Brother for Auden

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Baby is 2 weeks and still nameless. Like names that are unusual but not tooooooo pretentious. Looking at Chester, Stellan, Henry but not convinced. I’d like something as unusual as Auden but not as long as Ignatius, for examples. I’ve spent hours and hours researching - what have I missed?

Byron?

Chester is a Labrador - don’t do that.

Henry is nice and would go with Auden. Remember you’re naming an individual who will have to use this name forever. Unusual isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

Eliot?

Pierce, Piers.
Spencer.

I LOVE Chester. A friend of a friend has called her little boy that and I love it every time it comes up in conversation.

Caius, Julius, Abraham, Demetrius.

Hugh.

Keats or Wordsworth

Isherwood

Malaki? Malachi not sure how you spell it

Coleridge

Auden and Evren.

Betjeman!

Holden. Sol. Cedric. Alvin. Richard. Nico. Edmund. Edric. Hudson. Oak. Clement. Clarence. Earnest.

Dorian, Eben, Elliott, Heath, Linden, Owen, Roscoe

Dexter
Evan
Ivo
Ivan
Otto
Otis
Lysander
Lucien
Marcus
Inigo
Jasper
Gabriel
Ethan
Willem
Bastian
Edwin
Francis
Quentin
Joel
Jethro
Jonah
Eric
Gregory
Lachlan
Maxim
Hector
Zeph
Robin

Auden and

casper
spencer
otto
ellis
miles
jasper
loki
elliott
griffin
magnus
rafe
Rufus
jonah

Ambrose
Noel
Henry
Elliot

I like Henry

Suggestions:

Wade
Kieran
Rupert
Jonas
Ayrton
Torin
Kurt
Kent
Trey
Zion
Curtis
Weston
Bentley
Kalman
Lincoln
Evan
Uriah
Cosmo
Jesse
Cole
Dane
Corey

Auden and ..
Chester
Rupert
Richard
Walter
Digby
Griffin
Victor
Wilbur
Also look for inspiration in all of his ancestors names.

How hard do you want to lean into the Auden Group? That would give you Stephen (overdue a revival, I think), Louis and Cecil.

The H in WH stood for Hugh.
Elliot, but with two lls rather than a direct use of TS.
Cedric
Noel
Spencer
Sebastian
Eric

If you want unusual then Henry is not the one, I’m afraid.

Some names that came to mind:
Emmet
Amos
Edwin
Otto
Julius
Jago

Names with a poet theme:
Oscar
Blake
Spike
Edgar
Ralph
Victor
Hugo

Siegfried
Rupert
Chawner
Brooke
Rudyard

I'm not keen on Chester, too many Chester Draws joke possibilities for school nicknames.