Describe these boys please!

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mumincognito · 20/02/2011 11:39

DS2, a brother for Benjamin (who is never Ben!), is due in a few weeks. We have the following shortlist, and I'm not necessarily looking to get it down to one name before he arrives, but would be interested to know how these names are perceived - what do you think these names say about their owners (if anything)? I want DS to have a good, solid (but hopefully not boring) name that won't limit his options in life, and in particular I am keen to avoid a "fashion" name that we might regret in a few years:

Christopher (not shortened)
Kit (Christopher, shortened)
Magnus
Jude (love, but have concerns over this being a 'now' name)
Peter
George

Thank you.

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greenzebra · 21/02/2011 13:34

Christopher -I like my Bro-INLAW's name and it goes well with benjamin and having them both not shortened is nice. All christophers I have met have been very sweet.
Kit -actually bro-inlaws nn but i dont really like its pretentious to me. And not fair on your other boy if this one has a nn.
Magnus - old man in a black chair
Jude - beatles song
Peter - steady, great name for all ages
George - love little boys called george great all round name, real homely

loler · 21/02/2011 13:51

Christopher - plump and jolly man, slightly camp but married to an equally plump jolly lady. Will be Chris as soon as he gets to high school?
Kit - a lentil weaver, lives in a yurt in North Wales waiting for father to die before moving into the family pile
Magnus - hard core raver, maybe has dreds and off his bits on some sort of weird drug (n.b. this is heavily influenced by the only magnus I've know), as a child would expect to go to private school, have holidays at family cottage in Cornwall, wears lots of Joules and speaks very naicely.
Jude - works in advertising, spends too much on clothes
peter - likes football and real ale,
George - likes rugby and lager.

starterfor10 · 21/02/2011 16:22

George was DS1s best friend, but slightly odd and decidedly non conformist. His surname was Harrison, but nothing to do with the Beatles.

LessNarkyPuffin · 21/02/2011 17:18

Christopher (not shortened)
Little boy with curls
Kit (Christopher, shortened)
Someone from the 1930s
Magnus
hefty spawn of a nightmare alpha mother I know
Jude (love, but have concerns over this being a 'now' name)
patron st of lost causes and Law
Peter
Griffin
George
dog

MordechaiVanunu · 21/02/2011 17:25

Christopher - Angelic little boy very sweet natured plays with the girls a lot.

Kit - has a catapult and spends most of his time in a tree house or building a raft.

Magnus - Smells. (sorry not sure why, but he does, maybe he bed wets??)

Jude - for obvious literary reasons is a melancholy child who you despiar over.

Peter - Cheeky happy go lucky, not very academic but evryone knows he'll do well anyway.

George - is obsessed with computer games and hard to motiavte.

Christopher, Kit or Peter are my favourites.

jazzchickens · 21/02/2011 17:26

Christopher (not shortened)
OK
Kit (Christopher, shortened)
the Hoffs car
Magnus
Mastermind
Jude (love, but have concerns over this being a 'now' name)
I quite like
Peter
Bit middle aged
George
My grandads name so will always be associated with old gimmers to me

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