Have I lost all sanity with...

[cherryjam]

Vaughn?

I quite like the retro vibe, but I'm not sure about it being a babies name, it's a grown ups name, do you know what I mean? Like Sebastian or Alexander...

Isn't it a surname?

I knew a Vaughn at primary school. He got a bit picked on, if I remember rightly, but not only because of his name. (Not by me, I hasten to add. I was nice.)

I really like it. It works just as well on a baby or toddler as it does on an adult imho.

Oooo, top name ever: Vaughan Savidge off of R4

I really like it, very unusual, but that's not a bad thing.

Vaughan is a good solid name. Ok it's not very cootchy-coo, but you are only a toddler for a very shorty time.

My children go to school with a Vaughn, but it is pronounced Von, which seems a bit odd to me. I think Vaughn Williams, which is a good association I guess. Not sure about it as a name to be honest.

Ooooh love the name Vaughan! It's been on my list both times but has been vetoed by DH

Nooka - I would pronounce Vaughn, Von. Like Vaughn Williams. What's the other way?

Like it by the way Cherryjam.

But Vaughn Williams isn't 'von' the 'au' has a long sound like the 'aw' in saw, or awe, not a short 'o' sound like on. Of course as with everything spoken it depends on accents too.

Thanks for all the responses everyone! Spanky2 - that is the name of my DS! Sebastian is basically the only name I like but as we've already used it I am clutching at straws - we also have Leo - is that better? Thought Vaughn may be a little too unusual...

I think it is fine - unusual as a first name, but fine. So, no, you haven't lost your marbles. I prefer the Vaughan spelling, as in Vaughan Williams. I knew a little boy called Vaughan once but that was years ago.

I like it. We have a Seb so must have similar taste and possibly surname, also like Otto.

Not a fan of Vaughn. It screams 70s moustached adult film star to me.

Sebastian and Leo are both really nice!

Definitely the Vaughan spelling. Vaughn looks strange!

Nice name!

Do prefer Leo I have to say

Vaughn looks weird. Vaughan is OK-ish.

Any other contenders?

Thanks all.

Yes, Leo is another contender but just not sure if it is more of a middle name.
It is to go with a surname of 2 syllables ending in -er, so don't really want anything of the same sound, like Homer (!).. (sorry, first thing I could think of..I am not going to call my son Homer)...

Leo is ok,but not half as nice as Vaughn imho.

Letterbox - the other way to say it is Vorn - V Orn, rather than Von.

If you choose Vaughan I prefer it spelt with the a.

Out of the two though, I prefer Leo (though personally wouldn't choose either).

Thanks Nooka and Chipping.

You are right about accents Nooka. As a Scot, I don't really do long vowel sounds.

Lovely and more interesting/nicer than Leo imo.

I like it, said like lawn is you know what I mean