Quentin or Hugo

[Annabelsmummie]

We're expecting a boy at the end of October and have managed to narrow our name choice down to our two current favourites: Quentin and Hugo.

Our dd is Annabel.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

My 16 year old nephew is Quentin. He absolutely loves his name and is very popular amongst his friends. He often gets called 'Q' or Quen. I really don't think that he has ever got any 'stick' due to his name.

I love Quentin - unique and cool!

Hugo is very nice too, but I'd prefer Hugh.

Norman Cook's real name is Quentin. He changed it to Norman which is not even his middle name.

If we're talking about famous Quentins. I do like Hugo though.

will you be sending your children to private school? if so, fine. if not well maybe think again.

i actually think hugo is a nice name btw. quentin is a bit erm bleh..

I like Hugo-we had a pony called that[honestly]

But why would children at a private school know any different than children at a state school...? For them a name is just that: a name. Unless it is a silly name or a teaseworthy one (Gabriel - Gay boy etc), why would someone called Hugo or Quentin be teased?

Actually, to be fair I honestly don't think anyone at dss' school is teased for their name - I was being flippant... I left out all the other non-British/European/international names that boys have as well. Almost all the boys have their name abbreviated by their mates to three letters or a variant thereof, so Keieron is Ki, Jonathan is Jonno, Guy is Gedge, Terry is Tez and patrick is Patch to give a few examples. So al I would say is that certain names such as Theo are harder to abbreviate whereas Quentin will be quite easy, if that bothers you. My brother is Hugh - became Huggy Bear (after S&H ), and then Bear, which he has remained ever since.

I think Hugo is great - it was on my list for boys.

Not so keen on Quentin (or Queenie) - but there is Norman Quentin Cook, he's cool isn't he ?

I suspect both are upcoming names & there will be a wide variety of names (including made up ones) in his class.

Love both names, but especially Quentin.

Have you never seen Four Weddings & a Funeral with the vicar trying to pronounce it? Very funny

St John that is

I love Hugo, and it sounds so lovely in French

I wanted Hugo for my son, but my DH is South African and said it reminded him of some Apartheid era politician

so our DD called her teddy Hugo instead

Hugo. But then i have one so i am bisaed

and gorgeous he is too LG&T

I love Hugo. I think Quentin is just horrible - it sounds like the name you'd give to an invertebrate.

Frederick
Marcus
Peter
Dominic
Julius
Edward/Teddy
Guy
George
Gideon
Gregory
Barnaby
Patr ick
Richard/Richie
Robert/Robbie

There are some great boys names in a similar style to Annabel.

As the mother of a Mungo and an Aubrey I say go for it! We get funny comments the whole time about Mungo, which people think is made up (patron saint of Glasgow though) and Aubrey, well...it's kind of awkward to shout across a playground in south London but you know what? I stopped caring when I heard a mum calling her Aristotle to tell him to come and put his coat on. (And she wasn't even greek! She shortens it to Stots).

Arthur sounds great in french. Definitely prefer Hugo to Quentin. My DH wanted our DS to be Monty but I said no due to bullying thing but now I've heard of loads of Montys - these names are all coming back (except Quentin - which is great in french but not so in English). It all depends on whether your DS turns out to be cool and good looking. If so, he can get away with any name!
And Tristan and Jamie are NOT posh names.

Mungo is my all-time favourite name. I have a new internet crush on Levantine now.

I'm gutted I wasted it on a cat in my feckless 20s.

annabelsmummie my pal hugo makes the very good point that it is rather difficult for non-english speakers to pronounce. it always ends up as oogo or whogo.

I might be wrong but isn't Quentin pronounced Canton in French, not Kontan?

Canton sounds great, like the Chinese province.

I agree with Weasel - a confident child can carry off any name and make it cool, but if they happen to go through an awkward stage, or are quiet and shy, they are more likely to feel self-conscious anyway, and that can make it harder for them.

That said, I don't think Hugo would stand out at all, and Quentin wouldn't either if you live in a cosmopolitan area where children have names from all sorts of different cultures.

(my personal preference is Hugo )

BTW, The French pronunciation is Konta(n)
(and is beautiful!)

listen here

Giles?

Prefer Quentin