Claude Quentin or Quentin Claude

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Baby name conundrum!

Baby 3 was a boy and he would have always been Vinny but a close friend used it and I’d rather not use the name now, she would rather that too!

so we are down to Claude Quentin or Quentin Claude and the family name will be Bonfrer! French heritage but we are British.

what are your thoughts on Claude as the first name or Quentin as a first name? I like both but have doubts about both. Namely, is Quentin too posh? We are normal income people. My other children are Jasper and Connie.

I also like Raphael/Raphy but my husband thinks it’s too Spanish to use.

I have until tomorrow am to choose between Claude or Quentin!

any feedback welcomed! Or other names but probably will be veeto’d by my other half as he wants me to decide asap!

Quentin Claude. Simply because Quen sounds like a great shortening, whereas 'Claw'..err... doesn't.

Claude is lovely.
Really don’t like Quentin

I like both names but the very different French pronunciation of Quentin would bother me so I’d go for Claude as the first name.

PS both posh to me but I like posh and they definitely go well with Jasper and Connie.

Hugo is another posh name that works well in French and English.

Quentin reminds me of Quentin Tarantino and that's not good. Ugly misogynist who's sweaty and awkward.

Raphael is much better and Claude is better than Quentin.

Quentin isn't posh at all in France. It's a very popular name for 20 something men. The last Quentin I met (harvesting grapes as it happened) was a 26 year old builder. Claude is an old man's (very occasionally old woman's) name, often hyphenated, e.g Jean-Claude. A 79 year old lady I know has older siblings named Claude-Marie (male) and Marie-Claude (female)!

Edited to add: I forgot you said you liked Raphael - that's much nicer. Raphael Claude Quentin? I taught a 17 year old Raphael last year who was an absolute genius and I always thought it was a pretty name. Raffy is cute.

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Quintin Claude sounds like a French detective or TV character from sooty and sweet or something, I'm not a fan to b honest.

I really dislike Quentin and was trying to work out why. I reckon it's something to do with not liking Uncle Quentin in Enid Blyton books, so that's a nearly 50 year old irrational prejudice 😀

Quentin Claude.

As pp said, Claude doesn’t sound nice pronounced the English way, and it’s a very unfashionable name in French. I don’t know any under seventy.

Raphael is a great name and definitely French! Or how about Hugo, Bruno or Guillaume?

I prefer Quentin

Quentin is fab, but the French pronunciation, it's actually v easy to say....Claude is a strange choice, don't think any French baby has been called that in the last century

There are so many unusual.names in most classrooms.now that I can't imagine any bullying over a name.
Incidentally I have been in two classrooms this week in a very normal not posh at all school and none of the children were called Archie Harry or Albie.
A Quentin wouldn't be out of place.

Raphael is so much nicer than either Quentin or Claude.

He was always such a grumpy prick. Aunt Fanny should have told him to sling his hook.

Second one stands out

I would stick with Vincent if it’s a name you always loved. If you need to convince yourself of Claude or Quentin you may end up regretting the choice.

Claude and Quentin are both very old man names. Claude makes me think of a sad clown for some reason. Quentin makes me think of the famous five.

I love Quentin. I know a 15 year old Quentin, who us often k own as Tintin. I don't know if that is a common nn, or if it would bother you. It suits him though!

I do not think Claude sounds good with any UK accent I can think of.

Isn't Claude a girls' name in France?

Out the two I prefer Quentin.

I love Raphael too.

That said I would actually use the name Vincent. I think it's something you could regret especially if you end up drifting apart from this friend as the kids get older etc.

Can I go for Raphael Claude ? Raphael is lovely and quite popular - so not too Spanish at all.

I don’t think Claude works well for a boy in the UK (probably because Claudia is the only popular form), and I just don’t like Quentin.

Tintin is great actually.. a lot better than Quentin

Quentin is fab. Quentin Claude has a good flow to it and I prefer both to Raphael, personally.
I agree with not naming him the same as your best friend’s little boy.

We have a Quentin. Not remotely posh. No bullying because of his name. It’s great, people know the name, but it’s not overused.

My very working class father did raise an eyebrow at it. But then he also was sniffy about Alexander and Albert when family members used those. As for his children - we have horrific 80s stereotype names so I’m not sure his approval would be considered a ringing endorsement of good taste.

Claude is also lovely. I had Clyde on our shortlist and really wanted to use it, but DH vetoed it in the end.

I prefer Quentin Claude. Usually I don't like names that are too 'out there' but these seem rather distinguished. I think your son will have an Oxford degree by the time he is 14 and will be an internationally renowned physicist by age 23.

This might be because my only reference point for Quentin is Uncle Quentin in a particular series of Enid Blyton books, who was a rather austere academic type.

Claude makes me tink of the TinTin stories for some reason??