Marcus or Vincent

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Have shortened our list to these two.

DC2 will be here in less than four weeks, dh and I have strong, differing opinions on baby names, and these two are really it. If you hate both, of course it’s fine to say so if you like, but I will have to ignore you !

Many tia for opinions.

I like Vincent in theory, but I just can't imagine calling a child 'Vincent' all his life, which leaves Vince or Vinnie, both of which are slightly different shades of silly. So, Marcus.

I love Vinnie, but it does have a prohibition-era gangster ring to it to me... Also Vinnie Jones makes me think of Guy Ritchie films, which are also gangster movies. So I do understand why people might think that.

Vincent is different; Van Gogh, don Maclean, Vincent clerc (swoon). More of a French feel for sure, which would go nicely with dd’s name.

I really like Marcus and really don't like Vincent. I'll try and explain my dislike: I don't like the fact that when pronounced with a French accent, so as van-sonn, it is 20-100 or wine-100 in French. Also Vinnie reminds me of gangsters and Vince is a misogynist I have the displeasure of knowing. So personal association is probably putting me off a bit. Marcus is great though.

Marcus, but biased as I have one!

I LOVE the name Marcus, it's on my list! I haven't met any for years. I'm not a fan of Vincent, not sure why, but I know 3 little ones all under 4 so it must be vaguely popular.

I like Marcus and dislike Vincent. Vincent as a surname is fine but as a first name is not. Vince is just awful and Vinnie makes me think of Vinnie Jones.

Vince makes me wince. Marcus makes me think of Marcus Gilbert the acor. ooh!

Marcus - love it!

Marcus by a mile. Have known 3 in my life. All really top blokes. Vince reminds me of mince!

I love Marcus

Not a fan of Vincent

I like Marcus a lot.

Vincent, not so much.

Vincent.

I love Vincent.

Marcus

Love both names- and both on my list! Can I ask what other names you were thinking of as we may have similar taste. Sadly Dh has vetoed both so back to square one for me. Good luck!

Of course @Suzanne! Here is our list of vetoed names. Some vetoed by me, some (most) by dh. There were even more than this. And I thought picking a name would be fun !

• Edward
• Sebastian
• Guy
• Lewis
• Peter
• Thomas
• Matthew
• Jack
• James
• Gabriel
• Hamish
• Elijah
• Josiah
• Isaac
• Angus
• Fergus
• William
• Patrick
• Christopher (Kit)
• Felix
• Rafferty
• Bennett
• Daniel
• Benedict

Markus is the scandinavian spelling.

I prefer Marcus.