Siegfried or Paul

[mumchkin]

Hi posting on behalf o friend.... “just hoping for some closure on an argument I’m having with my DH (we are gay) I think baby should be called Siegfried (after the recently sadly deceased Siegfried, of Siegfried and Roy) He wants Paul. Who’s right?”

Paul

Just awful names! I prefer Balonz.

Paul is a beautiful name. I love it and think it's underused.

You could consider the Latin form Paulus if you want something a bit more. Just like we have Mark/ Marcus or Luke/Lucas etc. I think that’s rather nice.

Siegfried is so overused these days. If they must, then perhaps spell it Pseegphreed? To add some originality.

@Communistlegobloc

I prefer CigPhrid

It’s got more street cred.

Although @mumchkin to throw a spanner in the works...

He shall be named...

Caspian

Paul. Siegfried is hardcto pronounce (and comes with the association of 60+ guy, beerbelly hanging out under too short shirt, etc)

@NameChange84 Split the difference, Cigphreed? Beautiful.

Paul.

No having to spell it out endlessly, no anti-German comments if there are any racist families at school, that you would get with Siegfried.

Who calls a baby Paul in this day and age?

133 parents in 2018. It's a good short name - Jack is way too popular.

Think Siegfried is only acceptable if they also have a DD called Brünnhilde! If not, Balonz is still preferable.

The only Siegfried I know is a girl!

I’d go with Paul of the two. It’s not a bad name, although it doesn’t appeal to me personally.

Paul. Good solid name.

Who calls a baby Paul in this day and age?

It was the number-one name for boys in 2018 in Germany, and has been popular for years.

Balonz is a much more up to date version of Siegfried.

I think the baby should be called Dave. There will come a time when no Daves are being born and that will plunge the country in to crisis. Everyone knows a Dave, what will we do if there are no Daves? Who is going to replace Dave? #SaveTheDave

Who calls a baby Paul in this day and age

All the original people who aren't calling their kid Oscar, Henry, Hugo, Jasper, Harry, Oliver, and any other names which they might have heard on Made in Chelsea

I don't have any Pauls in the family or mates called Paul. But in "this day and age" it sounds positively positively original compared to that stuff.

Definitely Newton I'm with you with saving the Daves ,everyone knows one😂😂,my Dh is a Paul and whilst it's a,perfectly nice name it's a bit old fashioned at the moment but I'm sure there will be A revival at some point ,I used to go to primary school with a Sieghfried .

Obviously Balonz is the best name, absolutely classic and so strong. However, think about popularity, you don't want him to be one of five Balonzs in nursery. So maybe stick with Paul.

Go for Siegfried, fab operatic and poetic links, wonderful name.

I agree with Newton you need to take one for the team and call it Dave (even if it’s a girl).

We CANNOT have a situation where everyone doesn’t know a Dave. 😂

Loving Balonz, who wouldn't? Or for something different, how about Fritz, Garfield, Paulo, Beelzebub, Rupert? Not necessarily in that order....

As a lover of Wagner it has to be Seigfried!

Stand him out from the other Balonzs in nursery by spelling it Belenz.

Who calls a baby Paul in this day and age?

It was the number-one name for boys in 2018 in Germany, and has been popular for years.

Probably because it’s pronounced differently - Paul is pretty dull. ‘Powell’ as in similar to ‘owl’ has a cuter ring to it.

To be honest, when DS was little we used to call him outlandish (to our area) names while out shopping. And he'd answer to them because he thought it was fun. He was variously:

Ozymandius
Agamemnon
Isambard
Napoleon
Saraquael
Rasputin
Gethsemene
Aloysius

Probably because it’s pronounced differently - Paul is pretty dull. ‘Powell’ as in similar to ‘owl’ has a cuter ring to it.

Paul rhymes with Saul, its twin name, and that is quite trendy nowadays in the UK, so I don’t think it’s a sound issue. And cute names aren’t desirable. I don’t think the German pronunciation sounds cute to German or English ears either.