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?

Oh, I didn't read the whole post I just saw Tristan and had to comment

Etienne is a girls name, non?

Gabriel for a first name is lovely, don't like Tristan, makes me think of someone exceptionally camp who wears cravats.

Victor reminds me of that doofus from big brother, that or an old man.

Tristan is my fav, you'd need to think about if you're ok with Tris for short, as lots of people are likely to shorten it.
(went out with one and he was a lovely man )

Victor Gabriel - yes yes

Tristan - no. foppish

Etienne - if you;re not french, no.

Glynn, Glen - no, wet

Tristan - ds2's friend is a big maori boy with the same name - nothing camp or foppish there. Guess it's that old name assosiation again. Victor reminds me of Voctor Meldrew! Also a Gabriel at school everybody calls his 'Gabe' which I'm not so keen on.

It's a sad story, Tristan's.

Come to think of it, so were his parents', Rivalin and Blanchfleur.

Don't think Rivalin really intended to marry Blanchefleur, but he got her pregnant and when he went to leave she told him her brother was going to kill her for being so dishonourable - a likely possibility at the time.

Hence, in the medieval sense of the term, Tristan would have been considered illegitmate, a complication that is actually mentioned in some of the earlier versions of the story.

gabriel for first name

Victor is great (DS's middle name )

I personally think Etienne Gabriel sounds swoony.

Victor to me is really harsh.

Tristan to me is really gay.

Etienne is naff.

Glen is like Barry or Trevor.

Gabriel as a first name is just the best.

Or Julian Gabriel.

Mateo Gabriel?

If you like E names there's-

Ellis
Elliott
Ethan
Evan

I like Gabriel.

Victoe is okay, but reminds me of Voctor Victoria.

Don't like Entienne
Really don't like Tristan because it is a unisex name and I don't like unisex names (no idea why, I just don't)

Ethan Gabriel has a nice ring.

I really like Victor and Tristan, but slightly prefer Viktor - great name that works well in German, French and Spanish too!

Don't like Gabriel as first name due to the teasing (Gay - briel) aspect. And I thought Etienne was a girls name...

So I would go for Viktor Gabriel!