Toby, Angus (Gus), Micah ... What do you think?

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It's hard going choosing names when your friends and family have so many children and hence names already used! Tonight dh and I came up with3 names that both if us would 'consider' lol! What do you think of them? Middle name would be James .

Shame, I like Jonas too (but I'm in Scotland with no Scandinavian heritage so it was a no no from my DH too!)

Have answered my own question, thank you google.

I know a grown up Micah who is female! I assumed it was a girls name til recently. I kind of like it for a boy, it does sound very Old Testament.

I love Toby too. But don't like Tobias. Angus just makes me think of 'Anger' so its out for me.

Hadn't heard of Micah Richards either...

Micah is quite popular in The Netherlands. I have the Dutch female version Mieke (mee-ka) on my potential name list for mine if its a girl.

I do like Micah for a boy. I think it's good to have a first and second name with different number of syllables to each other as it rolls better.

I suggest Judah on all MN names threads so will have another go here!

Love Toby - would use Tobias personally, but just Toby's fine. Also like Angus - Gus is a great nickname. Not such a fan of Micah.

I have a Gus so I'm biased. Toby is also nice and perfectly ok on a birth certificate as it stands. I dislike Micah.

Rhubarb is your DS Gus on his bc? Or Angus/Fergus etc? Keen to know what people have made of the name!

what about Jude? don't know if it is Old Testament though.

like Rhubarbgarden i have an Angus, always known as Gus. his name was SUCH a compromise, i wanted to call him Gabriel and thought dh would eventually give in. obviously he didn't.

i also liked Christian with the nn Kit, but again dh vetoed that one.

love Micah. What about Nico?

Thanks baskingseals. Love Gabriel but prefer Angus, hope you feel it suits your DS! :)

Like Jude too!

I keep revisiting Jude thinking that I should like it. Just can't bring myself to though. Final nail in the coffin when I looked it up last week and meaning was 'a woman from Judah'.!

forgetmenots - it does suit him. he's quite manly. he is Angus on the bc. i have only had positive comments about his name, but like another poster said - people aren't going to be mean about your dc's name once you have named them.

tbh i still prefer Gabriel. actually i have issues over ALL 3 of my dcs' names.
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Like all of them (unhelpful!) but love Angus.

My Gus is just Gus. I like it as a standalone name. Also he's half Dutch and in Holland it is a name as it is, albeit spelt Guus.

Ah I see rhubarb! I love Gus too and that's nice with the Dutch connection :)
Basking - that's why I'm not talking about names in real life! Too afraid!

Sorry for hijacking, thanks for the response!

I love Micah. Its very popular in the US.

Toby is cute.