A brother for Rufus

[isambardo]

So, we have just found out our son Rufus will be getting a baby brother!

Our shortlist so far is....
Barnaby/Barnabas
Felix
Maximilian

The longer list:
Wilfred
Jasper
Gus
Sebastian

Husband has ruled out my favourite, which was Magnus. I also really like Samuel and Henry but I do tend towards less popular names.

Any opinions or any other suggestions gratefully received!

Chakka/ Chukka

Not a fan of Barnaby/Barnabas, Felix, Maximilian. Sorry.

I like Jasper and Sebastian.

Barney
Theodore
Conrad
Julian
Lucius
Horatio
Cornelius
Dominic
Roman
Cassius
Lawrence
Gregory
Vincent
Atticus

Vincent
Felix
Fergus
Dylan
Theo
Vincent

Finn
Felix

Dh has also vetoed Vincent. Might add Lawrence to the list though!

Loving Chakka or Khan lol:)

Alexander

Victor
Geoffrey

Rex?

Digby
Felix
Flynn
Rafferty

Felix was the first name I thought of before seeing your list.

Other names:
Digby
Douglas
Casper
Lucas
Todd
Lewis
Lloyd
Robert
Rupert
Joel

Xander
Stirling
Hunter

I'd go for Jasper - it feels like it goes really well with Rufus, and kind of "fits in the same category" of name even though I can't quite articulate what that category is. They are both very good names.

I know brothers called Rufus and Caspar. Personally I think Caspar is nicer than Jasper.

Digby was the first name that came to mind.

Felix was my first thought
Also like Laurence (with a "u"), Guy,Matthew,Simon,

Milo?

Jago
Clement

Not keen on Barnaby/Barnabas or Maximilian. (Afraid Digby also sounds like a dog's name to me)!

Like Felix, Wilfred, Jasper, Gus, Guy, Sebastian, Lucas, Simon, Matthew, Rupert - but maybe too close to Rufus. Maybe Jasper has the advantage over Caspar that it can't be misspelt as you do find Casper too. Same spelling issue (ok spelling bugs me)! with Laurence/Lawrence. Milo's ok but makes me think of that hot chocolate drink!

Felix is a super cool name.

So is Max.

My favourite to go with Rufus is Jasper. They sound fab together. I do like your other choices too- but Max and Seb might be too main stream to pair with Rufus

Jasper, Sebastian, Felix are all great.

One that popped into my head before opening the thread is Alastair or Alasdair.

I also like Jasper best from the list and like Magnus a lot.

Or how about
Quentin
Marcus
Cassius

I love Rufus and Rex, those are my fantasy twin boy names. If not Jasper is a good second best

How about Angus nn Gus?

Thanks for all the suggestions, my list is growing rather than shrinking!

I think we will use a Latin name, Felix is front runner but I love Marcus too.

We considered Rupert last time but it's too similar to use now. I've also ruled out Robin, Rowan and Rex as I had the same initial as my sister and it annoyed me as a child. I do love Robin and Rex though, so maybe I should rethink my irrational issues about initials!