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Favourite and least liked of our shortlist please

90 replies

alwaysmuddy · 28/05/2020 20:09

Hi,
Really intrigued to know your favourite and least liked of our shortlist.....
Magnus (Gus)
Rupert (Ru)
Edward (Ned)
Barnaby (Boo)

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EmbarrassedUser · 30/05/2020 16:55

Best Edward, worst Magnus (unless you’re giving birth to a 50 year old accounts manager then you’re cool)

Miriel · 30/05/2020 14:47

In order:

Magnus
Edward
Rupert
Barnaby

CMMum88 · 30/05/2020 09:29

Favourite is Rupert, least is Magnus.

If you like Gus as a nn, august might be nice? I really like it but dp didnt.

LetItGoHome · 30/05/2020 09:21

Favourite is Barnaby. BUT if you call him Boo it goes straight to last place! Much prefer Bee as a nickname.
Edward is my least favourite.
All the others I like a lot, equally 😄

IKEA888 · 29/05/2020 22:54

I.dont understand Gus bei f a shortening of Magnus.
Favourite Rupert
least favourite Edward

PickUpAPickUpAPenguin · 29/05/2020 22:50

Think Ned is a chav (?) in Scotland

PickUpAPickUpAPenguin · 29/05/2020 22:49
  • Magnus (Gus) Rupert (Ru) Edward (Ned) Barnaby (Boo)*

Best name: Magnus
Best nickname : Gus

Worst name : Rupert but it's not a bad name
Worst nickname Boo. If you pick Barnaby definitely pick a different nickname. It would be mean to call him Boo

ShadowyFigure · 29/05/2020 22:47

Magnus is my favourite followed by Edward and Barnaby.
Rupert my least favourite

MummyOfZog · 29/05/2020 22:44

Honestly ... not keen on any! But Barnaby would be the best of the bunch in my opinion (without the nickname though!)

SpiderPlantSally · 29/05/2020 22:41

Edward = best
Barnaby = worst
Your nicknames are pretty dire though, especially Ru and Boo! Sorry, but you did ask.

Livpool · 29/05/2020 22:07

I like Barnaby and Boo reminds me of Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird, so I like that too.

Not a fan of Rupert

PenfoldsFive · 29/05/2020 22:02

Magnus is OK but I prefer just Gus.
Rupert is a wet drip name.
I like Barnaby.
Edward is inoffensive but a bit bleh.

Mucklowe · 29/05/2020 22:02

The names themselves are fine. The nicknames are hideous!

Carouselfish · 29/05/2020 21:54

Correction - beyond sensible should be beyond ambitious. Don't know what happened there.

Carouselfish · 29/05/2020 21:51

The exact order you have them in. Barnaby sounds sort of woolly and ineffectual. Magnus (and Gus) lovely, timeless, strong. I like Ru/Rupert, I think it used to be beyond sensible, but it's having a surge in popularity and is kind of rakish. Edward is a blank name to me.

BikeRunSki · 29/05/2020 21:43

Fave - Magnus
Least fave - Barnaby

Letthemysterybe · 29/05/2020 21:40

Magnus (Gus)
Rupert (Ru)
Edward (Ned)
Barnaby (Boo)

Quite like Gus but I can’t get over that it sounds like guff (sorry).
I really like Ru and Ned.
But Boo is ridiculous.

helpmum2003 · 29/05/2020 21:38

Fave Edward
Worst Rupert

Mapless · 29/05/2020 21:36

Best - Magnus
Least - Rupert

mistermagpie · 29/05/2020 21:32

I have a Magnus and 'Gus' isn't really a nickname for it... it would be 'Nus' surely! Anyway nobody has ever called mine that.

Rupert is my least favourite.

eyesbiggerthanstomach · 29/05/2020 21:30

Edward is favourite.
Marcus and Barnaby least.

Lobsterquadrille2 · 29/05/2020 21:29

Suggested! They are not suggestive at all.

Lobsterquadrille2 · 29/05/2020 21:28

I like all the long versions of your names - Magnus is my favourite - and thoroughly dislike all your suggestive abbreviations. Boo in particular is hideous and reminds me of Boo Radley.

toastofthetown · 29/05/2020 20:50

I like all of them apart from Edward (I do like Edmund though). Nicknames ultimately will be decided by your son, and for Barnaby in particular I can't imagine that Boo would stick for much longer than his early school years.

VirginWestCoast · 29/05/2020 19:09

Edward- Favourite.
Don't like the others at all, sorry. Gus is better maybe as a nn for August/Angus, like PP said.