Auberon

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Honest thoughts. Is it ridiculous? I really like the sound and look of it.

High school will be a brutal experience for him!

It’s a slightly different spelling and pronunciation to Oberon but honestly I don’t think it would work for a child

Either of them

I like it, but it's associated so strongly with Auberon Waugh and his ancestors that I' d always go with the Oberon spelling. Also, around 90% of mumsnetters would probably describe my taste in names as "try-hard".

I quite like it, though I prefer the similar Oberon. Just sounds cleaner somehow. With regards to name bullying / high school being difficult, a popular and confident child can pull off any name, and any name can be used to tease someone someone wants to. And with a much wider pool of names in use I'm not sure that name based teasing is a big problem. And there's always Ron as a nickname if he doesn't like the full name.

@Caughtavibe

High school will be a brutal experience for him!

Will it ever.

If he was at school now, he'd get the piss ripped out of him for being a coronavirus variant.

I like it better than Oberon - King of the Fairies a bit of a startling association ...

@Caughtavibe

High school will be a brutal experience for him!

Why though? Because it’s Shakespearean?

@PhilCornwall1 ???

@DaisyWaldron

I like it, but it's associated so strongly with Auberon Waugh and his ancestors that I' d always go with the Oberon spelling. Also, around 90% of mumsnetters would probably describe my taste in names as "try-hard".

Is there an issue with that association? All I can see is that he is a journalist.

Aubergine

He’s probably going to need to be good-looking, charming and in the rugby 1st XV to be able to pull it off…

I’m not even sure if this is supposed to be a girl or boys name

I think you're getting an unfairly hard time OP. It's not a bad name.

Like PP, I prefer Oberon, and I would give a very traditional middle name (like James) just in case, but I don't think it would make him target for mockery, not like it's anything bonkers or something that sounds rude.

Reminds me of Oberyn from Game of Thrones, so I automatically assumed it was a boys name.

Why though? Because it’s Shakespearean?

Auberon isn’t Shakespearean. Oberon is.

Way too much. Why would you do that to a child?

And there’s nothing wrong with Shakespearean names, per se. DD has one - and from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, too…

I think it’s OK. I rather like it. It wouldn’t occur to me to link it to Oberon, which surely has different roots.

Why, just why 🤯

I wouldn't choose it personally, but I don't think the children of today will get bullied for having an unusual name once they reach secondary school. The trend these days is to give your child a name that's as little-used as possible.

High school will be a brutal experience for him!

I never get this, there may be some odd teasing around names but school is far tougher for a child that stands out physically eg taller or shorter or slimmer or bigger than average, red head, glasses, bad at sport, acne etc.

Plus where do people live that there is no diversity & therefore different names?

Oberon, king of the fairies, and you don’t think he’ll be teased? They do Midsummer Nights Dream in school quite often.

Auberon Waugh was nasty piece of work if memory serves - certainly rude and unkind in that “look how clever I am” was Will Self adheres to. And it always feels like a misspelling of Oberon anyway.

Is it ridiculous? IMO, yes, yes it is.

Aubergine. And we all know that emoji.

I like it but I named my kid after one of the angels in Supernatural so lots of people wouldn't trust my choice

@RussiasGreatestLoveMachine I hope it's Tatiana

I like it.

And Bron is a nice nn