[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] ‘Ernie’ and [name_m]Howard[/name_m] ‘Howe/Howie’ are not usually in my wheelhouse for names but I can appreciate the old fashion, classic feel of them so my question is… what names would you give their siblings?
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[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] "Eddie
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] “Eddie”
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] “Willie/Wilfie”
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] “Walt”
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] “Albie, Bertie”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m] “Arnie” (but too close to Ernie)
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] “Gil, Bertie”
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] “Kenny, Ken”
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[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] ‘Ernie’, [name_m]Howard[/name_m] ‘Howie’ and…
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] ‘Mina’
[name_m]Osborn[/name_m] ‘Ozzie’
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f] ‘Birdie’
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m] ‘Clancy’
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] ‘Romy’
[name_f]Phillipa[/name_f] ‘Pip’
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m] ‘Ned’
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[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] “Ernie” and [name_m]Howard[/name_m] “Howie”…
I’d name their brother [name_m]Albert[/name_m] “Albie” and their sister [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] “Lottie”.
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I would probably go with…
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] ‘Artie’
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m] ‘Stan’
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] ‘Freddie’
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] ‘Bertie’
[name_m]Samson[/name_m] ‘Sonny’
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] ‘Vic
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m] ‘Frankie’
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ‘Teddy’
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m] ‘Max’
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] ‘Vinny’
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] ‘Toby’
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] ‘Dot’
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] ‘Bea’
[name_f]Judith[/name_f] ‘Judy’
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] ‘Trudy’
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] ‘Jorie’
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] ‘Miri’
[name_f]Annette[/name_f] ‘Annie’
[name_f]Lenora[/name_f] ‘Nora’
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] ‘CeCe’
[name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f] ‘Polly’
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[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] ‘Ernie’, [name_m]Howard[/name_m] ‘Howe/Howie’, and…
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] ‘Alfie’ ‘Fred’ or ‘Freddie’
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] ‘Albie’ ‘Al’ ‘Bert’ or ‘Bertie’
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m] ‘Frank’ or ‘Frankie’
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] ‘Walt’
[name_m]Norman[/name_m] ‘Norm’
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m] ‘Archie’
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m] ‘Russ’ or ‘Rusty’
[name_m]Chester[/name_m] ‘Chess’
[name_m]Martin[/name_m] ‘Marty’
[name_m]Nelson[/name_m] ‘Sonny’
[name_m]Claude[/name_m]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m] ‘Mac’
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] ‘Dot’ ‘Dolly’ or ‘Dottie’
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] ‘May’
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] ‘Sylvie’
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] ‘Ginny’
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] ‘Lily’ or ‘Lil’
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] ‘Flora’
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] ‘Lou’ or ‘Lulu’
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] ‘Martie’
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] ‘Winnie’
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] ‘Maxi’ or ‘Max’
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
[name_f]Edna[/name_f] ‘Eddie’ or ‘Edie’
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] ‘Edie’
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[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Freda[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Stanley[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Digby[/name_m]
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Late to the party but I love these names!! I’m including some that don’t have nicknames, even though I totally get that that’s a lot of the charm (Ernie + Howie!!)
[name_m]Abraham[/name_m] “Abe” / “Bram”
[name_m]Albert[/name_m] “Alby” / “Bertie”
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (maybe “Sasha” or “Xan” instead of Alex)
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m] “Alfie” / “Freddie”
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] (maybe “Bram” / “Bo” / “Rose”)
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] “Art” / “Bear” / “Ari”
[name_m]August[/name_m] / [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] / [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m] “Bo” / “Tolly”
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m] “Cal”
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] “Cy”
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] / [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] / [name_m]Edward[/name_m] / [name_m]Edsel[/name_m] (my fav is “Ned” but “Teddy” / “Ed” works too)
[name_m]Elwood[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m] (maybe “Remy”)
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] (maybe “Fern” though I know a “Ferd”)
[name_m]Francis[/name_m] / [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] “Frankie”
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] “Harry” / “Hal”
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] “Hank” / “Harry” / “Hal”
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] “Herbie”
[name_m]Hershel[/name_m] / [name_m]Herschel[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] “Iggy” / “Nash” / “Inigo”
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m] “Ike”
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Merlin[/name_m]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_m]Neville[/name_m]
[name_m]Niles[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m] / [name_m]Orin[/name_m] / [name_m]Orrin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswin[/name_m] / [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] “Ozzie”
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Percy[/name_m] / [name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Robin[/name_m] “Bo”
[name_m]Roscoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudy[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m] / [name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m] / [name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Truman[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Virgil[/name_m]
[name_m]Wallace[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] “Walt” / “Wally”
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Winslow[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
The nickname [name_m]Bertie[/name_m] in general (whether it’s [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Herbert[/name_m], [name_m]Robert[/name_m] - whatever)
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] “Aggie” / “Nessie”
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f] / [name_f]Albertine[/name_f] “Bertie” / “Alba” / “Albie”
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] “Bea” / “Bess” / “Betty”
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] / [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] “Dot” / “Dottie”
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] “Edie”
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] / [name_f]Elsbeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] / [name_f]Esther[/name_f] “Esti”
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] / [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] / [name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] “Georgie”
[name_f]Gilda[/name_f] “Gildie”
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] / [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] / [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f] / [name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] / [name_f]Imogene[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Joan[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f] / [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] / [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] / [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] / [name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Marian[/name_f] / [name_f]Marion[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] “Maggie” / “Greta” / “Peggy”
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
Maud(e)
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] “Tillie” / “Otter”
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] “Ruthie”
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] “Billie”
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] / [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Thelma[/name_f]
[name_f]Una[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] “Vita”
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] “Willa” / “Billie” / “Mina”/ “Minnie”
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Winnie”
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
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