Boy’s name Marcus or Charlie?

[Biebs88]

Hello everybody!
My partner and I are expecting our first baby in February, a boy! We are beyond excited but can’t decide on a name. A few of my favourites have been vetoed (Leon, Theo, Julian...) and the two names remaining on our list are Marcus and Charlie.
To me they are quite different... Charlie sounds to me like a name for a goofy, playful child and Marcus sounds more serious/artistic to me. Sounds a bit weird - I know :)
What are your opinions on this matter? Or some more name suggestions in the line of Marcus, Charlie, Leon...

Many thx!

[Hijklm]

I prefer Marcus . I see it as quite posh. Dh vetoed it as reminding him of mucous. Interesting to see others upthread said the same.

[SilverySurfer]

Marcus, a fab name, no contest

[CPtart]

They are very different.
Marcus by a mile. There are far too many ie ending boy and girl names around. Much more substantial.

[MikeUniformMike]

I like both. Why not wait until he turns up and then choose.

[auntantigone]

I love Marcus. Charlie is totally overused right now.

[PandaCat]

Don't like Marcus, so Charlie

[TheNumberfaker]

Marcus. Charlie is quite popular and it should be Charles anyway!

[ScarletSienna]

Bernard

[SardineJam]

Thinking of when he's an adult - Marcus is definitely better!

[BernardBlacksHangover]

I feel like that^^ about Lucas - Lucas / Mucus. But not Marcus, which is lovely and not at all mucussy - so nerr .

Fwiw, Charlie makes me think of class a drugs, but that's because I'm a bit immature (as demonstrated in the above paragraph ).

[ScarletSienna]

Marcus makes me think of mucus.

Charlie is great.

[SuperBeagle]

I prefer Charlie.

I like Mark more than Marcus.

[Sophronia]

Marcus

[GPolly91]

I vote for Marcus. I would love the name myself if it wasn't for our surname. Charlie I dislike- although I'm not keen on many names ending in ie as I think it sounds like more of a nickname.

[FizzyGreenWater]

Agree - Leo? Much better than either!

[FizzyGreenWater]

Against the grain, I hate Marcus. Just a bit depressing for some reason.

[AnyaMoondial]

How about Leo instead of Leon?

[daisypond]

I greatly prefer Marcus,

[sonlypuppyfat]

Marcus is fab a proper blokes name

[PurpleGrapePip]

I love both but I love Charlie more.

[Beammeup11]

Marcus is such a cool name :)

[PhatSlag]

Love Marcus. I met a puppy bulldog called Marcus the other day. Such a cool name.

[Thesqueezermustghost]

Marcus. I imagine someone dark with that name.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Marcus.

[SmiledWithTheRisingSun]

I prefer Charlie.