Augustus vs. Augustin?

[SharpGoldWriter]

So...we like the nickname Gus and do not like the full name August (too trendy, not classic enough). That leaves Augustus or Augustin (ah-GUS-tin). Preferences? Difference in vibe or same vibe?

Angus?

Personally I prefer Augustin but you'll spend a lot of time correcting people in where the emphasis lies. Lovely name.

Augustus has strong Gloop vibes.

I do like August though and don't think it's particularly trendy - still a classic for me.

August?

Gustave? Augustus is forever Gloop .

The only Gus I knew was nicknamed Gus Guzzleguts. Maybe after the aforementioned Gloop.

Say “Augustus” and I immediately add the surname “Gloop”.

Much prefer Augustus. Classic and easy to pronounce (emphasis on Gus)

Augustin looks like the French or German pronunciation

I prefer Gustav.
What about Fergus?

I prefer Augustus of your two options but much prefer Angus or Fergus than either.

Augustin seems very (posh) Catholic to me - the sort of thing Jacob Rees Mogg might call his children.

I actually really love it despite that association, but perhaps Augustus has wider appeal.

Augustus is Gloop to me. Augustin is too fancy and fussy sounding for my taste but my preference of the two.

Neither
August is ok though

Yes Jacob Rees mogg came straight to my mind too

If you pronounce it Ah gus tin you will forever be correcting people who will say it Or gus tin

I was going to suggest Angus too. I really don't like either of your options.

(Although personally I prefer August to Angus)

Sorry, August is the most classic, least trendy of those choices.

Augustin will be perpetually mispronounced, and as a doctor I can't look at it without seeing "Augmentin" (an antibiotic).

Nah, he'd call the boy Augustine after the saintly theologian!

The two boys i know called Gus are both Angus, which i really like. Augustin is better than Augustus from your list.

Gustave is lovely @MotorbikeStuntRider

I prefer August. I’m in trendy nappy valley London and don’t know any, if that helps.

Augustin make me think of the saints, but that might be niche!

I know a cool Augustin. I quite like it and definitely much more than Augustus, which sadly I would always associate with 'Gloop'.

August I don't like because of the more commonly associated 'Auggie' diminutive, which for an inexplicable reason makes my skin crawl. Although I do still love the book Wonder.

I prefer Augustus.

Although, I like Angus and Fergus more so than Augustus and Augustin.

I would use below names in order of my preference ..

Gus - Just name him Gus.
Angus
Fergus
Gustav
Augustus
Gust
August
Augustin
Augustine

I recently read a little gem of a book (written by George V's physician) called Augustus Carp Esq (in the full flower of his southern metropolitan Christian manhood) and the beginning and the end have a discussion of the relative merits of Tus and Tin 😁(both the main character and his father were adamant that the child concerned should be Tus)

So I admit I'm side-eying them both a little bit; but it's a relatively unknown work (my copy was published in the 60s with plaudits from Anthony Burgess and Robert Robinson, but I've not seen it mentioned anywhere else) so you're probably safe...

It's usually spelt Augustine like the saint.

You could have Gustave or Gustavus.

Maybe Angus, Fergus or even Argus but the emphasis isn't quite right.

Augustus is nice and Gus is lovely. Most people wouldn’t think Gloop and if they did, it wouldn’t last, once they got used to your little one, it would just be his name.