Quentin or Hugo

I'm afraid when I hear Hugo, I think of Hugo Monkey from Cbeebies...

Just saw this thread. We have an 8 year old Quentin. Still love his name and it really suits him. We've only ever had positive comments. DS is happy and popular (at our local state primary in Surrey) and likes the fact that he is the only Quentin in his (small) school .

(I revised my nickname - same person who had a son a few days back).

I went back to the bargaining table to fight for Quentin - reading all the posts has made me like it even more:-)

We'll see if I can make any headway.

Annabelsmummie, would Louie work in german

Yes, Hugo is a great name.

There's a bit of a sense of humour bypass on this thread, isn't there?

My DS's name has been mentioned on this thread in a not entirely positive way. I'm afraid it made me giggle.

I'd go for Hugo.

Yes Arabella is nice but Annabel rolls off the tongue more easily imo, and Annabel is less self-consciously middle-class.

I always think of Arabella Buckley from The Naughtiest Girl in the school books, by Enid Blyton!! She was a 'sneak'. And she was very vain. Now Enid Blyton books probably weren't so commonly read in Germany and France and Canada. You might not know what I mean.

Theo and Leo - you can't do that

Theo and Quentin are much nicer! Ignore your MIL NK34 and go for Quentin.

Hey, got another good one Annabel'smummie

Annabel and Julius

de trop?? je crois pas... wdyt??

Leo and Theo..! Your MIL would wish she'd kept her gob shut! Pandas or brothers?

Honestly, I love both the names but as brothers, bit soren sorensen you know!!

What about Theo and Louis? That would go fabulously well. Love Hugo, love Felix! I love all the names being mentioned here except the q one. I thought about Arnaud at one point, as I like names ending in o, but Arnaud seemed to side-step the obvious trend. Twas a little further outside the box ! Theo and Arnaud sound good without being too matchy matchy.

Annabel and Louis would also work well Annabel'smummie! I like Annabel and Frederick/ Annabel and Marcus, Annabel and Dominic. Was reading about the 'dragon' Peter Jones this morning, he has an Annabel and a William. I thought of you (stalky).

Congratulations! My three sons have very traditional names, I like all the names you've mentioned.

I have friends who are Anglo-French and who have called their two sons Theo and Sebastian. Beautiful names which work in both languages. They also seriously considered Henry for the same reason. I just love those names that work in lots of different ways.

I personally wouldn't go for Theo and Leo just because I think people would assume you chose them to rhyme on purpose.

I think Theo and Quentin sound lovely together! (whereas Theo and Leo don't imo).

I sympathize with you and have a funny story to share:-)

I gave birth on June 22 to a boy. We didn't know the gender before having him, and thought we could decide this week on a name once we met him. He has a 3.5 year old brother called Theo.

My husband is from Newcastle, England - I am Canadian. This has made things slightly more complicated.

Wednesday, we chose the new baby's name - Quentin. He called his mother. She fell out of her chair and made a huge issue. The name has been revoked due to her reaction and the concerns it highlighted for my husband. He felt very uncomfortable.

As for me, I am peeved beyond belief, but don't want to name this guy with someone we aren't both really happy with. Funnily, he loves Hugo (I am not sure - it sounds best when he says it without so much 'H') and Frederik. I like Oliver and Felix, but he is concerned about the class issue. We may be meeting in the middle with Leo, but I worry that boys with rhyming names may be a bit OTT and make people's eyes roll. We both like Magnus, but it doesn't work so well with our last name Paris.

He's 5 days old - yikes! If anyone has advice, please feel free to PM me! Maggie - I love Annabel - our girl's name was going to be Arabella:-)

Does Frederick/Frederic work in French?

We too live in London and I know a 6 year old Quentin and a couple of little Hugos and cannot imagine why their names would seem out of the ordinary. Slightly less common yes, but definately proper, solid names.

Good choices, by the way . Good luck.

I like both names very much - both classic, solid boys' names (unlike many modern, made up names).

I'd probably choose Quentin, but Hugo is lovely too.

Hugo is tres popular here in Australia, can't move for tripping over Hugos.

Quentin doesn't seem to have reached our shores yet.

I like them both.

But then I like classic/posho names.

A quick list . . .

Hector
Inigo
Auberon
Jerome
Tristram
Lucian
Oscar

Above names all used by the poshest people I know (ie my ghastly close relative for her 3 boys - awful woman but good names - maybe apart from Jerome perhaps).

also at my friday toddlers

Vincent
Sebastian
Cassius
Travis
Xander
Hughie

cant stop laughing

are you lot living in the 50's?

I think you must be. In my town there are a few Hugos and i know Crispin and Quentin and NOBODY rofls EVER

tbh no one really blinks

names are all different nowadays

OP - both your names are gorgeous. I would use Quentin personally as a few Hugos around

Playground bullying about names?? WTF? my ds (6) has a name which almost 'begs' bullying - you can name call it easily. He has NEVER has it - he also has long hair and according to folk on here should be pummelled to a pulp by now

ds4 has a name which was SLAMMED on here the week we registered him. Everyone in RL loves it

Headley

we have a hugo. dont regret it for a minute. suits him totally. only ever had positive comments about it, annd only ever 1 hugo at parties etc.