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WDYT of Wilbur?Is it ever usable? **Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**
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It has that old-timey, vintage but charming feel to it. I like it. Then again, I don't want to come across as fully biased as this actually happens to be my last name, only with a different spelling.I'm proud to carry it and plan to pass it along onto my kids if presented with the opportunity.
I do think it's useable, although I'm definitely more used to seeing it, well, as a last name, outside on a few associations and characters.

This message was edited 4/21/2020, 1:15 PM

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It'll be back before you know it. I think it's starting to come back across the pond.I think it's ugly but just about poised to see it as cute.

This message was edited 4/19/2020, 7:22 PM

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One of my favourite Wil names. Definitely usable.
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I love Wilbur and totally think it's usable.
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It’s definitely usable. There’s one in my son’s music class and I’ve heard of a few others as well.
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It’s definitely usable. There’s one in my son’s music class and I’ve heard of a few others as well.
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I honestly think it’s hideously ugly, but some people think it’s handsome? It has that ugly, creepy old man vibe, like Lester and Harold.
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I dont think so
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I don't think it's that bad. It's only a small step beyond Wilfred.I think hearing Wilberforce made me like it more; it seems modern compared to that.
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Can't get past the pig in Charlotte's Web.
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Perfect for a cartoon wimp. I actually prefer Wilfred, and that's saying something.
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No, not usable, not since Charlotte's Web got to be so popular. It was already uncool at that time, probably.
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Outside of Charlotte's Web, I don't think it's usable.
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I like it and would use it. I think of Wilbur Wright and airplanes.
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I find it unbearably ugly and completely unusable.
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I think of the horse in "Mr. Ed" saying "Wiiilllbuuuur." I don't like it, but talking to thousands of people in the course of over ten years on the job has led me to believe that no name is really unusable.
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Did anybody ever see that old Disney short where goofy goes fishing with his cricket? (Or something, I haven’t seen it in years.)Anyway, because of that all I can hear is Goofy shouting “Wiiiiiiiiiiilbuuuuuuuuuur!!!”
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Some pigI really love it and I think it'll start cropping up more over the next few years, but right now I think it would take a bit of bravery to use.I do like most Wil- names, though.
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