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Magnus or Rex?

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Onefortheteam · 17/05/2014 22:51

Your thoughts please or I'll have to flip a coin!

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PassTheAnswers · 21/05/2014 16:29

Dh is currently lobbying for Magnus if dc2 is a boy.

I vote for Rex!

Theonlyoneiknow · 21/05/2014 13:29

Definitely Magnus, I don't think you could go wrong with that name

Francescal88 · 19/05/2014 23:55

Ugh, re. People commenting on Rex being a dog's name - my little boy is called Felix so you can imagine what the majority of comments I get are along the lines of...

I love Rex Smile

Viatrix · 19/05/2014 23:44

I just hear "wrecks", it doesn't have a pleasant sound in my opinion.

sonlypuppyfat · 19/05/2014 23:28

I was telling my DD about this thread today and she said her friend has Rex for her middle name, I didn't know what to make of that.

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Onefortheteam · 19/05/2014 23:23

Is Rex popular?? Can't imaging anyone would have the bottle to name their child it after being on here Wink Trying to keep a count - think Rex has more lovers so far but also more haters - definitely marmite!

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adaloveslace · 19/05/2014 22:07

My children, aged 6 and nearly 8, have been campaigning for Rex for their soon-to-arrive new sibling. So it gets the under 10 voteSmile Smile

monkeyfacegrace · 19/05/2014 21:07

Oh please please please call him Thomas Rex or similar. Then you can shorten it to T-Rex!

I'm not joking. I think it's an awesome name.
If I have a boy next he will be Indiana (Indy)

Leggingsandtrainersnonono · 19/05/2014 20:58

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Viatrix · 19/05/2014 16:58

Definitely Magnus.

SpamTroll · 19/05/2014 15:49

I love Rex but it does seem very popular.

Alisvolatpropiis · 19/05/2014 15:26

As someone said upthread Rex is marmite, on here at least.

I really like it and would use it were it not for the fact it sounds rubbish with my dp's surname and even worse with mine Sad

The first time I discovered Mumsnet (long before I started lurking never mind joined) was a thread about a woman wanting to call her son Rex. I think she did in end too.

Choccyhobnob · 19/05/2014 14:34

I prefer Rex Smile

StupidFlanders · 19/05/2014 14:20

My Rex is too young to have an opinion although this is the first I've heard a negative comment about it! In real life everyone loves it. We wanted a very strong name with connotations of power and/ or leadership (as with the other dcs' names).

Like I said, Magnus was also on my list!

bauhausfan · 19/05/2014 14:02

I have a Magnus - never been shortened though he was referred to as 'madness' occasionally (which is appropriate...) It is still my favourite boy's name ever.

Saraswati · 19/05/2014 13:53

onemore haha brilliant! Someone told me once that two middle names was just over the top, people are so judgemental when it comes to names! Do you know you're having a boy? What were your girl names? (Just out of interest) DH and I decided if ours turns out to be boy twins we'd have magnus and Rex!

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WowserBowser · 19/05/2014 12:46

I prefer Rex!

The dog comments are stupid.

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Onefortheteam · 19/05/2014 12:37

Saraswati Going for 2 middle names also, we really are alike Smile

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Saraswati · 19/05/2014 12:24

onefortheteam obviously great minds think alike ;) I'm using a family name as a second middle name (I have two middle names too) if it's a boy but I'd like to have just magnus Rex as I think it sounds so cool, plus our surname begins with M so I like the alliteration. This is DC1 for me and I'm only 8 weeks but DH and I have had our names picked out for years!

They aren't totally odd names, they aren't made up or unheard of and are actually quite traditional so just go with what you like, you grew the child so you can call him what you like! Let us know what you decide :)

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Onefortheteam · 19/05/2014 12:12

Saraswati- AMAZING name and nice to know there's someone out there that shares the love for my (obviously odd?!) names. I wish we could use both but decided on a family name as a middle name.

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sonlypuppyfat · 19/05/2014 12:06
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Onefortheteam · 19/05/2014 11:58

Sonlypuppyfat- no worries my friend, if we can't take a little p take in this world then life would be a bit boring- if I can survive real life then I can survive MN ;-) That said, you have made me realise that although I can take it, I can't be sure to bring up my son to be able to handle it. At the end of the day, we all like a joke but no one wants to BE the joke.

StupidFlanders- how have you found people's response to your son's name and more importantly, how does he feel about it?

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Bowlersarm · 19/05/2014 10:57

I know a cool boy called Rex OP, don't be put off by MN!

TaurielTest · 19/05/2014 10:56

I wouldn't expect "Gus" to be short for Magnus - more Augustus or Angus, surely? I knew an (older, Scottish) Magnus who was Mack for short, fwiw Smile