Aiden, Felix or Owen?

[Eachpeachporch]

So, these are our top three. We already have an older daughter called Penelope Ada. Our surname starts with an O, two syllables. Me and my husband are not big people so ds isn't likely to be either! His middle name is going to be Barnabas, which has a special meaning for us. Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Felix :) I would say Owen except for the alliteration, and without knowing the surname cannot be sure if would sound 'cool superhero' or not

Felix!

Felix by far.

Felix is a cat food.

Owen or Aidan. Not Aiden.

Owen

Felix. Nice name and a good meaning too.

Neither Owen or Aiden will go well with an O surname (eg Owen Ogden, Aiden Orange etc), plus the initials with Barnabas will give you OBO or ABO, neither of which are great.

TBH, Owen is a bit of a ‘naughty boy’ name anyway.

Felix is miles better.

Actually, ABO is much, much worse that “not great”.

Felix or Owen. Aiden/Aidan is too close to the Brayden, Kayden, Jayden names which are awful.

Except Aidan is an actual name, so not close at all really to Jayden or kayden.

I would say Aidan or Owen as Felix is cat food.

Felix

Except Aidan is an actual name, so not close at all really to Jayden or kayden.

Here we go 🙄

Aidan and Owen are bland and boring. Plus Owen is surname to me. Felix is nice.

Benjamin
Barnaby
Benedict
Magnus
Cassius
Rupert
Jasper
Elijah

Here we go 🙄

Says the person perpetuating the "naughty boy" name nonsense.

That’s a matter of reputation soup. You need to be aware before you choose a name , so you can decide whether you care or not. I don’t personally (one of mine has a name iniversally deemed “chavvy” on MN),

Saying that a name “isn’t an actual name” just because you’re snobby about it, is several steps beyond.

No more snobby than labelling a name "naughty" because of your personal prejudices.

You’re right. What I should have said is “always appears on the ‘naughty name’ lists”. Which is what I meant.

Felix. Great name, goes well with Penelope.

Aiden

Felix, nice name, lovely meaning.

Of your list, I would choose Aidan (with this spelling, like the saint, if you want the ordinary/tradition/centuries old way) with Felix as runner-up

Owen, Felix is a cat food name. Aiden is nice but you risk him being mixed up with Kayden, Jayden, and all the other similar names that are about at the minute.

Felix

Aidan with an a. Aiden is how you spell it incorrectly

The mid-spelling of Aidan as Aiden is maddening.

It’s the Irish Aodhán anglicised — he was an Irish monk who founded the Lindisfarne monastery and died somewhere around the 600s. It couldn’t be any more trad.

Aidan...based purely on the fact that I work with a grown up one and he's a lovely chap!