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HelpRe: Theodore vs Abraham
in reply to a message by Bex
Good luck! Hope it all goes well for you.
I'd pick Theodore. I don't think it's ever going to be top ten, and it doesn't feel trendy. Abraham isn't really used here either and it sounds massively religious to me too. It's not a bad name, but I do think it's a strong candidate for potential trendiness, given the biblical name-trend from the US and a couple of cute nns - especially if a celebrity uses it, it could easily become the new Joshua or Jacob.
I like Daphne and Hilda, & would love to see a little Hilda.
Hilda Lucy
Hilda Juliet
Hilda Jemima
Hilda Olivia
Hilda Cecily
Hilda Paloma
Hilda Kirsty
Hilda Fern
Hilda Rebecca :)
Hilda Rosetta
Daphne Iris
Daphne Marigold
Daphne Hester
Daphne June
Daphne Florence
Daphne Matilda
Daphne Eugenie
Daphne Gwen
Daphne Julia
Daphne Clio
Um boys...
Wilfred
Edward
Walter
Arthur
Archie
Cyril
Basil
Reginald
Thomas
Louis
Stanley
Howard
Patrick
I'd pick Theodore. I don't think it's ever going to be top ten, and it doesn't feel trendy. Abraham isn't really used here either and it sounds massively religious to me too. It's not a bad name, but I do think it's a strong candidate for potential trendiness, given the biblical name-trend from the US and a couple of cute nns - especially if a celebrity uses it, it could easily become the new Joshua or Jacob.
I like Daphne and Hilda, & would love to see a little Hilda.
Hilda Lucy
Hilda Juliet
Hilda Jemima
Hilda Olivia
Hilda Cecily
Hilda Paloma
Hilda Kirsty
Hilda Fern
Hilda Rebecca :)
Hilda Rosetta
Daphne Iris
Daphne Marigold
Daphne Hester
Daphne June
Daphne Florence
Daphne Matilda
Daphne Eugenie
Daphne Gwen
Daphne Julia
Daphne Clio
Um boys...
Wilfred
Edward
Walter
Arthur
Archie
Cyril
Basil
Reginald
Thomas
Louis
Stanley
Howard
Patrick
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I think your the only one that likes Hilda!
I love:
Hilda Cecily - this would be actually cool because my grandfathers middle name is Cecil!
Daphne Marigold - i'd love an M middle name as husbands initials are DM
Daphne June - love it
Daphne Matilda - mum would love this, she loves Matilda.
Um boys...
Wilfred - LOVE LOVE LOVE. It was in my top 5 for a while. I think it might make a return.
Edward - Grandfathers name. Might be a MN.
Arthur - My dogs name! (I now regret it because I love the name!!)
Archie - Love Archibald but I know 3 baby Archibalds!!
I love:
Hilda Cecily - this would be actually cool because my grandfathers middle name is Cecil!
Daphne Marigold - i'd love an M middle name as husbands initials are DM
Daphne June - love it
Daphne Matilda - mum would love this, she loves Matilda.
Um boys...
Wilfred - LOVE LOVE LOVE. It was in my top 5 for a while. I think it might make a return.
Edward - Grandfathers name. Might be a MN.
Arthur - My dogs name! (I now regret it because I love the name!!)
Archie - Love Archibald but I know 3 baby Archibalds!!
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I'm responding to both you and Ninor. As stated above, my grandson is named Abraham and his mother was brought up with no religious training by both her atheist father and atheist myself, and is herself an atheist. As far as Abraham's father goes, I don't know that he's an atheist, but he is definitely not a religious person, does not attend church, never talks about religion, and liked to call the very very large church nearby "The Repentagon." They never worried that the use of the name would lead to the assumption that they are religious and I don't think it ever has. I normally don't argue with people's impressions of names, but in this case I have some personal experience so I thought it might be actually useful to the OP.
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LOL @ the Repentagon! great. Yup I would expect Abraham to have a very different feel in the US - for starters, you've got Lincoln as a namesake, so it's probably had much more use. Here there are no well-known namesakes & it's unusual enough that I've never met or heard of one of any age. 59 boys were given the name last year - looking at the data, the majority of those were of African parentage (generally very religious) or Jewish. So it's a name we don't see very often except on religious folks, hence the association.
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