I’d really love you to help choose a name for our son 🙏🏼

  • [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Roger[/name_m]

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Hello Berries,

Please help us choose a name for our son!

Big brother is [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]. I love everything about the style of [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]’s name - I believe it’s one of those timeless names that isn’t overused and I also like that it’s literary and a little enchanting too.

Please choose whichever name you feel goes best with [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] and shares the above qualities that I’ve mentioned that I love in a name :blue_heart:

[name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to explain your choice! I’d love to read your responses :blush: Am finding this naming decision SO tough this time around :worried:

I chose [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] because [name_m]Roger[/name_m] reminds me of [name_m]Roger[/name_m] Rabbit :rofl:. I’ve also just always liked the name [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] and the nn [name_u]Gill[/name_u]. So cute!

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Oh, dear! [name_m]How[/name_m] can you make me choose between two of my favorite names? (And as a brother for another of my favorites!)

I’m going to lean toward [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] because I think it does share the qualities you love about [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]. Yes, [name_m]Roger[/name_m] does, too, to some degree, but I am just feeling that [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] is a slightly better match overall. :slight_smile:

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I think [name_m]Roger[/name_m] is adorable! It brings to mind [name_m]Roger[/name_m] Federer, who is a fantastic tennis player and all-round good guy.

Good luck

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I agree! [name_m]Roger[/name_m] feels more mid-century to me, but that could be based on personal association. [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] also feels more romantic and distinguished, which I think [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] can described as too - although maybe with a touch of farm boy: [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] (just has that vibe I’ve only seen parts or AoGG, don’t know if he is) and [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] Markham (Tenant of Wildfell [name_m]Hall[/name_m]). [name_m]Roger[/name_m] doesn’t have that vibe to me.

*please forgive my run-on sentences! I hope they make sense :joy:

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Those are just the two characters that made me fall for the name [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] myself! :relaxed:

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I love, love, love [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]! Especially with [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]! Both are on my guilty pleasure/maybe list, and I’m swooning over the thought of them being siblings!

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Yay, another Tenant fan!! No one I mention it to has ever heard of it! It’s my favourite book :slight_smile:

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Right?! I am always so pleased to find others who love the underrated classics!

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Thank you for all of your glorious comments!

I’m finding this to be such a difficult choice :weary:

Hehe! I’m sorry to have to make you choose between your very favourite names, but am absolutely chuffed that you rate them so highly! :grinning:

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This makes absolutely perfect sense!

Thank you for your very thoughtful comments and for sharing your associations with these names :pray:t3:

I prefer [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]. Sweet, classic and literary!!

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Thank you SO much!!

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I chose [name_m]Roger[/name_m], in part because my strongest association with the name is the character from the Outlander series, who I feel embodies many of the same vibes as [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]. I feel like [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] may be a touch more literary, due to the [name_u]Anne[/name_u] of [name_u]Green[/name_u] Gables series, but I also feel like [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] lacks the sense of strength and dignity that I associate with [name_m]Edmund[/name_m].

Thank you for this very thoughtful response. It’s nice to hear [name_m]Roger[/name_m] getting a bit of love! We don’t really hear this name on baby boys anymore :baby:t2:

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I think that’s part of why I was swayed in his direction. [name_m]Roger[/name_m] and [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] both have a cozy feeling that I don’t get as much from [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]. Warm sweaters and kind brown eyes and cocoas by the fire - that sort of thing.

Wow - That’s amazing!!! I think this little one will have big brown eyes too, just like his brother! Thank you :slight_smile:

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I think either would make a great brother name for [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], but I much prefer [name_m]Roger[/name_m]. [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] just sounds unappealing to me, I’m not a fan of the ‘gill’ or the ‘bert’ sound.

Roger always brings to mind 101 Dalmatians, which is a fun association. It sounds cuddly and warm to me.