Favourite and least liked of our shortlist please

[alwaysmuddy]

Hi,
Really intrigued to know your favourite and least liked of our shortlist.....
Magnus (Gus)
Rupert (Ru)
Edward (Ned)
Barnaby (Boo)

Love Magnus, not so fond of nn gus tho. Barnaby/boo - awful!

I like Edward. (But I'd accept that the nicknames develop as they grow. What you call your squidgy baby, isn't necessarily what his schoolmates with call them)

I don't mind 'Gus', but really don't like Magnus

Rupert is awful, but I think Barnaby gives it a good run for it's money.

I love Magnus and Edward.

Don't like the other two.

In Scotland Ned means pleb so if you are near there you might want to use Ted or Eddie instead. (Though I like Ned)

I love Magnus but dislike Gus. I prefer Max or Mags for short.

Not keen on Barnaby but I do like Barnabas.

I like Magnus but really can’t stand Gus.

Also like Barnaby but can’t stand Boo.

Actually I’m going to correct that - not actually very keen on Barnaby but it’s probably better than Edward and Rupert.

Magnus & Edward are great.

Barnaby is ok.

Rupert awful.

Favourite Barnaby
Least favourite Magnus

Favourite by a mile is Barnaby - love it

"Gus" sounds like Guff to me. Makes me think of a bad smell. Not a nice sound to that name

Order of fav...

Magnus
Rupert
Barnaby
Edward

I love them all and my lovely DS is Edward so I’m obviously biased towards that but Barnaby and Rupert are on our boys name shortlist this time too! You have good taste .

Not overly keen on Magnus, makes me think of worlds strongest man.

Favourite- Edward
Least favourite- Rupert

I love Gus as a nn for Angus or even Augustus but not so keen on Magnus

Fave Rupert

Not keen on Barnaby

Gus is an ok nickname but the rest aren't great, particularly Ru and Boo
Plus their nicknames will change over time and they might want to change them later on so you can't really force that.
Edward is the best of the ones you've got. Barnaby is not good at all.

Edward is the nicest by a mile.
Difficult to pick the worst one between Rupert and Barnaby - both so drippy and poncey. I think Barnaby might be slightly worse.

Edward- Favourite.
Don't like the others at all, sorry. Gus is better maybe as a nn for August/Angus, like PP said.

I like all of them apart from Edward (I do like Edmund though). Nicknames ultimately will be decided by your son, and for Barnaby in particular I can't imagine that Boo would stick for much longer than his early school years.

I like all the long versions of your names - Magnus is my favourite - and thoroughly dislike all your suggestive abbreviations. Boo in particular is hideous and reminds me of Boo Radley.

Suggested! They are not suggestive at all.

Edward is favourite.
Marcus and Barnaby least.

I have a Magnus and 'Gus' isn't really a nickname for it... it would be 'Nus' surely! Anyway nobody has ever called mine that.

Rupert is my least favourite.

Best - Magnus
Least - Rupert

Fave Edward
Worst Rupert

Magnus (Gus)
Rupert (Ru)
Edward (Ned)
Barnaby (Boo)

Quite like Gus but I can’t get over that it sounds like guff (sorry).
I really like Ru and Ned.
But Boo is ridiculous.

Fave - Magnus
Least fave - Barnaby