I kind of like the idea of [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]… Im not able to use any [name_m]Will[/name_m], or [name_m]Bill[/name_m] affiliated names tho… So I’m interested in finding more vintage names like [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
I know of [name_m]Fredrick[/name_m], but the ck sounds too much because our last name starts with C
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Maynard[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Berthold[/name_m]
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Verner[/name_m]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Delbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Anselm[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Elmer[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Everard[/name_m]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Hubert[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]/[name_m]Irwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]
[name_u]Lyle[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Milford[/name_m]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Philip[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Tancred[/name_m]
[name_m]Thorold[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Elbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerard[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
I prefer [name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m] to [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m], with the nn Wilf instead of [name_m]Will[/name_m]. I also like [name_m]Wilford[/name_m] with the nn [name_m]Ford[/name_m].
But there are a lot of names that are similar to [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] that I would never use: [name_m]Arnold[/name_m], [name_m]Grover[/name_m], [name_m]Delbert[/name_m], [name_m]Melvin[/name_m], and others that I feel are just too embarrassing.
Here are names that, because of their nicknames, could be used without embarrassment… and even then some of these are more much adventurous/risky than others.
[name_m]Walter[/name_m] ([name_u]Wally[/name_u])
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m] ([name_u]Win[/name_u])
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] ([name_m]Ed[/name_m] or [name_m]Eddie[/name_m])
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] ([name_m]Ed[/name_m] or [name_m]Eddie[/name_m])
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] ([name_m]Gil[/name_m] or [name_u]Bertie[/name_u])
[name_m]Hubert[/name_m] ([name_m]Hugh[/name_m] or [name_u]Bertie[/name_u])
[name_m]Fitzroy[/name_m] ([name_m]Fitz[/name_m] or [name_u]Roy[/name_u])
[name_m]Fitzgerald[/name_m] ([name_m]Fitz[/name_m] or [name_u]Gerry[/name_u])
[name_m]Fitzpatrick[/name_m] ([name_m]Fitz[/name_m], [name_m]Rick[/name_m] or [name_u]Ricky[/name_u])
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] ([name_m]Hal[/name_m])
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m] ([name_u]Gene[/name_u])
[name_m]Martin[/name_m] ([name_u]Marty[/name_u])
[name_m]Zigmund[/name_m] (Zig, [name_m]Ziggy[/name_m], [name_m]Iggy[/name_m])
[name_u]Clancy[/name_u] ([name_m]Lance[/name_m])
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] ([name_u]Spence[/name_u])
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m] ([name_m]Archie[/name_m])
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m] ([name_u]Bernie[/name_u])