Sister and friend have used name! Sirius instead?

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So a very good friend gave birth last week and has named her son Theodore. My sister, who is also having a boy, is planning on naming her some Theo.

Which is f*cking annoying because the ONLY boys name I like is Theodore! To be clear this is a terrible coincidence - I had not discussed names with my friend and have only recently started talking about names with my sister. We both shared in the same phonecall that we liked that name so there is no name-swiping involved.

So, Theodore seems like it is out. What does everyone think of Sirius? Are we far enough removed from Harry Potter?

@diddlediddle Jesus, just looked at some 'popular names' lists. That's ridiculous. I had no idea it was THAT popular!

How about Darius or Magnus?

Cyril, Cecil, Cedric...

The simple solution is to stop talking to both of them and call the baby whatever you like

Or be like my muslims friends that have around 5 Mohammeds in each of their families. Let alone probably dozens more amongst there friends. They cope with handling that

Silas instead?

Oh missed update.
Definitely think you should choose Silas!
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I once was sent an unsolicited dick pic by a Sirius so...name ruined for me

How about

Cassius
Atticus
Austin
Magnus
Rufus
Jonathan
Nathaniel

Theodore is no great loss, it is ridiculously overused at the moment.
I don’t like Sirius, it just makes me think of Siri.