Just can't agree - yes or no

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Baby boy

Winston

Other names we had considered was

Wilfred
Rafferty
Digby
Barnaby
Selwyn
Oscar
Edmond
Caspian

Help?!?

Also Rupert or Cuthbert

Not much scope for a nn as a dc...
Bit much for a baby!!
Wilfred nn Wilf(ie)
Love Caspar(ian) nn Cass.

Your other names seem to match in style more with each other Winston seems the odd one out? I love Rafferty and Digby

Winston: LOVE it

Other names we had considered was

Wilfred: nice but somewhat over done?
Rafferty: no
Digby: not bad at all
Barnaby: like it
Selwyn: hate it
Oscar: nice but also maybe over done?
Edmond: also like Edmund
Caspian: eh, so so
Rupert: LOVE it
Cuthbert: like it a lot

I like Barnaby and Oscar better. Winston makes quite a statement as a name - Churchill and/or 1984.

Barnaby is my favourite out of your list.

As Winston is pretty unusual you mainly hear it in connection to Churchill and it’s just too connected to “Conservative party” for me. Maybe you like that connection though.

Love Barnaby Wilfred Oscar . Barnaby favourite

Winston sounds like a dog, your other names sound like posh dogs. Digby is the best of the lot IMO. (Sorry if that sounds harsh, I found that when someone said what they honestly thought about names I liked it either made me realise they were correct or love it more in defiance!)

I think Winston is a terrific name. It is miles better than most of the names on your list.

I love the name Winston (just in case you missed my pp)

Wilfred - ok
Rafferty - awful
Digby - yes
Barnaby - yes, like it a lot
Selwyn - Froggatt. No.
Oscar - use it for a cat
Edmond
Caspian

oops.

Edmond - Edmund is the usual spelling. Like it. Redmond is pretty cool.
Caspian - like

Winston does sound like a dogs name, might be because I know two dogs with that name.
Out of the names you’ve mentioned I adore Oscar, maybe a tad too popular depending where you live. Barnaby is lovely too.

Yes Winston a very right wing name to me. If it were used more frequently I don’t I’d think that. But it isn’t. Laurence Fox’s son is called Winston!
Again, very right wing! Unusable for me sadly.
Love Barnaby Oscar and Wilfred

Walter?
Edmund?

I know a lovely little Winston whose nn is Winnie. Initially I wasn't sure but it suits him and he owns it

I love it ❤️

Oh dear lord. I hope you live somewhere posh. Selwyn? As in Selwyn Froggitt?

How about Wesley?

I prefer Wilfred,Barnaby, Rafferty or Caspian to Winston but it's okay. Here in NZ it's very highly linked to a member of parliament who's a current leader of a political party.

I also love Barnaby but my OH does not

Problem with nickname Winnie is that it’s getting increasingly common as a girls’ name because of supermodel Winnie H. It’s still pretty unusual but on a massive upsurge the last 2 years, if that is of any interest

Thank you to everyone who commented, I'm not sure how to reply individually.

Definitely not to harsh, I would rather hear peoples honest opinions.

My husband really likes Winston and I really like Barnaby, we are at an almost stalemate.

I appreciate these names aren't for everyone.

Barnaby is gorgeous ! And so underused!
I’ve had a few friends in your position and after the DH sees the partner go through childbirth they then “compromise” on the wife’s choice. Fingers crossed