A baby called angus?

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Me and DH love the name Angus for our DS1, due shortly.

DH is Scottish with a similarly Scottish first name, I am half Scottish, and we have a very Scottish surname. It's recently occurred to me that in a few months I need to ACTUALLY make an actual decision whether to bestow this name upon the very wriggly boy who is currently kicking me from the inside...

1. I love the Irish spelling (Aengus) because of the Yeats poem, but DH thinks we would be condemning the poor boy to a lifetime of spelling corrections.

2. Our surname also begins with A - but a different sound if that makes sense? Problem? It worked for Marylin Monroe...

3. Will people constantly miss out the G in the middle?

4. Will he inevitably be called Gus? I don't mind Gus, but are there any other nicknames commonly used I should be aware of?

Fingers crossed he's ginger too - my wee Scottish boy

ps. in case he REALLY doesn't look like an Angus, any other names in a similar vein that aren't Fergus (close friend's son), Hamish (I love but DH says is 'too scottish ), or Douglas (already in use)?

I'm in Scotland and I know quite a few little Anguses. I think it's a lovely name, and was one of our options if we had a DS instead of our DD. Our other choices were:
Hamish
Campbell
Magnus (my DH's favourite)
Cameron
Jamie

Innes is fairly popular up here, and I also like Struan and Lachlan. Fraser and Rory are great options, too.
Re. your questions, I think the alliteration with your name would be really nice, I don't know anyone who has ever had problems with missing out the 'g', and he doesn't need to be Gus if he doesn't want to be (none of the Anguses I know go by Gus). I definitely wouldn't go with the Irish/gaelic spelling.

We have a Fraser and a very Scottish surname.

We have a cat called Angus because we are AC/DC fans!

I do love the name for a person though. It's a good, classic, strong name.

I quite like Magnus but I worry he'd be called Maggie, and that makes me think of Thatcher it's bizarre how names evoke things isn't it??!!

We've had precisely this problem with the staff at nursery. For a while DS insisted on calling himself Maggie but I got his older siblings to start calling him a better short form and the Maggie thing has now passed. We always call him by his full name, not that fond of any of the short forms TBH.

Very popular for the last ten years up here has been Lewis.

And Dallas is my wild card option for you OP!

Finlay/Findlay is also really popular here.

drinkscabinet - what other shortened form does your Magnus go by? My main concern with the name (despite my DH majorly pushing for it) was that it couldn't be easily shortened. I thought about using Gus, but wasn't sure if it would work.

I really wanted to call DS Angus but DH vetoed it as we're in England and it would be quite unusual.

We went with Duncan instead which has loads of nn / associations but I don't care. I'm sure he will be Duncan Disorderly at some point and we often call him doughnuts.

I think it depends where you live, as Duncan is considered quite strange here and people often comment on it.

AugustHasToBeBetter I know a Scottish girl called Dallas. Is it traditionally a boy's name?

I've heard Max or Mags as a short form for Magnus.

" I know a Scottish girl called Dallas. Is it traditionally a boy's name?"

No- it's traditionally a city's name.

It's a surname used as name (quite rarely) but I have noticed a male presenter on BBC Science programmes called Dallas.

Probably gone the way of Leslie/Lesley and Cameron.

The only name I can think of going the other way is Christian which was definitely used in my family for girls in the 1800s.

And look up the origin of the city's name..

Love Angus (not Aengus). Really love Hamish. Dougal / Dougray?

I love Angus!

OOAOML we wouldn't be using that particular name anyway, because that's my husband! (NOT the former shadow foreign secretary , Dh is a lot younger and better looking!)

I think we will probably go with Angus - thanks for reassuring me! And I am going to note down all the other lovely names suggested for any future brothers...

Personally I really dislike it. However this is your LB so you choose whatever you both like.

Haha HelsBels3000 your username is a bit of a giveaway! we like ac/dc too - we'll have to buy ds a little band t shirt!

I went to uni with a guy called "Sandy Alexander". Sandy was his nickname. Scottish form of Alexander. Which meant his parents had actually named him "Alexander Alexander"

So, as alliterations go, Angus Alexander is a million times better. I really liked the name but I got vetoed.

I like Angus. Scottish places lend themselves to names I think!

Moray or maybe Murray

Leith ...i'd like that for a chunky wee boy

Calder, Keir, Muir

ooooh I may spend the evening renaming my not yet imagined grandbabies.

I live in the south, Suffolk, so far down south :) There is a little boy at my sons school called Angus, I think it's a lovely name and really suits him. A good strong name! Go for it :)

I love Gregor too!

Can I suggest this www.nippazwithattitude.com/baby.html?

what other shortened form does your Magnus go by? My main concern with the name (despite my DH majorly pushing for it) was that it couldn't be easily shortened.

The other DC call him Mags. I'm from Orkney and Mansie is a common NN there (sounds quite old mannish to me, most men my generation or children would only be called Magnus or Mags), Mons is a common NN in Norway.

I like Angus :)

Other suggestions:

Craig
Greig
Cairn
Moray/Murray
Ross
Struan
Elgin
Tiernan
Iain
Alastair (though that is a bit like calling him Alexander Alexander :o )
Stewart

My dc (boy and girl) both have very Scottish first names and we have a very Scottish surname.

Boys names we considered:

Ruari (don't like longer spelling)
Euan
Murdo
Douglas
Duncan
Lachlan
Innes
Gregor
Struan
Stuart
Fraser
Fergus
Angus
Arran
Cameron
Alastair (maybe a bit much with your surname)
Brodie