Message: "Give up the Clunk, We want the Clunk (boys)"

Give up the Clunk, We want the Clunk (boys)

by Joiya

1/27/2015, 11:21 AM

Follows is a list of male names that many consider "clunky".

Who here likes the clunkier, or dated&bold names?

I find them interesting and would like to hear YOUR take, as well as see if you have any "clunky" names to add to the mix.

Here goes:
Virgil
Wilbur
Ambrose
Basil
Augustus
Fergus
Marvin
Gideon
Neville
Wilbur
Berton
Bertram
Gilbert
Nigel
Walter
Godfrey
Oswald
Winston
Cecil
Herbert
Reginald
Cedric
Herman
Roderick
Rudolf
Horace
Cuthbert
Digby
Hubert
Simeon
Edgar
Ivor
Terrence
Ernest
Lester
Trevor
Eustace
Lionel
Vernon

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- Moirrey

1/28/2015, 2:45 PM

clunky geriatric names are pretty much exactly my style.

I like:
Wilbur
Ambrose
Augustus
Fergus
Gideon
Gilbert
Walter
Winston
Cedric
Simeon
Edgar

I'll add:
Bernard
Clifford
Stanley
Stuart
Wilfred

- Moirrey +1

1/28/2015, 2:45 PM

clunky geriatric names are pretty much exactly my style.

I like:
Wilbur
Ambrose
Augustus
Fergus
Gideon
Gilbert
Walter
Winston
Cedric
Simeon
Edgar

I'll add:
Bernard
Clifford
Stanley
Stuart
Wilfred

- Joiya (guest)

1/29/2015, 10:43 AM

Geriatric is funny.

I like your contributed names, they are spot on.

- Scotty

1/28/2015, 9:35 AM

I like:

Basil
Gilbert
Roderick
Rudolf
Ivor
Lionel

- mirfak +1

1/28/2015, 9:11 AM

I generally don't like them.
Of this list, I do like:

Virgil
Wilbur
Marvin
Gideon - I don't find this clunky or dated
Gilbert - this, either.
Cedric
Roderick
Rudolf
Ivor
Terrence
Trevor
Vernon - well, I want to like it but it does still have a certain aura that is spoiling it for me.

Mine (I guess these might qualify):
Marlon
Myron
Travis
Valentine (not Valentin or Valentino but Valentine prn like the saint's holiday)
Vivian
Albert
Floyd
Malcolm
Marshall
Raymond
Martin
Morris
Richard
Woodrow
Merlin
Keith
Ira
Caspar
Darwin

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- Joiya

1/29/2015, 10:03 AM

Oo, Woodrow does have a certain clunk to it. I like that.

Myron too.

Can you just picture a Vernon and a Gilbert as a sibset.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +1

1/28/2015, 5:18 AM

Clunky and ugly and generally not a fan:
Virgil
Marvin
Nigel
Walter
Godfrey
Herbert
Herman
Horace
Edgar
Ernest
Lester
Vernon

Almost nice but a bit too clunky:
Augustus
Berton
Oswald
Cecil
Reginald
Roderick
Hubert
Eustace
Lionel

Clunky, but still endearing:
Wilbur
Fergus
Neville
Gilbert
Winston
Rudolf
Cuthbert

Lovin' the clunk:
Ambrose
Gideon
Bertram

I wouldn't call it clunky:
Basil
Cedric
Digby
Simeon
Ivor
Terrence
Trevor

- Joiya

1/29/2015, 10:01 AM

I like the way you organized.

Some stand-outs...
- Cuthbert as endearing. Cuthbert is almost funny, which is why it's so adorable if used IRL. I seriously can't imagine it on a child, but really wish to see it on a child at the same time. I feel the same way about Somerby.

- Digby as un-clunky. I sooo think it clunks around, but I also can picture it on some Disney sidekick for one of their tween shows. Still love it. Great cat name too.

- Surprised to see Edgar on your "too clunky" list, though I need to start admitting to myself that not everyone loves this name. Roger too.

- made me smile to see Gideon, Ambrose and Bertram in the same category... bertram being the odd one out. Love them all though.

- AudreyEllen +1

1/27/2015, 9:21 PM

I like:
Virgil
Ambrose
Basil
Gideon
Neville
Nigel
Reginald
Cedric -love
Roderick
Horace
Edgar
Ivor
Terrence
Ernest
Lester
Trevor
Lionel

Not many of these strike me as clunky; they're more old fasioned in my opinion.

- Joiya

1/29/2015, 9:57 AM

Yes. I guess a lot of clunky names tend to be old fashioned, but that is likely because consonant-heavy names used to be in vogue, as compared to the lighter, more vowel heavy choices parents pick today.

I also love Cedric, thought I always think "Cedric the Entertainer" in my head.

- Constant +1

1/27/2015, 6:45 PM

I like Augustus, Fergus, Bertram, Roderick, Simeon and Ivor/ Ivo, but I consider them old fashioned and bold rather than clunky.

Some similar names: Magnus, Bertrand, Albert, Alfred, Algernon, Winifred, Sebastian, Sinclair, Rupert, Vincent

- Joiya

1/29/2015, 9:56 AM

Boys names are harder to classify as clunky, because part of clunk is being masculine a bit - which they inherently are (or should be).

Anyway... like your additions. Magnus, Bertrand and Rupert are smile-inducing.

- Mireio (Anna21) +1

1/27/2015, 2:02 PM

I like...

Wilbur - I've seen this a few times recently in BAs
Basil
Augustus - prefer August
Bertram
Gilbert
Walter
Cecil
Roderick
Rudolf
Edgar
Ernest
Eustace
Lionel

- Joiya

1/29/2015, 9:54 AM

Really? I would love to see Wilbur make a comeback!

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