Boy name deadlock

[Hippocraticoats]

I'm starting to think this baby boy will never have a name - he is more than a week old already! I would welcome the thoughts of the panel (and will be easily identifiable - hello if you know me! - but never mind).

Heritage (in decreasing order) English/Welsh/Australian/German.

Big sisters are Tilly and Harriet. Surname ends in "oh" sound so Hugo/Milo/Arlo etc don't sound good. Nicknames will be almost inevitable! Middle names could be any of the below or something else.

Options:
Alfred (Fred) - close family member has dog called Alfie
Angus (Gus) - OK if not at all Scottish? Might be my favourite.
Arthur (Artie) - a bit popular at the moment?
Barnaby (Barney)
Benjamin - but not keen on Ben/Benjy so probably out
Hugh - shares initial with sister - I guess not a disaster
Idris - nickname?
Jasper - nickname?
Max
Rory

Thank you....

Rory is my favourite.

Go for Angus if its your favourite, it goes well with your other dc names and Gus works well as a nn imo

Angus! Alfred also nice, he can be Alfie and in any case the dog comparison will fade quickly.

I really like Arthur and Rory x

My neighbours dog is called Angus

If Angus is your favourite, go for it! I can't imagine Scotland minding.

I think this is my favourite answer ever! I'm from Scotland and can confirm that Scotland doesn't mind.

Nope, Milo and Arlo are great names.

Angus is my favourite. I have a Gus, just Gus. We also have a surname ending in O.

Idris is a great name! Love it.

In my dc’s infant school,in SE England, we had three Megan’s. In my sister dc’s class in Wales, there were none! Trying to show that an area doesn’t ‘own’ a name.

Love Barnaby.

Other suggestions
Julian
Sebastian
Crispin
Raffety
Robert
Samuel
Benedict
Joel
Frederick

Jasper nn Jay is great and I really like Angus nn Gus.

Go for Angus.

Thank you so much, everyone. That is an unexpectedly positive reception! The list is getting shorter...

Angus is great but I wouldn't shorten it. It sounds great as it is and is easy to say, (Particularly dislike Gus, Gussy, sounds like gusset.)

Rory

Rory is a great name.

I don’t think nicknames need to be predecided, they come naturally. I like Idris but think Jasper goes best

I prefer the lrish version Aonghus...so not the An sound but A as in apricot ..then n..then.. gus.
But l don't like Gus on its own ..its too sharp with your other lovely soft names.
My favourite is Hugh ..lovely simple name with no need to shorten.
Name that baby before evening !!!

Angus Jasper

I'm not keen on Angus. It reminds me of fungus. Seems a smelly sort of name.
Like all the rest.
Jasper could be shortened to Jas/Jazz?
I love Alfred, Arthur and Rory best.

@ContraryToPopularBelief

Ha, thanks!

I am in possession of a Scottish sounding last name, despite no Scottish connections that I know of. If anything, they are always overly keen to claim me as one of their own!!

I’m not a fan of Angus as I worked with someone who once sent a client called Angus an email but missed out the G in his name. Entirely accidental and he laughed it off but she was

Rory is my favourite of yours followed by Hugh and Barnaby.

I like Angus, Jasper, Max and Rory best.

I’d ditch the rest personally and choose out of those.

Angus... Or Magnus

I love Rory! That goes well with the sisters name too, I don't think Angus flows as well with Tilly and Harriett