Rufus, Hector or Benedict

[GeorgieWish]

My son will be born in February and my surname begins with an R. I like Rufus, Hector and Benedict for different reasons. What do you think?

Great picks! Rufus and Hector were on my boy list. I love alliteration so go with Rufus.

I like Rufus best, then Benedict.

Benedict as it can be shortened to Ben which I love.
Really don’t like Hector and I always personally think of Rufus as a dog’s name as my grandparent’s one was called that and so was my best friend’s

@n0ne what did you go for in the end?

@GeorgieWish we had a girl 

That sounds really curt without the smiley!

Hector or Benedict. I slightly prefer Benedict but they’re both great. Rufus sounds like a dog’s name and I don’t like it for a human.

@n0ne 😂😂😂😂

Rufus!

Please not Hector. He ended his days dragged behind a chariot until his face fell off!

Rufus :)

I love Benedict x

Hector

Benedict!

Benedict for sure

Benedict.

Rupert instead of Rufus would be my ultimate preference, though.

My 1yo ds is benedict I love his name so I vote that :)

Hector or Rufus. Benedict will become Ben, and Ben is the most boring name in the world apart from Joseph.

Rufus by a mile, I love it and I have one. Gets shortened to Roo too which is pretty cool

There was a Benedict at my school and he was nicknamed ‘bent-dick’ so I associate that with the name sadly. Really like Rufus - especially with an R surname :)

Benedict, the Rufus.

I don't like Hector because of the meaning of the verb 'to hector' - bully, browbeat, intimidate etc. There are much nicer names from Greek mythology.

Hector and Rufus are great!

I dislike Benedict.

In ancient Greek Hector means to restrain.

Or rather the word it derives from does.

Rufus.

Hector was a wonderful hero though despite the tragic end and the meaning of the verb.

I like Rufus but it was vetoed by dh on the grounds of "dog name." I still think it's a great name, which is good going 20 years later.