Boys name shortlist

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Which do you prefer? Popularity doesn't bother us too much – we live outside the UK and all these names are foreign/unusual but heard of/pronounceable where we live.

Eli
Ezra
Owen
Augustus
Erik

Have you considered Fergus?

Erik

Have you considered Fergus?

No, I hate it! Haha, sorry!

Ezra and Owen

Eli is nice too

Not Augustus (although I like Gus)

Eric not Erik

Can I suggest

Asa
Evan

We love Asa! But it is a common word where we live so can't use it :(

Evan I find a bit plain, for some reason.

Eben

Abel

You could consider Angus or Fergus if you want a Gus.

Eli - yep. Grand. Inoffensive.

Ezra - love this name

Owen - I'm more of a fan of Eoghan/ Eoin personally, but I get that if you've no Irish link it could be odd. It's a nice name.

Augustus - this is just awful...Augustus Gloop as others have said, and tbh even without that it's not a great name.

Erik - love Erik/Eric.

Eric is probably my favourite but Ezra is a close second.

In our defence on Augustus, it's pronounced "Ow-goos-toos" where we live (ow as in ouch), which does make us think less of Gloop!

Anyway, I think we're bearing that more in mind for a middle name now, and we've crossed off Owen, so we're down to Eli, Ezra and Erik. With Erik and Ezra the top two contenders (although we still love Eli so who knows).

I like Erik best, with Augustus as the middle name.

Eli

Eric/Erik is an all time favourite of mine. ( 40 years plus) !

I love Ezra, but sadly DP hates it so it's been crossed off our shortlist.

August was on out list (also with nn Gus) but the baby's due in December so we thought it might be a bit weird!

Owen

Love Erik. Really dislike Eli. Any time I've heard a parent call 'Eli' I just think 'pretentious' and judge the parents. Awful I know! It's strange what feelings a name came ellicit!

I think Augustus is opening up the possibility of bullying at school. That name would not have gone unnoticed in London when I was growing up!

DillyDally15 We're not in the UK and while it's still an unusual/foreign name where we live (as they all are), there is no negative connotation with it so that wouldn't be a problem.

Anyway it's most likely going to be a middle name if anything. We're split between Eli, Erik and Ezra for the first name now. (We still like Owen but it does seem a bit "plain" in our opinions)

Loove Augustus (alternatively just August?), Eli is great too!

Ezra, Eli or Owen 😊

Ezra or Erik. Erik has the best meaning imo but Ezra sounds better. Actually Erik is pretty cool. Both names are on my list actually.

I really like the basque name Eneko. it means 'My little one'. I'm wondering if I'll be brave enough to use it.

Not keen on Augustus or Eli. Eli feels incomplete to me and not very strong sounding.

Erik

We have an Eli, so obviously biased. We loved Ari too...