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This is driving me crazy... Please give me your (very honest!) opinion

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 16:13

Boy's names... I thought they were sorted. (I was wrong. Let's hope the girl's names stay sorted...)

Jonathan
Anton
Antonin (I prefer Antonin, tbh)
Julius
Cedric
Maximilan
Gregory

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/04/2017 17:05

Similar names ;
Elric
Cyrus
Maxim
Gregor
Silas
Jonas

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/04/2017 17:03

I love Jonathan and Cedric.
I like Max as a stand alone name only.
I don't like any of the others.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 17:02

Francis

He was the first Italian-American Justice on the Supreme Court. Never been a fan but my grandmother was very proud...

ShuttyTown Hm... Any suggestions? No need to be sorry :)

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ShuttyTown · 07/04/2017 16:49

All hideous. Sorry

NerdyBird · 07/04/2017 16:45

Julius - likely to be forever correcting people that it's not Julian
Antonin - will possibly just be shortened to Anton anyway, or will be forever correcting people that it's not Antony.
Gregory - fine
Maximilian - you could go all du Maurier and use nn Maxim
Cedric - no. Reminds me of the pink thing from the Raccoons cartoon, which Wikipedia just now informs me is meant to be an aardvark...I digress. Ced might be a cool nn though.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 16:36

steppe

Yes, there are quite a few places called Antonin (or containing it in their name). It doesn't work as an English name? Shoot. -.-

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steppemum · 07/04/2017 16:34

My friend's husband is Julius. he goes by Julie for short. No-one every comments. It is just a name. (he is not originally British, hence unusual nn)

on second thoughts don't use Cedric. very, very wimpy upper class sounding.

We actually ofetn holiday near a town called St Antonin, and so I am familiar with it, but it doesn't really work as an English name.

Montsti · 07/04/2017 16:33

I love Maximilian nn.Max and next Jonathan..

Not keen on any of the others...

GinAndOnIt · 07/04/2017 16:32

I love Gregory. Don't really like any of the others, but would pick Cedric if I had to. Please, not another Max!

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 16:29

Shoot, yes, Maximilian. Not that there's anything wrong with Maximilan. I mean, I have a cousin called Milan and a cousin called Max, it sounds like a mash-up, I suppose. But I personally am not a fan of it...

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WellErrr · 07/04/2017 16:27

Antonin sounds like a hormone or an enzyme or something.

GeekGoddess · 07/04/2017 16:27

Max, Gregory or Jonathan, in that order. I really wouldn't use Julius, Caesar jokes will get old quickly. Anton makes me think of strictly, but maybe that's just my problem.

Usanayme · 07/04/2017 16:27

Antonin makes me think of antonym. Not a bad thing I guess.

Cedric immediately makes me think of Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory. A child might like to have the same name as a book character though

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 16:27

Aww

Oh, it's fine. ;)

Well, Antonin is a name (yeah, ok. I'm stating the obvious).

Idk, thanks to Antonin Scalia (I'm not a fan of him...) I kind of assumed the name was fairly well-known in the English-speaking world?

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SuperSix77 · 07/04/2017 16:26

Oh goodness...
Love Max.
That's it I'm afraid!

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steppemum · 07/04/2017 16:24

well, not completely my style, but they are all good names.
Except Antonin sounds like it has too many syllables.

Lucked · 07/04/2017 16:24

Jonathon and Anton are good.

Don't like maximilan spelling unless that is a mistake.

Antonin and Cedric are a hard no for me.

Prefer Julian and Gregor to your choice but they are okay names.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/04/2017 16:24

Oh I also quite like Cedric.

Reow · 07/04/2017 16:23

Max or Greg

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 16:23

Natalia (btw, love the name Natalia. Wish I could use it if DC is a girl).

Hail Caesar... Hm. Now I'm wondering if that would be somehing that would upset a child or....?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/04/2017 16:23

Aside from Anton they're all dreadful sorry. What the fresh hell is Antonin.
However only my opinion. Not a fact.

TheBookIsOnTheTable · 07/04/2017 16:21

Max is great.
Gregory, Julius and Cedric, GOD NO.
Anton and Antonin meh, not a fan.
Jonathan is okay.