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Which boy name would you choose?

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Cantrip · 05/09/2019 17:42

We’re not finding out whether we’re having a boy or a girl, but much closer on deciding a girl name. Which of these names do you prefer for a boy (and please say if you think any of them are particularly common at the moment).

Hector
Magnus
Quentin
Silas

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notso · 05/09/2019 18:54

Silas or Quentin

user1493494961 · 05/09/2019 18:56

Silas

Sexnotgender · 05/09/2019 18:58

Not a massive fan of any of them but Hector if you held a gun to my head.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 05/09/2019 18:58

My brother's cat is called Hector.
Silas is too Dickensian for words.
Quentin is just ghastly.

I like Magnus, though. That works. Go for that.

SleepWarrior · 05/09/2019 19:01

Magnus

dancingbadger · 05/09/2019 19:02

Hector - my favourite character from the Iliad.

Jaguar2017 · 05/09/2019 19:04

Are you seriously thinking about giving a poor child one of those names? It will spend it's life being beaten up!

forevercurious · 05/09/2019 19:08

I don’t like any of them but I know a one year old called Magnus & a 60 year old Quentin

Herefortheduration · 05/09/2019 19:09

Any but Magnus, don't like it at all.

99bb · 05/09/2019 19:10

Magnus, Hector, not a fan of the other two

Maryannay · 05/09/2019 19:16

Jaguar, my 12 year old nephew is called Quentin and his friends haven't ever beaten him up Grin

Disfordarkchocolate · 05/09/2019 19:17

Magnus. I always imagine a clever, witty and slightly dishevelled boy when I hear this name.

Jaguar2017 · 05/09/2019 19:19

MARYANNAY, That's because he told them he's called Michael.

17caterpillars1mouse · 05/09/2019 19:25

I know one Hector and none of the other names. I know a few with Magnus as the middle name

Magnus is my favourite, Quentin my least favourite by far

notso · 05/09/2019 19:25

No Disfordarkchocolate this is Magnus

Jaguar2017 · 05/09/2019 19:28

Hector - Sounds like a name you give a Dog.
Magnus - O.k. if you live in Denmark.
Quentin - As in Quentin Crisp!
Silas - Sounds like a cleaning product for drains.

KronksSpinachPuffs · 05/09/2019 19:35

None of them are to my taste but if I had to choose I think I'd go for Silas

finallychangedmyusername · 05/09/2019 19:36

My favourite is Magnus

NoSauce · 05/09/2019 19:38

Silas just reminds me of silage.

Magnus is fab.

MissHenty · 05/09/2019 19:38

Magnus

soundsystem · 05/09/2019 19:43

Love Silas!

Not so keen on Quentin but like the others.

caringiscreepy · 05/09/2019 19:49

Hector. Excellent name

Happygardenings · 05/09/2019 19:55

I like Quentin. There's one in my son's class (aged 7) and the name has grown on me. It also reminds me of the lovely illustrator Quentin Blake.

I don't like Silas or Hector. Magnus is ok.

autumnkate · 05/09/2019 19:58

Hector

Carrielou87 · 05/09/2019 20:10

Hector was the boy name I had chosen for my baby 💓 Had a girl though and called her Wren