Help! baby boy has no name!

[sosonic]

Baby boy is a couple of weeks old now and needs a name! We seem to like slightly unusual but known names. What are your thoughts/associations/expectations of someone with the name:

• Guy
• Lionel
• Idris
• Rudy
• Wilbur
• Felix
• August
• Basil

Any other suggestions of names we might like?
Thank you

I love Guy.

How about Angus?

I have a friend with a Basil, I really like it. She loves calling him in the style of Sybil Fawlty

I like Guy, Rudy and August.

Of the three, I think Guy is the most neutral maybe? So I think I'd go with Guy

• Guy- like it I think, but reminds me of Gus the mouse of Cinderella 🙈
• Lionel-Ritchie, think it still sounds very old man name
• Idris-Elba, think it such a unique famous name that it will have this reaction for a while (more so if he ends up being Bond)
• Rudy-okay, no connotations just never been a huge fan, can't say why 🤷🏼‍♀️
• Wilbur, can't get away with this either, not sure why.
• Felix, like this too, and I do think the whole felix the cat thing is tailing off, it's a pretty cool name.
• August, not too sure

- Basil, brush or the herb, really can't warm to it as a name 🤷🏼‍♀️

Based on your suggestions have you considered Ray or Raymond? It's a strong name, traditional but unique I'd say

Thank you all for your replies! DS1 has an unusual name and, although there are some suggestions here that I really like (e.g. Sebastian, Hugo), I'd quite like another slightly less used name to avoid one being jealous of the other. That is one of my hesitations about Felix...

So at the moment it seems that Guy is our frontrunner (I haven't given up on August, though DH is less on board..) with Felix as runner up. I am interested to know what your expectations would be about someone called Guy?

Thanks :)

I truly find Guy neutral, which is why I really like it. It could be a really cool younger man who works in music production or an older gent who is a retired solicitor. It's really versatile imo, so works for all sorts of people. The best sort of name imo

(PS: it was on my list for ds, so I may be biased. We didn't use it in the end though)

I like Guy and August.

What about Jonte? (Jon-Tee)

I agree that Guy is versatile and can suit any age. I know four off the top of my head - a professional orchestral musician, two barristers and a sporty teenager.

Guy. Only ever known two to speak to and both were lovely so it only conjures positive feelings in me.
This makes me feel very fuzzy and warm, it's a long time since I was sat choosing our sons names! Congratulations OP I'm sure you'll just know when you see him

I know 2 grown up Guys and I absolutely love the name. Both Guys are fantastic so only has good connotations for me. I suggested it to DH but he wasn't keen but I really love it

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Guy. Only ever known two to speak to and both were lovely so it only conjures positive feelings in me. This makes me feel very fuzzy and warm, it's a long time since I was sat choosing our sons names! Congratulations OP I'm sure you'll just know when you see him

OP mentioned he was a couple of weeks old

@sosonic my Dh is called guy I love the name ! Great choice I also would of choose between guy and felix.

Guy gets asked about or suggested on here a lot. I think it's on many people's radars but they haven't all noticed yet. It's at the beginning of a surge. I know one little Guy and two friends have also listed it as an option.

oops! Sorry OP! Guy is a fab name

I know two adult Guys, one is a professor and the other is in prison A universal name indeed.

There were only 30ish babies named Guy in 2020 so if it's going to surge it's got a lot of increasing to do before it becomes popular!

Guy is the only name from your list I'd consider.
I'd think of Guy as confident and dependable who knows their own mind.

I've got a Dexter we also liked Lennon Nixon and Eric