscar or Jasper.
Bruce is like a cool combo of Ben and Gus
Donald is just so cool it hurts me to type it and I wish I'd called my son Donald but I didn't think of it at the time.
Richard isn't so different from Edward, and its nn Richie isn't so different from Archie.

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For me, Cecil evokes an indelible image of Daniel Day Lewis wearing a pince-nez (or was it a monocle) in A Room With A View. Not his best look ever.

There are retro names and there are retro names, if you get my drift.

I like Victor but really rather love Vincent (like scavo)

Wasn't Daniel Day Lewis's father called Cecil?

Vincent is too gangster-chic for me.

Yes, he was. How nicely symmetrical (or summat).

I love Donald, however I think you'd need to either live in Scotland or to be of Scottish descent to make it work.

If I ever have another boy he will be called Douglas I really don't give a gnat's chuffy what people think of it TBH

I love the names on your list especially Victor but I am biased.

My children have Richard, Bruce, Ernest, Walter, James, Arthur, Fraser and Thom in their names and I love all of their names

Oh!! and Donald

You must have a lot of children!?

Do you have a Victor Megglevache? What good taste you have. I wish I'd called my son Victor Richie Donald Bruce.
His father was more of a William James kind of 'namer'.

LOL!! only 3 boys with 3 names a piece

WEll, I applaud your good taste, but I bet your inlaws and colleagues were raising eyebrows for Europe! IGNORE them.

Cheers Newsmonger

DH has 3 names as well so it didn't raise any eyebrows and each name is a family name from their GP's, GGP's and so on. I love the fact that when I see my sons I am reminded of the people we love and loved. Also it's great in the the playground, nursery and playgroup when I call them, they are the only children to look up and answer 'yes mummy'

I met a girl I used to go to school with this morning and although her son wasn't with her he is called Victor. Couldn't believe it. I resisted the urge to tell her I'd been discussing the name on tinternet