Huxley or Forest

[Caseyx]

Please help! Our 3rd baby boy is a week old tomorrow and we still can't decide on a name! We have narrowed it down to;

Huxley nn Huck, Hux, Huckley, Hucky Bear
Forest nn Fox, Rusty, Frosty

Siblings are Orbyn and Archer Last name W
Please be nice 😅

Neither. How about Hunter?

I also vote neither. Also the nicknames for Forest don't make sense.

Congratulations!

I'm not sure what any of those names have to do with Forest. Gump is the name which immediately springs to mind.

As for Huxley, have you been using it around the baby this week? Does it sound as though you are talking about a real, live small person or a dog?

Finally, will he go to the sort of school where names like Forest and Huxley will fit right in or will he be surrounded by more conventional names for your area? How do you think they will feel about being called Huxley or Forest when they are in their 40s?

Forest, is the best but not great. I like the suggestion of Hunter by a pp.

Neither. Why not call him Fox or Rowen I have a DNs with those names? I think they're more in line with their siblings.
Where did Orbyn come from?

I prefer Forest but don't understand the nick names, why not just say Forest?

Run, Forest, run!

Neither name has positive connotations!

Aspen
Rowan
Asher
Cedar
Linden
Sage
Sylvan
Reed
Dale
Florian
Heath
Hollis
Oren
Adair
Garrick
Perry
Selvyn

We run kids clubs and have had two different huxley’s already this summer so it’s obviously becoming more popular. We’ve also had numerous Bear’s, several fox’s and a wolf. So outdoors names are clearly ‘in’. I personally don’t like any of them - neither Huxley nor Forest (especially not forest) and don’t think they are nice names to saddle kids with.

Neither- first thoughts are Huxley= Pig and Forest= Gump...
Where are the names from?

I don’t like either. Forest is marginally better, most kids won’t automatically think “Gump” although hat might pick up a nn Gumpy at some stage. Frosty is ludicrous.

Do you have anything else short listed!

If you like Huxley how about Aldous?

Huxley is fine - the one I know has the nn Hux. Prefer it to forest and it has a more natural nickname.

Don't like either. Your child has to live with this name!

Hucky Bear?? Frosty?!

Forest nn Fox if you really need a nn, definitely not Frosty!!

You could actually just call him Fox though if you like that.

Don like Huxley - but Hunter is maybe better than both of them?

Neither.

Neither
sorry
huxley sounds like a place name for somewhere I’d never want to go or reminds me of buxom as in letcherous old uncle talking about your boobs
and forest…so many tree and wood jokes. It’s not a name.

Maddox?

Neither

Huxley Pig immediately comes to mind. (It was a kids tv show!)

My BIL dog is called Huxley and my son’s dog is called Forest. I think they’re great names.

Neither.

He’ll spend his life saying no, that’s my name, not my surname.

They also smack of trying too hard to be different when it comes to a name.

Both are surnames.
There are millions of actual first names to choose from.

Huxley is great! Hux for short

Sorry, but I’m with the majority - they sound very pretentious and could set up the baby for a lifetime of teasing.