Baby boy due any day and still can't decide on a name!

[Morehotchocolate]

I've always really wanted a name which isn't popular but as time is ticking along I'm starting to worry about my choices.

Top of the list are;
Barnaby
Hugo
Digby

Does anyone know if these are becoming popular? Do you know many?
What other names might I like on a similar line?

Hugo

Love Hugo!

I really love Hugo, but I do believe its getting popular (although I do not even have school aged kids anymore so do not quote me!)

Barnaby is ok, but honestly I think Digby is awful.

I don't know of any little Hugos about either

I like Hugo

Hugo is lovely but so is Hugh (less popular than Hugo).

I think Hugo is becoming one of those names that everyone is starting to love again, but it still doesn't make the number 1 spot on people's list so I doubt you'll find too many of them! I love it :)

Go for Hugo!

Barnaby is OK but a bit ponderous.

Not a fan of Digby.

If you like names ending in a "by" sound then how about Tobias/Toby, Willoughby/Will, Robin/Robbie or Albert/Albie?

Is this a wind up? I know a couple of dogs called Digby, I can remember Barnaby the bear and the annoying song that went with it from childhood and the only Hugo I can think of was the character from the Vicar of Dibley.
Along that line would be names like Tarqin, Theodore or similar or kerpinging with the bear theme is Rupert or Paddington.
How about a less unusual but more traditional or masqueline name as the child will have to grow up with it and endure it.

Hugo is definitely on the rise in terms of popularity.

Hedley
Vaughan
Ivor
Wilbur
Cuthbert
Ramsay

@Amazonian27 Yes of course it's a wind up 🙄🙄🙄

Hugo first, love it. Barnabay is nice. Digby, no.

Love Hugo and Barnaby.

Not keen on Digby.

My favourite is Hugo, then Barnaby. Dislike Digby, but it’s the only one I don’t know any of. I know a couple of Hugos and Barnabys, of various ages.

Rafferty? Cosmo? Gideon?

Hugo is alright. The other two are ridiculous jokes of names.

I met a baby boy Digby in The Portland about 18 years ago. He was huge, about 11 lb. I think the name really suited him. Probably less so for a more svelte child.

I've seen Digby gets a lot of negative comments but I still think it's really sweet.

I'm swaying more to Hugo though ... I think!!!

I'm not normally this indecisive but I don't want to regret my choice later on.

Hugo is the best one

Sorry OP but unless you are extremely affluent and your DS is only ever likely to only move in these circles and always attend private schools then I think any child may regret having to live with any of these names

I had a cat called Barnaby and there is a film called Digby The Biggest Dog in the World.

Hugo is lovely.
Digby, please don't.
Barnaby is okish.

@Amazonian27 Apology accepted ☺️

How about Albert/Albie as suggested by WrapAndRoll or Arthur/Art or Arty?

Hmm I'm not keen on Arthur or Albert tbh. I really like Teddy but DH said no as it's too popular apparently.

I also like Teddy. However, I once worked with someone whose son had an unusual name and he got picked to go a football talent day and he’d been crying the night before because he was worrying about the other boys laughing and winding him up about his name as he was teased about it at school. His mum hadn’t been aware of the extent her fanciful name choice had, had on her son. I was only very young but I was very conscious of this when choosing names for my own DC.