HELP PLEASE!!! Edgar or Gustave?

[SoExcitedMumToBe]

our baby was born this week-end and hasn't a name yet! Help please! We are a French family living in London so need a name which is good in both countries. We loved Hector but realised the bullying meaning only recently and that put us off.... What do you think of Edgar or Gustave? Brother is Oscar, is Edgar too similar? Thanks a lot!

Edgar is lovely

I love both. Also Edwin. If you're French, I would go for Gustave.

I don't think anyone would think of bullying if they heard the name Hector, to be honest.

Of your two other choices, I prefer Edgar.

Gustave might work better in France, though?

I like Edgar, I used to know one when I was a child, he was nicknamed egg, which I expect became ed as he grew older.

I wouldn't be sure how to pronounce gustave, though I do like nn gus

Gustave

I don't understand the hector/bullying link though

Hector is incredibly popular where I live. I don't like Edgar personally but do like Edward, Edmund and Eddison.

Think it must be as in
hectoring (heckling) at political rallies or speeches
Hector is a great name, nn Hec.

Hector or Edgar

I prefer Edgar and don't think it sounds similar to Oscar. I'd never associate bullying with the name Hector though if that's your first choice and the only thing putting you off.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby boy by the way!

I'm also French/British and I like both these name choices, although I do think Edgard sounds very similar to Oscar in French.

What about Edmond ?

Gustave, with Gus as a nn.

Edgar by a mile.

As pp said, Oscar and Edgar sound similar in french. Gustave is good and original, although I wouldn't know whether it had an 'e' on the end in english. And Gus is good as a nickname.
Oscar and Edwin would match the best though...

Of the two you suggest, I prefer Edgar.

Have you considered Louis, Julien, Laurent, Jerome, which all work in both languages.

What's the bullying link with Hector? It's a great name.

To hector is a verb. 'To talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get them to act or think as you want'.

I think I would go with Gustave, though I love Edgar and Hector.

Gustave is s super name- love it. Was my boy name but we ended up having a girl. Congratulations on your baby boy!

I like Hector!

Yif you like Hector go with that - it's rarely used as a verb

Love Gustave (my dd's second name, after his great grandfather), also love August(us).

Congratulations on your baby boy.

I love Gustave

I love Edgar.