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Marcus or Vincent

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 29/12/2017 09:03

Have shortened our list to these two.

DC2 will be here in less than four weeks, dh and I have strong, differing opinions on baby names, and these two are really it. If you hate both, of course it’s fine to say so if you like, but I will have to ignore you Grin!

Many tia for opinions.

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howthelightgetsin · 30/12/2017 15:37

I prefer Marcus.

GemmaB78 · 30/12/2017 13:12

Markus is the scandinavian spelling.

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 29/12/2017 21:57

Of course @Suzanne! Here is our list of vetoed names. Some vetoed by me, some (most) by dh. There were even more than this. And I thought picking a name would be fun Grin!

  • Edward
  • Sebastian
  • Guy
  • Lewis
  • Peter
  • Thomas
  • Matthew
  • Jack
  • James
  • Gabriel
  • Hamish
  • Elijah
  • Josiah
  • Isaac
  • Angus
  • Fergus
  • William
  • Patrick
  • Christopher (Kit)
  • Felix
  • Rafferty
  • Bennett
  • Daniel
  • Benedict
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SuzanneSays · 29/12/2017 21:52

Love both names- and both on my list! Can I ask what other names you were thinking of as we may have similar taste. Sadly Dh has vetoed both so back to square one for me. Good luck!

AlmostChristmas · 29/12/2017 19:39

Marcus

Clare2017 · 29/12/2017 18:34

I love Vincent.

LittleWitch · 29/12/2017 18:23

Vincent.

DramaAlpaca · 29/12/2017 18:21

I like Marcus a lot.

Vincent, not so much.

17caterpillars1mouse · 29/12/2017 18:19

I love Marcus

Not a fan of Vincent

Buntysoven · 29/12/2017 17:18

Marcus by a mile. Have known 3 in my life. All really top blokes. Vince reminds me of mince!

ButterflyOfFreedom · 29/12/2017 17:03

Marcus - love it!

MikeUniformMike · 29/12/2017 16:54

Vince makes me wince. Marcus makes me think of Marcus Gilbert the acor. ooh!

MikeUniformMike · 29/12/2017 16:52

I like Marcus and dislike Vincent. Vincent as a surname is fine but as a first name is not. Vince is just awful and Vinnie makes me think of Vinnie Jones.

mondler · 29/12/2017 16:47

I LOVE the name Marcus, it's on my list! I haven't met any for years. I'm not a fan of Vincent, not sure why, but I know 3 little ones all under 4 so it must be vaguely popular.

DappledThings · 29/12/2017 13:47

Marcus, but biased as I have one!

user1459464195 · 29/12/2017 13:18

I really like Marcus and really don't like Vincent. I'll try and explain my dislike: I don't like the fact that when pronounced with a French accent, so as van-sonn, it is 20-100 or wine-100 in French. Also Vinnie reminds me of gangsters and Vince is a misogynist I have the displeasure of knowing. So personal association is probably putting me off a bit. Marcus is great though.

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 29/12/2017 12:24

I love Vinnie, but it does have a prohibition-era gangster ring to it to me... Also Vinnie Jones makes me think of Guy Ritchie films, which are also gangster movies. So I do understand why people might think that.

Vincent is different; Van Gogh, don Maclean, Vincent clerc (swoon). More of a French feel for sure, which would go nicely with dd’s name.

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SumAndSubstance · 29/12/2017 12:20

I like Vincent in theory, but I just can't imagine calling a child 'Vincent' all his life, which leaves Vince or Vinnie, both of which are slightly different shades of silly. So, Marcus.

CormoranStrike · 29/12/2017 12:12

Marcus, definitely.

FoggieFishieCarpeDiem · 29/12/2017 12:10

They’re both nice.

Vincent doesn’t make me think of Italians (or Italian mobsters!). The Vincents I know are English or French / from French speaking regions... (But I do know Italians named Vincenzo / Enzo.)

Marcus is nice and reminds me of holidays in Venice / St. Mark :)

kathrynelizabeth3005 · 29/12/2017 11:52

Marcus definitely! I have an 8 month old Marcus 😊 Went to school with a boy called Vincent and he was a horrible bully so that name is tainted for me.

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 29/12/2017 11:41

@tatiana

I sometimes say Vinnie in my best prohibition era gangster voice Grin. Just to try it out. I am leaning towards Marcus I think though. Sad I wouldn’t get to do my al Capone daily though Sad.

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TatianaLarina · 29/12/2017 11:37

Yes I just hear ‘Vinnie’ in a very nasal voice.

IHeartDodo · 29/12/2017 11:34

Vincent makes me think of a slimy italian mobster...
Marcus is nice, but I had a crush on a guy called Markus for years!

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TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 29/12/2017 11:33

Yes @fridge! Me too. I love that song. Poor old Van Gogh though...

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