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Ashton or Austin - which do you prefer?

34 replies

Wild9876 · 25/09/2025 20:51

We are due a baby boy fairly soon and we like both Ashton and Austin. Surname has two syllables also.

Looking for some outside opinions! Which name do you prefer?

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EmotionallyWeird · 04/10/2025 22:03

Ashton is nice. Austin just makes me think of cars.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 28/09/2025 19:53

Ashton. No.

Austin. Maybe, but sounds like a fat bloke who bores on about football. (That is a lot of men, granted, but ‘Austin’ sounds worse than
most.)

Yokaiwatch · 28/09/2025 19:46

I like Austin - it feels like a modern name but with an older name vibe. Ashton is nice although I like it less than Austin but I think I only like it because I like the name Ash (like Ash Ketchum lol)

midlifeattheoasis · 28/09/2025 19:37

Both awful I’m afraid

MardyAnn · 28/09/2025 19:36

Ashton just reminds me of ash trays, my Great Gran used to call hers the Ash tin.
Austin makes me think of Ethel Austin shops.

mirrorsandlights · 28/09/2025 19:33

Neither. They sound like men’s clothing shops.

PurpleChrayn · 28/09/2025 19:31

They both sound like names of cars from the mid-1980s.

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 28/09/2025 19:29

Austin. Ashton reminds me too much of Cliff Barnes’s girlfriend Afton.

Missey85 · 28/09/2025 18:07

Austin

LivingTheDreamish · 28/09/2025 18:01

MyAcornWood · 28/09/2025 07:32

A bold statement. I think that would be a very good reason against using it.

I prefer Austin, personally.

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Ah yes, I see I have not kept up-to-date with my celebrity news 😳 however I still like the name.

MyAcornWood · 28/09/2025 07:32

LivingTheDreamish · 25/09/2025 23:49

Ashton and also like Asher. Ashton Kutcher is a good namesake.

A bold statement. I think that would be a very good reason against using it.

I prefer Austin, personally.

CurlewKate · 28/09/2025 07:27

Neither, I’m afraid.

JillyGiraffe · 28/09/2025 07:13

Austin!

IfHeWantedToHeWould · 27/09/2025 17:33

Ashton.

Lilithcomelightly · 26/09/2025 21:47

I like the sound of Austin better than Ashton although Ash is all right as a diminutive.
I don't think there is a diminutive for Austin but I'm sure someone will think of one.

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 26/09/2025 21:44

Austin

Putyourfeckingsockson · 26/09/2025 21:13

Ashton is a really run down town outside Manchester. Would deffo not use for baby personally

Orphlids · 26/09/2025 20:28

Austin is great - fun, exciting. It sounds cute for a little boy, but somehow quite sexy for a grown man. Ashton just sounds like something from an American TV programme. Not so classy, I don’t think.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 26/09/2025 11:10

Austin. I don't really like either of them, but Ashton sounds like a town.

LivingTheDreamish · 25/09/2025 23:49

Ashton and also like Asher. Ashton Kutcher is a good namesake.

violetpink · 25/09/2025 22:30

Ashton

zazazooms · 25/09/2025 22:29

Ashton (on Merseyside or under Lyne) bith suburbs of Manchester. One is a bit shite.

Peppaisrude · 25/09/2025 22:26

I really love the name Austin, but Ashton isn't bad either.

DramaAlpaca · 25/09/2025 22:25

Austin

LavenderMillie · 25/09/2025 22:15

Austin

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