Victor or Tristan or ......

[Sesi]

Please help me choose a name for a boy. After much stress! I have narrowed it down to a choice of four between me and DH.

I?m only certain that middle name will be Gabriel after a grandparent. Also the baby will likely have dark hair/brown eyes if that makes a difference.

Me and DH both agree on Victor Gabriel or Tristan Gabriel. Both these names would be our second/third choices but I don't know which is nicer?

Or my first choice is Etienne Gabriel, though I am not French. Is this naff or lovely!

Or DH first choice is Glynn or Glen Gabriel. I have so far disregarded these but am I missing something?

Why not Gabriel s a first name? thats lovely

Why not Gabriel s a first name? thats lovely

Tristan is nicer then Victor IMO.

Victor makes me think of Victor Meldrew..

Gabriel.

Yes, Etienne is naff if you are not French.

Gabriel Tristian i also like Glynn

Gabriel is a lovely name - much nicer than any of your first name choices. Can you not use that?

Glyn/Glen - don't like at all
Etienne - don't think it works unless you are French
Prefer Victor to Tristan but prefer Gabriel to both!

I like Gabriel.

I find either of your compromise choices a bit of a mouthful with Gabriel as the middle name. If pushed I prefer Victor to Tristan.

I don't like either of your personal favourite choices.

I would go for Gabriel Tristan or Tristan Gabriel. Etienne is very poncetastic if you're not french and Glyn/Glen are pretty dreadful imho

I love Gabriel but it's at number 92 in the top 100 and I fear a surge in popularity is just around the corner. There seems to be a lot around.

Also I think it'll be too confusing to have two Gabriels in the family - I do definitly want a new name.

Aww no one thinks Etienne is a good idea but me!

Tristan too popular and is now starting to be used as a girl's name.

I like Victor or Glynn!

Tristan IMO

Don't take it to heart Sesi - I just asked for views on Quintus (not pregnant, no plans to be but I just like it) and it's been roundly trounced....actually - you don't like the sound of that do you

I like all of those and also StJohn (pron Sinjun) - might be a bit too biblical with Gabriel though LOL.

Thanks Northern - show a bit of spirit with a name such as Etienne and Quintas and you get crushed lol.

Actually I admit I am poncetastic - I had to be talked a way from Elysium down to the more sensible Etienne as my 1st choice.

I think that is exactly my hesitation with Tristan - it might turn into an American girls name a la Hayden & get too popular.

Ok - if you like Elysium how about Ambrosius? Too much like custard???

i am loving Tristan and Victor - victor has the edge i think = cute plus i once fancied a gorgeous victor in my teens

re Etienne i do love it but word of warning
gave ds5 a french name - born quattorze juillet - but regretted it as mispronounced so swapped it for his middle name

re poncetasticness (is that a word err no!) fo for it

ds5 still has a full on name - i rise above the and time is a great leveller with names

Victor is a fine name.

Tristan is good too, but it's a very different type of name, so you'd need to look at your baby to see which one suited him most.

Don't go for Etienne if you're not French, and I'm mot keen on Glynn or Glen.

i prefer the name of Tristan's father: Rivalin.

soooo romantic, when Tristan's mother told her maid, 'This dead man Rivalin of Loonois is killing me.'

Pick Tristan...
I knew a Victor from school he wasn't a very pleasant boy and thought it was funny to throw rice grains at you in Cookery...

I love the name Victor. Not sure about Tristan, bit cissy. Victor is a strong, classic name. Due a revival in about 15 minutes though. Get in there first

I love, love, love Tristan. It would have been DD's name had she been a boy.
There's still no boys name I like more so it gets my vote.