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?

Some horrendous name suggestions here. But some ok. Hugo, Victor, Ralph are all quite ok.

And Chester the Molester https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterthee_Molester

I have literally never heard of this. Is it widely known?

I don’t think Chester the molestor is widely known at all tbh, if you Google any name with ‘murderer’ or ‘sex offender’ after it most names will come up with something. I just did it with my relatively unusual name and found two murderers who share it. I never even knew and nobody has ever mentioned it to me! The thing that would put me off Chester is the association with the city, it feels like naming your kid Cambridge or Chelmsford.

I’ve just looked at the article and it’s a comic book so even more obscure. I wouldn’t worry about it OP. I think people are more likely to bring up the city than a comic from the 70s/80s.

What about Ardan ?
Auden and Ardan

Eliot
Gatsby
Beckett
Poe

Poe.. lol please do not name your child after a teletubby. Your mental pokodau 😆

No to Chester because your firstborn's namesake W. H. Auden had a lover called Chester.
Hugh is the poet's middle name so no to that.

Eliot works for me, as it is another 20th century poet's surname but as it veers from the usual spelling will cause problems.

So I'd go with the very first answer you got. Byron is lovely.

By the way I've not really heard Auden but I like it. If that's right and it's not Aidan my suggestions thinking about the combination of names:

Cole
Drew
Finn
Gabriel
Ross
Sebastian
Tobias

Hector or Isidore

Eliot
Larkin

Serge

Austin

Byron
Keats
Eliot
Wordsworth
Yeats
Blake
Milton
Barrett
Homer
Hardy
Brontë
Austen

Idris
Oswald

This is what came to mind for me too. Even if it's not that well known, enough people know of it to put me off the name!

What about Bram?

Love Bram as a diminutive for Abraham.

Bevan

Arden

Edgar
Kim
Dickon
Laurie

Eliot
Owen
Lewis
Thomas
Wilfred
Clive
Rupert
Francis/Frank
Rafe

Brothers named Auden and Arden?

Clifford
Clive
Travis
Trey
Kaiden
Terry
Lance
Brenton
Brett
Wesley
Dexter
Eric
Frank
Quinn
Quinton
Jago
Perry
Howard
Luke
Vincent
Otis
Ray
Wayne
Silas
Gabe
Ian
Euan
Jarvis

Thank you so much everyone. I’ve read all these suggestions over and over. Still no closer but hoping to just commit to something this weekend! Much appreciated