Tobias or Tristan?

[sofiathe2nd]

Baby is over 2 weeks old and has no name still. We’re down to these two names (others considered were Rowan, Robin and Julian).

Surname is hyphenated, 4 syllables in total. No middle name decided as yet.

Thoughts?

Tristan for me. Not a fan of names who's meanings refer to God personally so Tobias is out.

Tristan.

Tobias is awful, very wet.
Definitely Tristan, much much nicer.

Lazydaisy, I love Torin!! Even better!!

Your other three names were my top three, so I‘m going to say Francis or Christopher, numbers 4 and 5.
Tobias is OK, but Tristan has a lot of associations so make sure they suit you.

Tristan is beautiful.

Tristan. Tobias reminds me of the character in Arrested Development

It will 100% be Toby/Tobes or Triss as he grows up, so which of those do you prefer?

I liked Robin from your original list.

Robin from your original list is much nicer. But Tristan is better than Tobias. Toby is so wet.

Tristan might be seen as a bit try-hard/OTT

Trying hard to what?! I don't understand. To me Tristan is lovely normal name.

I'm not so keen on Tobias. Is it pronounced To bee as?

Tobias. Tobias is lovely and the 3 Tobys I know (2 of whom are officially Tobias) are fabulous boys, fun and sporty.
People keep commenting that Tristan is posh but the only ones I know are the exact opposite of that.

Tobias by a mile 😊

Both are nice, but I slightly prefer Tobias.

I prefer Tobias to Tristan, but like Tobin even more, in case that works as an alternative option?