Hugo or Theodore (and why)?

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Which is best?! X

DS2 is Hugo, he is 9 weeks old and we love his name. We don't use any nicknames but that's fine with us.

His older brother is Giles.

Theo, not Theodore.

When I was pregnant with my eldest child my DH kept jokingly suggesting the names Pauline or Hugo. Unsurprisingly I dislike the name Hugo (& Pauline). I have since met a couple of boys named Hugo & they are both delightful young men.

I adore the name Theodore but hear it's becoming increasingly popular? I've however not met one.

Sorry but Hugo makes me think of an old man.

On the other hand I love Theodore shortened to Teddy.

My Theodore is 4 and we’ve only met one other so not too popular.
His nickname is Figgy Pudding, though 😄

I love Both , I have a hugo, only ruled out Theo as we have a relative named it. I also felt hugo seemed a bit more Manly (imo), for when he was an adult :)
Good luck and congrats

Theodore because it sounds more manly :)

I like Hugo best. I do like Theo, but Theodore is a big much.

*bit !

I like Hugo best, cool and classy, also it's not as popular as Hugo so he won't be Hugo3.

I also like that it is a neat compact whole name, unlikely to be shortened for a nn, as Theodore usually is.

Theodore.

Hugo makes me think of French Bulldogs. I can offer no logical reason for this, but it does.

What does it matter if Hugo is posh?

30 years ago Olivia was posh now it’s everywhere.

The trouble with Hugo and "posh" generally is I can't imagine yelling across the car park at Morrison's without burning up. Dealing with a child's bad behavior is bad enough without knowing how much everyone is going to take the piss out of you behind your back.

The sweet spot for us was a name that goes over okay when wrestling a tantrum in the supermarket car park but in future years is not implausible for a bank manager or lawyer.

Avoid Morrison’s then

I don’t think anyone would look askance in a Waitrose carpark.

And anyway people with kids called Kayden, Jayden, Shiloh, Madison and Billy-Mae aren’t really in a position to take the piss.

I had both of these as my choices for dc 2, although Theo rather than Theodore, but we had a girl. I knew a Hugo years ago and he was the sweetest little boy, I didn’t find it to be a terribly posh name.

I’m not so fussed on the full Theodore as I couldn’t stand it being shortened to Ted or Teddy.

Hugo.

Oh sorry! Missed the (why) part!

Hugo because Theodore (though lovely) has been tainted for me by too many parents yelling “Fee-o! Fee-o-daw!” across the park where I live. It’s a lovely name, but doesn’t sound pretty in the local accents where I am (near London). I massacre some names in my accent too btw. Not picking on the accents so much as pointing out that some names don’t ‘work’ as well, to me, in some accents.

Theodore as it simply allows more scope for nn in the future.
Teddy is very cute for a toddler or small child and very in a the moment. Theo I picture as a cool teenager and Theodore is very professional.