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Original poster

Brother to Maud and Persephone

180 replies

MaudandSephy · 04/06/2023 15:16

What would you name a brother to Maud and Persephone (who often goes by Sephy)?

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Soothingaftersun · 04/06/2023 19:34

Alexander

Coronationstation · 04/06/2023 19:34

Montgomery / Monty
Barnaby / Barney
hugo
Otto
August

Run4it2 · 04/06/2023 19:30

Saul

Ellmau · 04/06/2023 19:30

Jasper
Felix
Sebastian
Anselm
Horatio
Raphael
Alured
Roderick
Francis
Gabriel
Rupert
Rufus
Aubrey
Julius
Ambrose
Benedict

Maireas · 04/06/2023 19:23

Cherchezlafemme77 · 04/06/2023 18:34

Philoctetes
Grüßgott
Absalom
Jeroboam
Laertes
Sigismund
Benedictus
Ranulph
Weintraub
Molyneux
Hartvig

Any one of these. Any one at all.. especially no 2..

HyggeTyggeDotCom · 04/06/2023 19:23

Reuben.

Furrydogmum · 04/06/2023 19:20

If either of my sons had been a girl Persephone was on the list. Maud will be my next female dog name - as I won't be having more children! Eli or Jacob for a boy perhaps..

Maireas · 04/06/2023 19:19

Derek.

ToeJabbyRun · 04/06/2023 19:18

Nico,
Anselm,
Thaddeus,

JulieHoney · 04/06/2023 19:15

Nick (because Nick is your buddy, Nick won’t mind if you barf in his car…. I’m sorry, vomit)*

Kanye
Viserys
Isildur
Ernie
Ron

In all seriousness, @MaudandSephy x I think Maud is lovely (Lucy Maud Montgomery! And my great aunt) and Sephy is cute (although she definitely owns a pony). Congratulations on expecting your little boy.

  • niche quote, because very few people know Rob Reiner’s The Sure Thing, which is a damned shame.
GloriousD · 04/06/2023 19:04

Jarlath

Enzo

Pawpatrollermum · 04/06/2023 19:01

Jason

saveforthat · 04/06/2023 19:00

lunarloop · 04/06/2023 16:11

Can't believe anyone would call a baby maud .

Or Persephone but each to their own

Grandma60 · 04/06/2023 18:58

Tertius

SlightlygrumpyBettyswaitress · 04/06/2023 18:56

Bill

Muncha · 04/06/2023 18:52

Lando

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 04/06/2023 18:47

Immediately thought Hector

Also love Atticus
I'll throw Victor into the mix

MsFannySqueers · 04/06/2023 18:46

Please not Ansel it’s too much like Anusol the haemorrhoid ointment.

Prescottdanni123 · 04/06/2023 18:46

Mumsnet rudeness never fails to surpass my expectations. It is common on here for people to provide negative comments about a name before the baby has actually been born and the OP is just looking for opinions, but criticising a name after the child has already had it for however many years is just out of order. If you met someone in the street and they named introduced their child as Maud, would you honestly turn around and reply with "That's an awful name?"

OP, I actually think that Maud is a lovely name.

RailwayCutting · 04/06/2023 18:44

Augustus

RedRedCampion · 04/06/2023 18:43

Definitely a two syllable name. The oddness of Maud and Persephone is partly due to the contrast between one and four syllables.

Names like Montgomery which has the same stress pattern as Persephone, would in my opinion be much too clumsy when you were listing your children's names.

EvelynBeatrice · 04/06/2023 18:40

Hector, Benedict, Roderick, Glenn

millymae · 04/06/2023 18:36

Another vote for Arthur

Maud Persephone and Arthur sounds perfect to me.

Cherchezlafemme77 · 04/06/2023 18:34

Philoctetes
Grüßgott
Absalom
Jeroboam
Laertes
Sigismund
Benedictus
Ranulph
Weintraub
Molyneux
Hartvig

NoideawhyMNisntRegisteringmypreviousMNusrname · 04/06/2023 18:30

GenghisCalm · 04/06/2023 16:29

I would suggest you have a wishy washy name to match Maud otherwise she will end up with name envy.Can't believe you have a fantastic name like Persephone along side a Maud. Shock

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