down to two...

[nyldn]

we're down to two names, baby due imminently!

Toren and Winston.

love them both, but cannot decide for the life of me. both go equally well with our surname. Winston would probably be nn Win, and Toren may be nn Ren.

made the mistake of telling my mother and she's now pushing Winston because she's never heard of Toren and it's throwing me off.

I like Toren

Toren is so much nicer than Winston. Winston sounds like the name of a British Bulldog

I woud go with Winton. I haven't heard of Torin?

Toren definitely, Winston makes me think Churchill

I've never heard of Toren either (it sounds like a Norse God) and I love Winston. I'm Team Winston.

Winston is fine, Toren is OK and if it's yoiur fave go for it, but be prepared to always have to say " not Torin, Toren" , but it's not an insurmountable issue.

I'll vote Toren.

I would wait until he's here, there's no need to be certain on the name before his arrival. We had three names and slept on it once he was here. It's not really like a small squished baby will look like either name but one might flow easier when you look at him.

I prefer Toren by the way but it's a close call as Win would be a nice NN

Another vote for Toren.

I prefer Winston. Only Toren I've ever known was a Torran - don't know if that's even the same name actually.

How do you pronounce Toren sorry?

I've never heard of Toren but already prefer it to Winston

Prefer Winston.

Never heard of Toren. Its strangely unisex sounding. And is it Torr-un or Torr-enne or what?

Toren by far.

Ooh I like Toren. I've never heard it before, is it scandi?

I'm not sure what "strangely" unisex means.... but pronounced tor (like door)-en. but kind of a bit between in and en.

it's a variant of Torin (gaelic) and we both prefer it with an e.

I was a bit more in the Winston camp (I have a unisex name) and I think Win is a great nn, but DH (who has an extremely overly used classic name) is a bit more in the Toren camp.

Winston, since I only like Torin spelled with the i.

Toren
Winston not keen on

Oh I like Toren / Torin if pronounced like Torr-enn! I really like Dorian too, but you would have to be pretty cool to carry that off... and have an amazing art collection... and never age.

Strangely unisex = strange and unisex and slightly unpleasant

Apologies for not being clear. I was trying to be vague rather than rude, but hey ho!

I LOVE Winston!
Think it would be so cool and original these days.

Toren is fine. Sounds like a lot of Cornish names we have down here.

I like Torin with an i.

Winston reminds me of a character in Still game (Scottish comedy show). I like it but not as much as Torin.

I really like Torin (that spelling). Lovely. I'm fairly neutral on Winston.

Toren.

I like Torin with an i. It's a great name.

Really don't wish to sound critical, but why spell it otherwise? After all, the name is usually pronounded TOR-in or TOR-un, not Tor-enn. It's the English version of Torfhinn (also TOR-inn) (gaelic = chief). The 'o' is the same sound as in 'cot'. The 'fh' is silent.

It's perhaps also influenced by Toirneach (very approx: TURN-yoch) (gaelic = thunder).

There were 19 babies named Torin in Scotland in 2013 and 2 called Torrin.

There were also 4 babies called Torran - which is a separate name, a famous group of islands. The meaning of the islands' name is disputed - either 'rocky' or 'thunderous' (from the noise of the waves breaking over them).

But there were no babies called Toren.

Your baby, your choice of name and spelling. And - really genuinely - good luck. But if you go with Toren, as earlier posters have said: be prepared to say 'Not TorIn, but TorEn' quite a lot....