Magnus

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What’s your impression of this name?
My husbands reaction was, ‘but we’re not Scottish’ which threw me as it’s always sounded rather Viking to me. This is mainly the reason I haven’t thought about it too hard - I love it but to me it’s always felt a bit out there, a bit of a crazy choice that will have people giving each other side eye behind our backs.
I’ve never met one or heard of one.
Thoughts?

Wow, the dislike on this thread is taking me by surprise, so I am commenting in favour of the name. I have a three year old Magnus. We live in England. My partner and I absolutely love his name. It's unique without being unusual, easy to spell, never gets misheard and any time we introduce our son to people they comment how great his name is (and I can tell this is a genuine reaction, rather than a subtle grimace and a polite response, if you know what I mean). Magnus suits our little boy perfectly in both his physical appearance and temperament and I couldn't be happier with his name. I say, do it!

It’s on my boys name list (but I’m of scandi origins in England), I prefer the slightly softer Swedish way of saying it but that wouldn’t be replicated here. Also I love the nickname Gus.

It's a rubbish name for anyone who is not BIG

I like it! Magne is also lovely.

Magnus nn Gus is a great choice. Works through all ages and is recognisable without being common. Love it.

huh?

it was an exchange between two posters that I commented on. ie it wasn’t me that originally made the private schooling comment! 😆

indeed.

And i curious about this one

I always thought it was an Icelandic name because of Magnus Magnusson. Not a fan of the name.

Maybe because I'm a ceratain age it just makes me think of Magnus Magnuson
I've started so i will finish...

I love the name Magnus but I do think it would work better in some environments more than others. For example it would work in Scotland but if your son turns out to be short and unimposing it's a big name to live up to. If your boy doesn't turn into a masculine viking type in other words. It's on par with calling a girl Serenity or Chastity, it's a lot to live up to!

I like it a lot. Would have said Swedish/nordic rather than Scottish. Probably a marmite name though

There is an Instagram one. Dear little chap - Griep Jokes’ son. He’s Icelandic it’s nice the way they pronounce but not as nice in English but that’s just my opinion

he’s often in trouble- Magnoooose!

Magnus makes me think of a horny Viking ice lolly🤷‍♀️

I love it too. I had no idea it was so divisive.

Yes it's Scandinavian and maybe I am biased, I just think the pronunciation is nicer sounding in Northern British Isles accents than Southern.

Love it. For all the reasons mentioned. It’s solid but rarely used and not pretentious in the same way Roman and Greek names are (sorry to users of those names).
We have a Magnus and there were multiple other names in the class ( ahem Callum) and his name wasn’t ‘out there’ but was uncommon.
We’re not posh, probably consciously anti-posh if anything. Magnus is no Hugo or Freddie and I think has no obvious class connotations .

I love it, wouldn’t consider it exclusively Scottish or Scandinavian

I love it and nickname Gus is great too. I am surprised that some people are reacting as if it’s a strange name. I don’t think it’s that unusual. I can think of two I was at school with (London 1970s). I would assume Scottish or Scandi connections but it works fine in English as the pronunciation and spelling work. Nobody’s going to say, what?!

I love it - we were going to use it for dd2 if she'd been a boy, nickname Mags as I hate Gus - I used to live in the US and 'greedy Gus' is a saying there.

I like it a lot - it's unusual without being yoonique. And my first thought would be Latin, rather than Scottish or Nordic.

I love it.

I think.its quite cool.
I.have met two, both quite illustrious in fact...
This was in London. I guess they would be in their 50s or 60s now.
One of them took it as his through choice.

I love it as my favourite artist is Magnus Gjoen (he was a designer for Vivienne Westwood).

I love Magnus.. also love Manus but I’ve seen negative opinions on that one too. It’s definitely not a name I would laugh at, it’s also not chavvy which is great. I would go for it

It's a very plain, classic name in Iceland, I know dozens. A Magnús could be any age from 0-100. Kind of equivalent to Thomas or something. They usually go by Maggi.

I do think the English pronunciation is much harsher and uglier than the various Nordic pronunciations, but it's OK.