Help me name ds2: do your worst to my shortlist

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Ds2 is due in a few weeks and dh and I can't think of a single name we both feel is 'the one' - but then I wasn't completely sure about ds1's name until he arrived and made it his own.

So, current thinking is, in no special order:

Peter
Gilbert
Arthur
Clement
Robert
Thomas

Help!

Yy, another vote for Jonty.
What about Hugo?

I really like Clement! It sounds strong, cool, masculine and is not overused. Great classic.

How about Dominic, Quentin or Magnus?

Asher is a beautiful name.

Robin?

Definitely Robert.

Thomas and Peter are fine, but a bit boring maybe. Arthur still sounds very 'grandad' to me. And I think Clement and Gilbert are awful. I'm sorry!

Peter - OK
Gilbert - not sure I'm keen but quite like Gil as nn
Arthur - OK but not for me
Clement - awful
Robert - OK but prefer Bobby or Bob
Thomas - prefer just Tom

Gilbert is fabulous don't listen to ^^
Asher is lovely.
I'm very 'meh' on the rest, although Tomas (Spanish pronunciatin tom-AS) was on our shortlist for DS. We'rei Spain, not pretentious!

Thomas or Peter - both are lovely.

Not keen on any of the others.

What about Daniel? Best name ever :)

Thomas, Arthur are my fave onyour list. Mark, Eric and Nicolas were my pick for DS but when he was born we knew Nicolas was the right one.

I love Gilbert nn Gil. I wanted it for DS1 but DP vetoed. Disclaimer - I read a lot of Anne of Green Gables hence I love it so much!

Although it's getting nailed on here, we have just called ds2 Gilbert. Gilby as a nn seems to be sticking. Also Gil and Gily.

Won't ever be called his full name unless he's REALLY naughty

I have a Gilbert, and Clement is high on my list for DC4 if it's a boy, so those would be my top picks from your list.
I love Peter too, but that is FIL's name.

Really liking Dominic, Nicholas and Solomon as well at the moment.

Oh, and our Gilbert gets called Gil quite a lot, sometimes Gilly. Never Bert or Bertie though.
He's 5 now, and still the only Gilbert I've come across. (DH gave in to my Anne of Green Gables passion for the name.)

DS' middle name is Robert (after his daddy) and I like it, as a middle name.

I love Jolyon! If you like Jonty, what about Monty?

Claude = Clod, wouldn't go there.
Albert -> Albie or Bertie, okay by you?
Jonty without Jonathan would work, I'm sure. Jon ok by you?
Fish have gills, wouldn't go there.

My favourites are Peter, Robert and Thomas, but Gilbert is also good (reminds me of Gilbert Blythe in the LM Montgomery books).

Love Gilbert. Had a really nice friend called Gilbert when I was a child. What about Gideon?

I really don't like Gilbert or Robert. Sorry!
Clement is nice but seems quite feminine...
Favourites are Arthur and Thomas.

Peter - A bit wet but acceptable. Just.
Gilbert - Isn't that the name for a glob of phlem? No.
Arthur - Old name but coming back in. Arty for a nickname.
Clement - Was he born aged 80? Granddad name not coming back in.
Robert - Yeah. No weird and popular.
Thomas - See Robert.

Peter or Arthur both lovely.

I like Clement and Gilbert..

Peter -little old fashioned, but classic.
Gilbert- bit wet.
Arthur - love it so that probably means it's destined to get popular.
Clement- still think of Clement Freud
Robert- bit ordinary, again a classic though.
Thomas - love it, oh yes, very popular.

How about Gabriel, nn Gabe?

I love Gilbert (probably due to a massive childhood crush on Gilbert Blythe) but was comprehensively veto-ed by DH and family - it is still on the uncool side of old fashioned for a lot of people!

Peter is lovely too, and at least in my area is actually quite rare for children in our area.

Jolyon I am also a Trollope fan but the name just feels like a lifetime of misspelling and mispronunciation.

I love Gilbert, Robert and Clement. I think Clement is my favourite. The others are nice but dull imo.