Auberon?

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Thoughts please? As in Auberon Waugh (a bit out of fashion I know)

Sorry Op I think it's awful. It sounds like a chemical.

And how do you pronounce it? In my head it's uber - on.

My first thought, I'm afraid, was whether it was a typo for Oberon, the king of the fairies.

Snap!!! Thought of game of thrones, then aubergine!!!!!
Please don't do it OP.

Maybe Oberon as in Shakespeare instead.

Aubergine..

Maybe one to save for the middle name my friend :)

That's just cruel

Oberon or Aubrey would be nicer.

Sounds like a Transformer (probably one of the evil ones). Sorry!

Sounds like a transformer

Sorry not keen

We have an Auberon in our family tree. I think it was my Mum’s great uncle. We always liked it as a name. Sounds quite distinguished I think. We always pronounced it more as ‘Orbren’, but he was a Yorkshireman so it may depend on accent!

I think it sounds like the name of a bohemian early 20th century literary type.

Why would you want to name your poor infant after that grumpy old git anyway? Please don't.

It's... an awful lot of name for a very small person.

It's a bit heavy for something that means King of the Fairies.

I love Auberon as a name, and have since I first saw it referred to when I used to read about Evelyn Waugh after reading his books.

But then I love Evelyn and its pronunciation when used as a man's name, but dislike it as a woman's name.

There are worse names - but I admit I also thought Oberon and how there could be King of the Fairies teasing when they come to do AMND at school. Auberon does sound nicely distinguished and patrician though - and similar style August (and possibly Bertram) has risen in popularity…

I’m afraid I’m on the fence as I don’t dislike it, but I also don’t think I’d be brave enough myself (might be the sort of name that’s fine at the right public school).

We know one of these.

Obviously you have a right to your opinion in terms of looks/sound - but in terms of potential teasing they really wouldn’t (Oberon is King of the Fairies and Aubrey would get Audrey quite often in a lot of places).

It just feels like you’ve misspelled Oberon tbh

Thanks all! I believe that the name was adapted to Oberon by Shakespeare- so there is a definite link. I just prefer the softer "au" sound pronunciation of the older variant. Still to mull over though ...

I like it. It's grown up but pretty easy to say.
Auberon is unusual but not remote.

It is similar in ilk to Dashiel, Alistair, Phinnaeus, Lancelot and Bartholomew. Kind of like an old Knight.