Albert or Arthur?

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Hello,

Just wondering what you thought of Albert (with nickname Albie) or Arthur for a boy? Arthur I like as a full name, but not so keen on the nn Art (any other suggestions?) whereas I love Albie and just a bit unsure of Albert!

Thankyou!

Artie?

Are you me ?

I had both of these on my shortlist when we had a boy.

Loved Albie after reading it in a Howard Marks book years ago. Loved Arthur but as my BIL is called Art felt I couldn't use it.

Also Ernest/Ernie ranked fairly high & Wilfred/Wilf.

I prefer Arthur.

we loved arthur and art but arthur did NOT go with our surname, and anyway DS2 was a girl
Not keen on Albert, sorry

One of DDs late grandfathers was an Albert (never abbreviated), the other was an Arthur (usually Artie).

I can't quite get my head round a little lad called Albert nowadays (read DD Albert and the Lion t'other night, have been in Lancashire long enough to do it properly now).

I have an Arthur and he's always Arthur - you don't have to shorten it.

Love Arthur. Albert is ok.

Love Albert

I like both, esp Arthur .

Arthur doesn't need a nickname, the ones I know (one 10, one 5) don't use one AFAIK.

I prefer Bertie as a nn for Albert actually - but that doesn't really go with our surname!

I have picked Arthur, with Artie as a nn for my ds, I love it but OH isn't too keen. He has no other suggestions so it's lucky he has 4 more months for it to grow on him.

Alban with Albie as nn?

I'm afraid I HATE Arthur. I do not remotely understand why it has become popular. But it is perhaps because it is my brother's middle name (family tradition) and so we grew up with it being hideous (because in the 80's and 90's it was).

I'm slightly on a mission to get the world to go for anything other than Arthur - but I know I'm in a bit of a minority

I have to slighty agree with you allyfe, i dont like arthur or albert or wilfred or ernest or any other 'old' name.
But if i HAD to choose, it would be arthur.

My DP cousin called her boy Alban which i think is lovely for an alternative name

iv got a Albert an he's 9 , i love it we call him al .

Love Arthur. It's got more "punch" than Albert. But I really like the Albie nickname for Albert.
Artie for Arthur?

Between the two it would be Albert (Bertie)

Arthur is awful IMO.

Ds has a similar name and my mum refused to use it for at least a year. Ds was always referred to as "he" or "your boy". Now she has got used to it. But honestly walk into any primary school and most of the names (albert, stanley, ruby, grace, sidney) are all straight out of catherine cookson. There is nobody in ds class called john or peter or jane

Don't understand the popularity of either, but Albie is really cute.

Albert much nicer.

Arthur.

neither

sorry but neither. I think it would sound as if it had been chosen purely to try and be 'different'.

Albert - wonderful - you could consider "Bertie" as a diminutive?

Albert, it has so much potential,
Albie is nice for a little one,
Al/Ali suits a teen,
Albert for when he's Prime Minister,
Bert for when he's retired.

I LOVE ARTHUR! its on my shortlist for a boy, although DP is not keen. It was my late grandads name, he was nicknamed Arthie (pronounced Arfie), so you could shorten it. I am not keen on the NN of Art though, doesnt sound right.