Zephaniah or Magnus - which do you prefer and why?

[LetThemEatCake]

not sure if dc3 will be boy or girl but still undecided about boy names.
Think these two are my favourites but sure others will surface in the next 20 weeks!

dd is Phoenix and ds is Cassian, if that has any bearing.

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I prefer Zephaniah because it makes me think of the poet, whereas Magnus makes me think of Mastermind . . .

My Danish friend has a Magnus and I like it.

Zephaniah is too biblical for me.

I personally prefer Magnus but I think Zephaniah goes better with your other names

Magnus - a good strong name.

Zephaniah - too twiddly.

Zephaniah is my fave by a mile, mainly as I like Zeph, and it sounds more 'cool'. Matches your other DC names better too. Magnus reminds me of an old man, sorry. Stick with Zephaniah!!

Magnus - lovely name
Zephaniah - not at all keen I'm afraid

Magnus. Same reasons as yama

I prefer Magnus for the same (or rather for totally opposite) reasons as Wordweaver.

Zephaniah. Mainly because Magnus is such a dumpy kind of name in my mind.

friend at a party this afternoon asked me about names and looked absolutely gobsmacked and appalled when I mentioned Magnus.

Turns out she thought I was saying Madness. Which is an adequate reflection of my state of mind, tbh...

Magnus. What yama said.

Magnus

Zephaniah - makes me think of the poet, which is definitely a good thing. On the other hand, it does have an awful lot of syllables in if your surname is also long.

Magnus - makes me think of Orkney and St Magnus, which is also a very good thing.

Why not call him Magnus Zephaniah, or Zephaniah Magnus and he can pick whichever he prefers?

Magnus, as Zephaniah could be shortened to "fanny" in the playground

magnus - shorter

I don't think Zephaniah will be shortened to 'fanny', I know a Stefan and he isn't.

I know a Zeph. He is a 6'4 Jamaican guy, though, not a dinky little blonde boy, so that's my association of the name

I don't like Magnus at all.

I don't like Magnus it sounds boring and scary and nerdy and dutch all at once. I prefer Zephaniah.. however it's pretty hard for a 4 year old to write daily, and it really reminds me of Stephanie or Stefania so it sounds quite girly. Zeph is cool though.

I like Magnus because it's a good strong name. I know it's Scottish but there's an Irish version Manus which I also like.

Zephaniah sounds like one of that american woman's octuplets - sorry. Stephan would make a good brother name to a Magnus thoguh.

I have to say that I am leaning towards Magnus this week. It sounds regal, which is one of the reasons I liked Cassian.

Had my 20w scan today and managed to NOT find out the sex. Just think!! all of this agonising could have been over...

Magnus. I really don't like Zephania, probably because I don't like the poet at all. Zeph sounds quite cute though!

we had a black labrador called magnus so i will always associate it with wet noses and a background smell of fox poo

Magnus because to m it seems a much stronger name and more versatile for the future person he may become Hth

oh God