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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 17:03

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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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/04/2017 17:05

Similar names ;
Elric
Cyrus
Maxim
Gregor
Silas
Jonas

MargotLovedTom1 · 07/04/2017 17:05

Anton - are you in the US, because all I can think is Anton du Beke.

Jonathan (prefer that spelling) or Gregory, known as Greg.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 17:07

Margot

No, we're not. We currently live in London (but are thinking about moving to Scotland because of a job offer)

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ThomasHardyPerennial · 07/04/2017 17:14

I love the name Antonin - am very familiar with it due to my extended family (Polish). I think it's a great name, and loads better than Anton.

n0ne · 07/04/2017 17:24

I actually really like Antonin. And Anton, Cedric and Gregory.

JDelanysCleanHorse · 07/04/2017 17:42

I like Jonathan and also just Nathan/Nathaniel.

Julius makes me think of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Twins.(huge fan of him so I don't think of the Caesar reference.)

Also love Gregory & makes me think of the character Hugh Laurie plays in House M.D.

(For some reason most names remind me of characters in films/tv programmes. I think I'm just weird). Grin

dotdotdotmustdash · 07/04/2017 17:50

Greg, Max or Anton.

Please don't bring a Cedric up here to Scotland, he would be the subject of many shocked faces.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 17:51

It seems like Antonin is a bit like MArmite (just less popular...)

Cedric is wimpy? Ou. I though the "ic" sending sounds quite strong (Eric, Henrick, Frederick...)

Francis Oh, I thought he would be. But I'm not American (or English...), so Idk.

sugar

elric is nice, I also like Gregor. But I thought Gregory would sound nicer in the UK? (I had a grand-uncle called Grigory?)

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 17:52

dotdot

Really? Shoot. May I ask why? I mean, what's different about Scotland and Cedric?

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NoSquirrels · 07/04/2017 17:52

Jonathan - yes
Anton - (Strictly, who renamed himself from Anthony/Tony anyway)
Antonin (I prefer Antonin, tbh) - no, doesn't work in UK imo
Julius - no, as PPs say, Caesar. Julian instead?
Cedric - no, caterpillar
Maximilan - maybe, if you used Max
Gregory - love this

Similar names - maybe Crispin, Dominik, Francis, Marcus

YellowCrocus · 07/04/2017 17:53

I like all of those except Gregory, which sound bit 1980s to me. And Cedric, this sounds wimpy and upper class to me too. Julius is cool.

NoSquirrels · 07/04/2017 17:56

I do apologise - Cecil is the caterpillar I am thinking of. But still. No to Cedric! (and Cecil, in case you were tempted!)

DoItTooJulia · 07/04/2017 17:59

Prefer Gregor to Gregory

And can you cope with Cedric become Ric and eventually Ricky? (I prefer Ricky.)

Antonin I do not like. Antonio is better. Anton I don't like either.

The rest are ok. Smile

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 17:59

Seems like most like Jonathan, Gregory and nobody seems to hate Maximilian.

Cedric and Julius seem to be.. controversial (?). I don't think possible Cesar jokes are that awful, are they?

Whereas Antonin may just not work in the UK.

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DoItTooJulia · 07/04/2017 18:00

*becoming.

My typing has gone to pot today!

SleepFreeZone · 07/04/2017 18:01

I like Gregory.

I'll throw Joel, Caspar and Montgomery into the hat.

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ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 18:02

no

Isn't Cecil a lion? Well, it may be a caterpillar as well. Confused
Not a fan of Cecil, no. I know several women with very similar names...
DoIt I'm not sure what you mean? Yes, Ric is probably a nickname for a Cedric. I used to know a Cedric called Ced and a Cedric called Ceddy. But Ric(ky) would probably be an option, yes.

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Epipgab · 07/04/2017 18:11

I like Antonin, Julius, Maximillian, Gregory.

Leo
Alaric
Henry
Jasper
Torin
Lucas
Victor
Joseph
Felix
Arthur
Nicholas
Sidney
Peter
Alexander

Hotpinkangel19 · 07/04/2017 18:16

Max is lovely, Anton okay....others are really awful. Sorry!

sassolino · 07/04/2017 18:18

Are you a big fan of Dvorak? Sorry cannot do all the Czech orthography.
Maximilian is OK, though I prefer Max or Maximus.

DoItTooJulia · 07/04/2017 18:19

Oh, I'm not being funny, it's just that so often kids end up being called by the shortened/lengthened version of their names, so if you like Cedric, be sure you like Ric/Ricky. Smile

ABCFamily · 07/04/2017 18:38

I like Jonathan and Gregory. Maximilian is ok. I actually think Julius would make a fun middle name.

I'm ambivalent to Anton, but I do automatically think Scalia when I hear Antonin - to the detriment of the name (for context, I'm British, but living in the States).

Not keen on Cedric.

Queensparkles · 07/04/2017 18:45

Dot dot probably means a child named Cedric would most likely be slagged rotten for that name at school, sad but true, children are cruel! Although this probably wouldn't be exclusive to Scotland I can imagine some teasing in England too to be fair!

I like Max Smile