Boris calls his baby wilfred

I really like it

find the title of this thread curious, as if he managed to get a baby all by himself and then had the naming of it.

i cannot see any problem with the name wilfred.
i much prefer it to many of the proposed names one sees on MN, many of which sound like brand names to me, quite impersonal, things like trey, or surnames.
wilfred is a good solid name.

I think it’s a great name.

I love the name and love the photo, true mother love and what a head of hair. A very happy photo

My mil used to say that some babies are born with old eyes, old souls full of knowledge and wisdom. I would love to see a full face, I am sure we will soon enough

Just how old does that baby look.?
Congratulations to them all.

And Wilfrid (sic) Brambell who played Steptoe in Steptoe & Son. ‘You durrrrrty old man.’

What a beautiful little chap. I hope he'll be "Wilf" but he might even use another of his names, as does his Father.

Wilfred Pickles! That’s the name I was searching for in my head! Thank you.

I don’t much like it, but I’m not at all surprised by it.. Yes, an old man’s name to my generation, but that’s fashionable.

I suppose it’ll take another generation to bring back the names of my contemporaries, the Jeans and Joans and Patricias. My granddaughter (7) has a school friend called Margaret, and I have great-niece called Elsie.

reminds me of Wilfred Pickles

I know a child called Wulfric. I think it was last popular in the year 834AD! . I don’t like many of these revived names like Stanley, Reginald, Mabel, Pearl etc as they seem ugly, to me.

He will be called Will i`m sure,and remember Boris uses his middle name as his first name is Alexander.
Don`t understand that tbh.
Although looking at his mop of hair he could be called mini BJ.

Nice to see a picture of the baby. He's got a very fluffy head of hair. Fancy that!!
My brother had a friend called Wilfred - always referred to as 'Filfy Wilfy'.

The baby looks like an 8yr old lad. It must be the hair which makes him look much much older.
Best wishes to the parents.

Quite a common name for little boys these days. Reception class registers make unusual reading, Gloria, Stanley, Mabel, lots of Elsies too. Wonder when all those late forties and fifties names will make a come back? Lots of Peters and Margarets and Patricias? ?

There are a lot of Wilfs about at the moment.It was on my daughters list of possible names too.I really like it.

Are any of his other children called Pip or Squeak?

www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm

TBH I don’t think it’s any worse than many of the other ‘old men’s’ names that have become popular lately. To me so many of them conjure up bristly old great-uncles in tweedy jackets smelling of pipe tobacco. Of course younger parents won’t have those connotations.

I dare say he’ll be Freddie for short.

Least he can be a Will or a Fred

A lot of babies are now given old fashioned names that used to belong to our parents and grandparents. I'm sure there will be quite a lot of them!