Rufus, Monty, Magnus ???

[mammabea]

Baby is due in a few months but struggling with boy's names. We have a few front runners but can see issues with each of them:

Rufus (too dog?)
Monty (too pretentious?)
Magus (too Scandinavian? Lack of nice nicknames....mags etc)

Do you think out concerns re our fav names are justified?

We also like names like Oscar, Freddie, Harry etc but they are v popular and keen to find something unusual but not too "out there".

Help!

Agree Marcus is good. Would any other ---s names appeal?

Tobias, Elias, Lucas, Atticus, Seamus, Nicholas, Cassius, Thomas, Otis, Francis, Amos, Matthias?

I'm not sure about those, is it Magnus or Magus? If it's the first, I think it sounds like an old pompous man name, not a cute baby, and if it's the second then everyone will spell it like the old pompous man version. I like Monty the best out of those, that's quite cute. And I like Felix too but my husband didn't like it otherwise I would have used it myself!

My Monty was very nearly a Magnus but it just didn't suit him. He'd have been a Rufus if DH got his way. Meh, who cares if people think I'm pretentious! All great names! Magnus in particular is a great strong name.

Thanks for all your thoughts. I think we are now at the point of deciding between Magnus and Rufus.

What about Manus, too scottish?

Love Magnus

I like Magnus best from your choices.

How about Rupert?

@mammabea we have very similar taste. We have a Rufus (it’s more popular than you’d expect, we’ve met several others!) and a Felix.

Magnus is top of my list now I’m expecting dc3. Also considering Nathaniel.

I love all three. Probably in this order - Magnus Rufus Monty. Magnus has a good strong and international flair to it. A nice multi-dimensional name. Whereas the other two are simply very English / posh.

Rufus