The short(er) list. Opinions please.

I think it’s relevant what your socio-economic status is.

Personally, I don’t like any of the names but I guess if your ds will be mixing in wealthy circles and going to private school any of them might be fine.

If you live in 95% of the rest of the UK, I don’t think your child will thank you for his name off that list. That doesn’t mean you have to call him Harry or Josh, but maybe something a bit less…awkward…than those names.

Edit…I’ve reread the list…Gus is quite nice actually and Rafe ok (would avoid the Ralph spelling).

Mungo is a horrible name for anything but a lizard.

Gus as nn for Fergus not Augustus

I really really like Ludo, Ivo and Rafe

Ludo - in Germany yes, here not so much
Ranulph - Fiennes
Ivo - comedian
Cosmo - Sheldrake
Hector - 's House
Edmund - Narnia
Magnus - Magnusson
Rafe (or Ralph) - Fiennes/Spall/Priscilla
Augustus - Gus - Fault in our stars
Willoughby - Holly Willoughby
Mungo - and Midge

I am not keen on any of them tbh as they feel try hard or upper class/Hooray Henry vibe, sorry
If you really pushed me then Rafe, Gus, Ivo, Ludo, in that order

I prefer if you are going for less commonly used these ones (but you could argue the exact same way against them)
Raphaël
Lysander
Dante
Caleb

Good luck 🍀

Ludovic - love; quite dark academic
Ivo - love; has a medieval vibe
Cosmo - ok; would require a big personality to carry it off imo
Hector - ok; would need an Anglo Norman surname to properly shine (not Smith, Jones, etc)
Edmund - love; grand old English name
Magnus - not keen; makes me think of snot for some reason (perhaps 'mucus')
Rafe / Ralph - not keen; too Mouse / Motorcycle, and also, to ralph is to barf. Rafe is too boho a spelling. I much prefer Raphael.
Augustus - not keen; 'Gloop' references are likely to haunt the lad
Willoughby - not keen; could have nickname Will but so could plain old common-or-garden William, without the baggage of Willoughby

My favourites from your list are
Ludovic
Ivo
Edmund

...with Hector and Cosmo in the maybe column.

Some great dogs names in that list!!!
Look up Mary, Mungo and Midge too.
Don't forget you are naming a person.
Your whimsical name choice will follow them to school, work and everywhere else for 80 to 90 years.
Edmund fine.

I have an Augustus, ‘Austin’ for short.
Named after a family member. I think it’s nice if there is a connection to a name.

Your list seems quite eclectic.. It’s an interesting mix..

Most of them are a bit out there for me, sorry OP.
Nothing wrong with John 😅

Reading this thread has made me realise that my taste differs from the majority of MNers. I think the entire list is dreadful and screams tryhard (even if that’s not the intent).

I like Ivo, Ludo and Cosmo best.
Hector, Edmund and Rafe are fine names too.
Ranulph, Magnus, Augustus and
Willoughby are pushing it a bit for my taste but you sound like you’re a bit more adventurous with names than I am.
Mungo is a hard no from me.

Edmund - best
Ivo - worst

Love Ludo and Magnus

It was the pp's opinion and a perfectly valid post.

What a ridiculous and outdated comment. If can’t even tell if you’re serious.. !

Ludo/Ludovic - i quite like it but the only one ive ever met was a dog

Ranulph - not a fan

Ivo - love, though prefer Ivor and Iver

Cosmo - always think this sounds a bit ridiculous sorry

Hector - ol

Edmund - gorgeous but im not an Ed /Eddy fan

Magnus - love it

Rafe (or Ralph) - not a fan. This seems a really popular name near me. I keep hearing it

Augustus - Gus - not a fan

Willoughby - love it. Couldnt convince DH. Ive only ever met one, he'd be 25 or so now

Obviously you hope your child will be mistaken for a member of the landed gentry (forgive me if you are already landed gentry!). There are some unfortunate choices here, but I'll restrict myself to begging you reread Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility before you curse this infant with the name "Willoughby."

It's a cool list!

Love Ivo, my favourite of your list.

I really like Hector, Magnus and Rafe. I can't make up my mind about Ludo and Cosmo - on one hand they're quite cool, but for me they have very posh vibes and that maybe makes me less keen.

Not keen on Ranulph, Edmund, Augustus (I just think Gloop. Prefer August).

Hate Willoughby, sorry.

As for Mungo, I've only met one. I like it for it's Glasgow connection. Maybe a good middle name!

Have you considered Hamish? Seems to fit in with the other names you're considering.

Hector and Magnus are my favourites.

Mungo would be quite unusual - do you have a Glaswegian connection? You could really go for it and name him Kentigern instead 🙂

I like your list!

My faves are Cosmo, Magnus and Ivo.

I also like Caspar, Quentin and Raphael which have a similar vibe.

Ill be honest, I don't like any of them. They are pretentious sounding and I wouldn't want to be born named any of those names. Id rather play it more safe as it's the child that has to live with the name.

Of your list I like both Edmund and Hector

Nice list. Really don’t like Augustus (too Gloop, surely?) or Willoughby and would probably not go with Magnus (what if he is short etc) but really like the rest, including Mungo. From my point of view, the most appealing shortlist I have seen dor a while.

Magnus is the only one on the list that I like at all, it's nice.

Mungo is a very strong dislike.

Makes me think of the Cats musical.
If you're Spanish, Hector is nice. It will probably be used in the UK a lot more now though, as people are getting into Roman/Greek mythology.

Otherwise the best one on that list would be Edmund. But it's up to you, just be aware some kids get mad at their parents if they're teased for their name.