Apollo, Ruben, Asher….

[OrcharddJ]

Some are more ‘wild’ than others but be honest… Can you imagine a grown man called…

Apollo
Matteo
Ruben
Asher
Manny
Sonny

I love them all but would appreciate opinions!

Matteo, Asher and Reuben I definitely could. We used Asher as a middle name for our DD.

Apollo just no!
Matteo. Yes lovely name.
Ruben. Yes I know some men with this name. I like it.
Asher. Would probably get called Ash. So so.
Manny. I knew one man called Manny, but he was Manuel. Manny as a name on its own, nope!
Sonny. I don't like.

Matteo and Reuben are nice names.

Sonny I quite like.

The others sound a bit made up to me. And Apollo I think is awful unless he’s going to be a gladiator.

Matteo and Reuben are fine for child or adult.
I'm not keen on Asher but it isn't awful.

The rest of your list would be a definite no from me. Manny just reminds me of the character from Black Books

Apollo?! Like Matteo but probably only if you have Italian/Spanish background. Actually Ruben is lovely. Just please, Apollo, no!!

Matteo and Asher are nice. Reuben is fine but very common. I wouldn’t spell it Ruben.

Apollo - brave. I once had a colleague who announced his newborn son’s name as this and a lot of people took the piss (not to his face).

I dislike Manny and Sonny.

Matteo is lovely

Ruben and Matteo are my favourites from this list. Asher isn't terrible but not to my taste. Not a fan of Apollo at all. Can't imagine a Manny or Sonny as an adult!

I know a baby Apollo. It is a bit grandiose but hopefully he will grow into it.

I knew an Asher as a child- seems fine to me.

also know lots of Rubén’s and Matteo’s. They’re lovely names

I know a Manny (Emanuel) and he’s Italian. Matteo is Italian, as seems Sonny (given The Godfather). Depends if you have any Italian heritage, imo. Ruben is great though.

Reuben, Matteo and Asher are all good.

Apollo - Not keen on the God thing
Matteo - Lovely name
Ruben - Not my taste but totally fine
Asher - Reminds me of the 'Brim Full' song which makes me not like it
Manny - Handy Manny?
Sonny - Really don't like

Apollo awful
Matteo quite nice
Ruben again fine
Asher not keen
Manny dire
Sonny not keen

Apollo - too try hard, no
Matteo - lovely, but odd if you’re British I think
Ruben - lovely, can imagine as an adult
Asher - fine, I like Ashton better but can imagine as an adult
Manny - really like it but I’d just call him Emmanuel and give him the nn manny
Sonny - i do really like this but it’s a nn name. I’d go for a longer version and use Sonny day to day.

Apollo- 13
Matteo- Italian waiter
Manny- male nanny?
Sonny - Cher or Godfather

Ruben and Asher at least don't have annoying/obvious associations but still not a fan.

Reuben (spelt this way) or Asher perhaps. Your son won’t thank you if you give him and of the other names, they’re ridiculous.

Apollo- I think this is more common in the US (Apollo Creede & the husband who went to prison in RHOA )
Matteo- lovely name, but you need Italian heritage imo
Ruben (Reuben!) Beautiful name
Asher- Lovely name
Manny- Fine as a nickname for Emanuel
Sonny- Okay, but not to my taste.

Apollo - awful, may justifiably grow up to resent you for it
Matteo - really sweet, like it
Ruben - not my cup of tea but fine as a name
Asher - as with Ruben, absolutely fine
Manny - can't stand it, sounds rough
Sonny - also can't stand it

Asher I like...the others seem too try hard

Matter is the only one I would use

I like all of them except Manny. It reminds me of when Rachel in Friends employed a male nanny.

Apollo - it’s splendid, but a lot. Also lacks a short form that doesn’t make him sound like a chicken. How about Atticus?

Matteo - nice. He’ll just be called Matt though. Unless it’s something in your cultural background Matthias might make a bit more sense

Ruben - it’s Reuben. Lovely but very popular. Ronan?

Asher - OK

Manny - As a full name? No. Also it makes him sound like a male nanny.

Sonny - same. Call him Solomon or something

All are fine apart from Manny. I know 2 Apollos, they’re great and I love it!