What are you thoughts please?

[Esnjim]

Arthur August Henry

Or

August Henry Jude

To join brother James Raymond River

Thanks in advance

Arthur. August isn’t great as a name imo.

Arthur August Henry.

Ideally Arthur Henry Jude (not necessarily in that particular order!) however, as I’m not keen on August and I would also assume that baby August was a girl!

What would you shorten August to? Gus is cute. Arthur seems wet to me

Henry/ Arthur/ Jude are so overdone imo

Why would OP need to shorten the name?

Thank you for all of your comments. If we were to use August, we would use the nickname Gus. My son James we often call Jim. I personally like Jim and Gus.

Also I am aware that people wont use their full name. Hubby and I are just pondering ideas and combos, and putting the feelers out.

Jim and Gus is an adorable duo!

I agree- Gus is a great name and goes nicely with Jim

Obviously OP doesn’t need to shorten the name @whatausername but let’s be realistic, most names do get abbreviated in some way

Is he's due in August, I think it would be a bit naff.

August Henry Jude.

If you're only using August to yield the NN Gus, how about Gustav or Augustine?

August for sure. Arthur is lovely but they’re coming out of our ears here, there’s 3 in my DNs class.
August is also definitely a boys name, the nn Gus is brilliant

Oh and as a person with two middle names, it’s fine. My kids will have the same.

@autumnkate I have a thing about planning nicknames in advance. I get the point in checking you don't hate any of them and that none would be rude or offensive but picking them in advance seems strange to me. Ime NNs always just evolve. Something happens or comes about or is noticed, an associated word sticks, it becomes a nn - often nothing to with their original name! There are so many posts on here planning a nn or deciding on a nn and trying to reverse engineer a full name and I find the whole trend naff. All personal opinion ofc.

P.s. Interestingly, I only really know one child who has his name shortened! Everyone else seems to go by their 'proper' name, I don't think it's regional as the kids I know are spread over several areas of two countries. Or it could be regional and I happened to have lived in regions with similar tendancies to each other. Who knows.

P.p.s. Ultimately, it is irrelevant as it's OP's kid anyway.

Love them both. August is my favourite boys name but DP won't let me have it

August Henry Jude. I love the name August. Although I prefer August Arthur Jude as it flows better.

Gus is fabulous! Love it.

The baby isnt due in August. I dont like August just to have the nn Gus, its August I like. August has special meaning to me, so I'm not after a full name for Gus, but thank you. I happened to notice that Gus would make a great nickname that also sounds great with Jim.

I also understand another comment about naturally evolving nicknames. I also call James- Crickett. This randomly came about one day and never left. But I do think its important to look at options a name gives you when making decisions. :)

I do really really love August, husband isnt as keen, and its making me have doubts.

Has your husband said what it is about August that he is unsure about? Are there names he likes more?

Have to say I love your other son's name. Suits all ages, sounds very respectable and has that little twist of River :-)

Arthur but I'm bias

I love August!

Another possible NN for August is Augie, which imo is lovely. I really like Gus too.

Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with August. It's on a different level altogether from Arthur.