What do you think about these names?

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Anton
Nathaniel
Cedric

I honestly like all 3. They're my top 3 picks.
Which is why I'm now concerned about what they imply to English people, how they 'read' in English....
MY dh is pretty relaxed. He didn't even veto Lettice or Ignatius. Just Severin is apparently a big no.

Tbh, I'm soo relieved I even found names that my whole family can pronounce... Because there are Swiss German, French, Italian and Swedish speaking people...
And my mum can't pronounce the th or an English r... Which excludes quite a few names.

But cedric works with a french pronouniation... So yay :)

I wouldn't choose Nathaniel then, if she can't pronounce the 'th' sound.

Cedric and Anton work much better in most (European) languages.

To be fair to the MIL, I would struggle to keep a straight face when presented with a baby Cedric as well.

Ah, but Nathaniel can be said with a t. It is actually said with a t wear I live... Like, Nataniel... Which works, but Henrrrry or Hee-tt-urr sound just sooo awful.

lived. Sorry, where I live it's said with a th...
So my mum could still pronounce it, just not the English way.. Hee-tt-urr would be how she pronounces Heather, btw

And no, I wouldn't call a boy Heather

Oh well, I thinkIi should stop commenting. I'm a bit too stressed to do this properly now...

But I agree, Cedric works very well in most european laguages (which is why I like it...)
But it apparently doesn't work in English, so...

Nathaniel and Anton are both great names.

Cedric though is the biggest dweeb in dweebsville. I too would have to stifle a giggle at meeting a little Cedric.

None of the names on your list are 'common'. My favourite is Nathaniel, and I love Nat as a nickname. I find Cedric a bit wet. If the baby is getting your partners last name, are you not tempted to give it a first name from your country?

A baby name from my country...?
Hm... They're usually biblical (Thomas, David, Anna, Noah, Isaak, Marcus), French (went to school with a Cédric, for example) or Italian. A few (not many) are also German. I feel like I just revealed where I grew up
The fun thing (or hated...) are the nns.
Sebastian may be Baschi or Bästeli, Stefan could be Stögu, Christine may be Chrigge/Christi, Franziska could become Fränzi (I feel like I now definitely revealed where I grew up. Or maybe not. Idk)
So, to me little Cedric would be Ceddi (sedd-ee), anton maybe Toni(tonee) or Tonino and Nathaniel... I don't know. Nathaniel would be Nathanael, it doesn't really have one...

Are you Swiss, by any chance ?

Agree Cedric could go one way or the other.

I prefer Anthony or maybe Antoine to Anton.

I like Nathaniel and I like Nate, Nat, Natty as nns.

Cedric is a cool name. I like it a lot.

I don't like Nathaniel and especially dislike the nicknames Nat, Natty.

Not Cedric. V pretentious, like Cecil

I like them all, depends on how they sounds with your surname really.

Stefan, Guy and Benedict have a similar feel imo.

Oh yes Stefan is great. Also Nicholas and Alexander.

And one of my fav is David, exorbitant with Euro pronunciation. How about Matthias? (pron Mat Ee us)

+RiverTam: Yes, I'm Swiss (but my parents' first languages are Swedish and Italian, repsectively. Which leads to certain difficulties. Especially with my 2 grandmothers.... And then there are a few French speaking relatives, but they're not important enough to get special name chosing consideration, tbh ).
Which name gave my Swissness away? lol

Nicholas: Very unsavoury family history, tbh. I'd also rule out Niklaus/Klaus/etc. We cold call the boy Copernicus Fitzwilliam (this is not a serious suggestion!!) and my family would prefer it.

Benedikt: My first "boyfriend". (We were proud to hold hands).

Stephan: Very nice name! But a really good friend of mine, from uni. We were in the same... union/student association (?). Very nice chap, can drink quite a lot and is good at shooting. But maybe not for our son (if it happens to be a boy. But girl names are already sorted, so.)

David: I love David. It was even on my list. But it is the name of my ex's husband (not my ex-husband. The husband of my ex!!). Uhm, and my ex is still my best friend (we were friends since elementary school..).

Sorry for the long comment. But you all suggested soo lovely names. And I wanted to explain why I couldn't...

I don't really like Alexander, sorry!

And Matthias sounds uber Christian to me. No idea why, but I picture a very devout boy/man.

I (unlike my dh) am probably horribly picky :/
But then again, somebody probably has to be.

Which name gave my Swissness away?

All the umlauts and i endings are a dead giveaway!

Ah, these. Yup, they are veeeeery Swiss German. But I wasn't sure if it was distinctive enough to be recognised (it's hard for an "insider" to judge stuff like this imo. Because to me they're just normal)

I thought that maybe the combi of German/French/Italian might be enough, but that's probably pretty vague. It's naturally just uber obvious to me

yes, it was the French/German/Italian that gave it away!

I am now dying to know the 'unsavoury family history' about Nicholas!