Is Augustine too out there?

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What do you all think?

... Anyone with any knowledge of Augustine would not think it was a girl's name (or a Roman emperors ). Gus for short is lovely. Not keen on Sonny.

Oh god, if it has to be one of those then Augustine. But Sonny is one of the worst names possible. It’s like naming a child Youngfellermelad.

I have known 2. One Irish and one French. V unusual.

It is a girl's name though @lauraloop1516

Not a fan, but like August

I know an Augustine, usually called Gus. Never occurred to me that it might look feminine, given there's St Augustine!

I also know an Austin, which is the mediaeval version of the same name.

Both a million times better than Sonny, imo, which would be fine as just a cute nickname but would be a tough name to pull of all the time.

There are about 8- 10 Augustines every year.. no girls until 2017, shen there were 3.

I suppose it could be pronounced to sound like a French girl’s name - AU-gus-teen. To rhyme with Clementine.

Love August shortened to Auggie

Augustine is too much if your child is an average uk baby.

Sonny is a name the Rooney’s would use.

August or Augustus are fine. Augustine is a step too far

Ugh. You have just put me off August sliding door. Didn't think even the English could shorten that one.

August or Augustin, with Gus as a nn, not Auggie though. Sonny is awful.

Augustus is more masculine to me than Augustine but like both. Not keen at all on Sonny.

Augustine much better than Sonny

Thanks for the feedback everyone. These are my oh's picks (he has hipster leanings). My favourite name for a boy is Gabriel or Gabe for short. Hoping the feedback from you lovely people might make him see sense. We're not religious by the way, atheist here, I just seem to like names with religious connotations for some reason. Could be the hormones

@starzig - you clear haven’t read the book Wonder or seen the film of the same that was a released year. Auggie v famous character.

I follow a woman on Instagram who has me ideal life and just gave birth to a gorgeous August. Maybe that’s why I like it as it’s not my sort of name usually.

All very nice. I like Augustine the best. Augie or Gus for short. But sonny is nice with a 70s sonny and Cher vibe but I can see where some posters are coming from. Sonny either lives in a boarding house at bedeales or down at the local housing estate. Gabe makes me think of depression era America which is of course not a bad thing. Very Steinbeck.

Gabriel is super.

I prefer Augustus over Gabriel. Don't like Sonny.

Augustine is def a girls name. I know a French Augustin.

Our plumber is called Sonny.

Gabriel is far nicer than either.

tatiana st Augustine is one of the foremost saints and philosophers in the catholic faith, pretty famous and definitely male.

ain't she pretty

I don't much like Augustine but it's better than Sonny by about a hundred miles. Gabriel is nice.

Love them all and don't think of Sonny as chavvy, LOVE Gus as short for Augustine. Gabe and Gus were both top 5 choices for DS1 (ended up being Eli).

st Augustine is one of the foremost saints and philosophers in the catholic faith, pretty famous and definitely male.

St Augustine’s name was Augustinus, being Roman.

Def a male name, Gus is great.
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