Ernest as boys name

[snares]

Quite like Ernest aka Ernie ?

love it

The Importance of Being......
Fastest Milkman In The West......

Not for me but if YOU like it and it goes with your surname etc why the flippety flip not?

Not my cup of tea.
Old man in a flat cap with hairy ears.

Awful.

NO!!!
My head teacher was called Ernest Smelt. What a combination.

Love it!

I like it too.

Great name.

love it. it was on my list before dh vetoed it.

I love it but the I am biased as it is one of DC3's names

Absolutely dreadful! It is a family name in my family, but there is no way I would inflict it-even as a second name. Dire!

oh Mrs Gok - my dc is also an Ernest/Ernie.

We did get some negative reactions at first but the name really suits him and everyone loves it now.

We did get one GP confused when they phoned to speak to Ernest expecting to speak to an older man and I said hello I'm his mum. He was only a few months old at the time.

that is dc 3.

It is OK if they can carry it off, but I would have thought it very difficult if they are a shy, spotty, teenager who wants to impress a girl and they have to introduce themselves as Ernest or Ernie-they are onto a loser from the start. OK if they are a handsome, self confident hunk! Unfortunately you can't tell, at the baby stage, how they will turn out.

That is why my DC have 3 names each, they can choose which one they want to use as they get older

ds1s middle name. love it! (he could carry it off as a 1st name as well though...)

I feel sorry for the child before they've even set foot in school if they are called this. Can you imagine the ridicule they would have to endure? Not to my taste, sorry.

It must be coming back into fashion. I think a few years ago I would have laughed at the suggestion, but it sounds ok now. The only thing is, Ernie reminds me of Benny Hill's song. 'and he drove the fastest milk truck in the west. URneeeeee'

I love Ernie

Well, if names like Stanley and so on can come back, I don't see why not. And there's always Ernie Wise.