Boys names dilemma

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My husband likes Quentin and I like Magnus. Neither keen to go to the other.
We both like Alfred and Edmund.
It would be Alfred James or Edmund Wilfred.
Fear with both is that while I like the names, the shortenings ‘Alfie’ ‘Fred’ and then ‘Teddy’ are really common and really not as lovely to me as Magnus 😬
If someone could suggest the perfect name that would be great 🙈

Tristan
Laurence
Angus
Edwin
Winston
Wilfred
Walter
Spencer
Vincent

(Sorry you already mentioned Wilfred -love the name)

Magnus is my favourite too. I'd drop Alfred and Quentin.
Edmund is fine and doesn't have to be Ted.

Finnegan
Stellan
Lucius
Gideon
Xander
Hugo
Xavier

I love the name Edmund. Also love the name James.

You don't have to shorten Edmund at all, or you could use Ed or Eddie rather than Ted.

I love Magnus, but if your Dh doesn’t like it you have to go with something else. I like Edmund. I’d either use the full name and not abbreviate it (it isn’t obligatory!) or shorten to Ed.

What about Angus? Love that name. Maybe it would suit you both as a middle ground between the two names?

Marcus
Edwin
Casper

Really really not keen on Quentin.

Jarrod

Edgar?

Augustus
Dominic
Robert
Michael
Julian
Maxim
Tobias
Christopher
Edwin
Louis
Gabriel
Sebastian
Jonathan
Lysander
Lucien
Miles
Elliot
Xavier
Willem
Hector
Victor
Percy
Albert
Gregory
Atticus
Fraser
Thomas
Lucas
Isaac
Timothy
Eric
Vincent
Christian

Edmund (and Edgar and Edwin) all good names.
No need to shorten any of them.

'Ned' is a traditional shortening for them - although not in Scotland, where it has another meaning.

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What about Angus? Love that name. Maybe it would suit you both as a middle ground between the two names?

I just think people would think we had a Scottish connection!

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Augustus Dominic Robert Michael Julian Maxim Tobias Christopher Edwin Louis Gabriel Sebastian Jonathan Lysander Lucien Miles Elliot Xavier Willem Hector Victor Percy Albert Gregory Atticus Fraser Thomas Lucas Isaac Timothy Eric Vincent Christian

Thank you for that list; there’s some lovely names there but it also illustrates how hard this is and so many are discounted because they are alliteration with last name, or names of pricks from school 😂

Quite like Timothy actually

Ha, I like Alfred and Edmund, but I think Quentin is one of the world’s worst names, not very keen on Magnus either.

Wilfred’s nice though?

Other thoughts - Patrick, Arthur, Miles, Giles, Cassian, Augustus, Tristan/Tristram, Kester, Josiah, Joshua, Tobias, Nathaniel, John, Guy, Hugh, Jasper, Casper, Robin, Barnaby/Barnabas, Zachariah, Lucas, Rufus, Rafe, Dominic, Alistair, Christian

I love Magnus, Alfred, Wilfred, Edmund and James. Not keen on Quentin or the Alfie/Freddie, Teddy nn's either.

If you can't decide I'd use James (nn Jem/Jamie) or Wilfred (nn Wil/Wilf) as first names instead (although I think Edmund could be Ed or Ned as much as Ted/Teddy).

Other options: Nicholas (Nico/Cole), Benedict (Ben/Ned), Charles, Elias, Hugh, Matthew/Mathias, Phillip, Peter, Simon, Stephen, Nathaniel ?

I love Edmund which I think traditionally was always shortened to Ned. How about Eugene nn Gene?

I love Magnus! Quentin should stay on Kirrin Island.

What about Ellis, Malachy, Edgar, Archer, Theodore or Hugh?

Edmund and James are by far the nicest names on your list.

I love Magnus but it's been vetoed by everyone for some reason! Love it! My current new faves are Heston and Rex

Magnus Edmund is a fine name.
Really dont like Alfie/Fred.

Surely if you think Angus has a scottish connection then so does Magnus?
Very scandi/scottish.

Ooh I love Magnus!
What about Dominic?