Igor?

[LumpyCustard69]

Shortlist of boy's names;

Igor ( Iggy)
Oscar ( Ozzie)
Adam ( AJ)
William ( Will, or Liam or just William!)
Isaac (Zac)

Help!! being induced Friday and still have no idea

Joel and Leon are on the extended list too.........

Not Ivor unless you're Russian.

And I don't think one can ever dictate to others what a child's nickname will be.

Would you pronounce it eye-gore or the Russian way Ee-gur?

Like Igor (ee-gor) from Talespin

Parents can't nickname their child???

The nicknames I have included are the ones I wold use, depending on what suited him best.............

Do I have to be of a certain nationality to be entitled to use names that originate from it? To be honest I don't really like Ivor anyways.

I'm confused..............

All your list is nice but Igor is the best. Unusual but not complicated.

I like Igor, DS has two in his class (both from Poland).

Anything except Igor

Maybe it's because I'm older but Igor for me is always a name from Frankenstein films.

Re nicknames - I think what the PP meant was you can decide what nicknames you'd like your son to have, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he and his friends and the rest of the world will use those - they might go for something completely different.

Igor is a hunchbacked lab assistant, specialising in slightly gormless expressions and a gothic demeanour. I couldn't give it to a child!

Adam is the best.
Leon in second place.

I like Anton, which is a bit like a combination of the two. Also has the Russian vibe like Igor.

What about Ivo?

Igor is TERRIBLE

No, that's Ivan you're thinking of.

I had to look up Talespin! Too many cartoon references on here at the mo'

No, I don't think you always have to be of a nationality of country of origin to use it, and there's not English alternative version. I think I just prefer your other names more.
Adam is best I think.

Igor??

Seriously hope you are joking!!

Igor is dreadful, unless he's going to help mad scientists etc.

Adam and Oscar are both lovely. William and Isaac both nice.

Igor was a massive vulture butler on the 80s cult cartoon 'Count Duckula' - that was the first thing that came to my mind...

Igor is a hunchbacked lab assistant, specialising in slightly gormless expressions and a gothic demeanour.

This is true

Isaac and Oscar are the best from your list. I don't like any of your suggested nn though. Would go with Isaac as there are a lot of Oscars around at the moment. I actually love Oscar but didn't even consider it for my DS born this year as it has become very popular. Isaac is a lovely name in its own right, not sure why you'd consider nn Zac which is horrible IMO.

How is AJ a nickname for Adam?

Agree that AJ is Not Good.

Igor always terrified me.

Igor sounds like a caveman.

The others are fine.

Ivan?

Igor sounds like 'something from Frankenstein', but Adam is OK? (don't like either of those names though, sorry). My pick is Isaac, I personally live it, but can't use it myself (surname issue).

Mrs GB, I think most of us associate Adam with the Garden of Eden or any of the myriad other uses of the name, which do of course include Adam Frankenstein! Whereas for a British audience, Igor really only has one set of associations, unless you know one personally.

Of the names you've given, OP, William is by far the best.