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!

Quentin sounds quaint, Hugo sounds huge (but definately vicar of dibley, thunderduck). Posh names i like are Tristan and Sebastian.
Out of the 2 - Hugo.

I have a 7 year old Quentin and still love his name. We're American but have been living in the UK for the past 10 years.

Ds goes to the local primary school and we've only ever had positive comments about his name.

Perhaps because I'm not English, I really cannot see what is 'posh' about Hugo or Quentin! In the US it certainly does not have such a reputation - think Quentin Richardson and Quentin Tarantino.

st john is a name, pronounced sinjon, one in 4 weddings i think. prefer hugo to quentin.

Sorry not keen on either name, they're both a bit too Tarquin for my liking

We have a 9 year old Quentin and still love his name. It suits him, although he is often called Quinn, Quen or Tintin - he seems to like it and he has never been teased because of it .

we have a hugo. dont regret it for a minute. suits him totally. only ever had positive comments about it, annd only ever 1 hugo at parties etc.

Headley

are you lot living in the 50's?

I think you must be. In my town there are a few Hugos and i know Crispin and Quentin and NOBODY rofls EVER

tbh no one really blinks

names are all different nowadays

OP - both your names are gorgeous. I would use Quentin personally as a few Hugos around

Playground bullying about names?? WTF? my ds (6) has a name which almost 'begs' bullying - you can name call it easily. He has NEVER has it - he also has long hair and according to folk on here should be pummelled to a pulp by now

ds4 has a name which was SLAMMED on here the week we registered him. Everyone in RL loves it

also at my friday toddlers

Vincent
Sebastian
Cassius
Travis
Xander
Hughie

cant stop laughing

Hugo is tres popular here in Australia, can't move for tripping over Hugos.

Quentin doesn't seem to have reached our shores yet.

I like them both.

But then I like classic/posho names.

A quick list . . .

Hector
Inigo
Auberon
Jerome
Tristram
Lucian
Oscar

Above names all used by the poshest people I know (ie my ghastly close relative for her 3 boys - awful woman but good names - maybe apart from Jerome perhaps).

I like both names very much - both classic, solid boys' names (unlike many modern, made up names).

I'd probably choose Quentin, but Hugo is lovely too.

Thank you all very much for your comments, both positive and critical .

The difficulty for us is finding a name that 'works' in both France and Germany as well as the UK, that fits with our surname (short and European sounding), and, most importantly that dh and I both LOVE (and we happen to love traditional classic boys names)!

On the other hand, we wouldn't want our ds to be teased because of his name - which is why I was very interested in your comments.

We are in London and surrounded by lots of international families, so hopefully a Quentin or a Hugo wouldn't 'stand out' too much [hopefull emoticon].

We too live in London and I know a 6 year old Quentin and a couple of little Hugos and cannot imagine why their names would seem out of the ordinary. Slightly less common yes, but definately proper, solid names.

Good choices, by the way . Good luck.

Does Frederick/Frederic work in French?

I sympathize with you and have a funny story to share:-)

I gave birth on June 22 to a boy. We didn't know the gender before having him, and thought we could decide this week on a name once we met him. He has a 3.5 year old brother called Theo.

My husband is from Newcastle, England - I am Canadian. This has made things slightly more complicated.

Wednesday, we chose the new baby's name - Quentin. He called his mother. She fell out of her chair and made a huge issue. The name has been revoked due to her reaction and the concerns it highlighted for my husband. He felt very uncomfortable.

As for me, I am peeved beyond belief, but don't want to name this guy with someone we aren't both really happy with. Funnily, he loves Hugo (I am not sure - it sounds best when he says it without so much 'H') and Frederik. I like Oliver and Felix, but he is concerned about the class issue. We may be meeting in the middle with Leo, but I worry that boys with rhyming names may be a bit OTT and make people's eyes roll. We both like Magnus, but it doesn't work so well with our last name Paris.

He's 5 days old - yikes! If anyone has advice, please feel free to PM me! Maggie - I love Annabel - our girl's name was going to be Arabella:-)

I think Theo and Quentin sound lovely together! (whereas Theo and Leo don't imo).

Congratulations! My three sons have very traditional names, I like all the names you've mentioned.

I have friends who are Anglo-French and who have called their two sons Theo and Sebastian. Beautiful names which work in both languages. They also seriously considered Henry for the same reason. I just love those names that work in lots of different ways.

I personally wouldn't go for Theo and Leo just because I think people would assume you chose them to rhyme on purpose.

Leo and Theo..! Your MIL would wish she'd kept her gob shut! Pandas or brothers?

Honestly, I love both the names but as brothers, bit soren sorensen you know!!

What about Theo and Louis? That would go fabulously well. Love Hugo, love Felix! I love all the names being mentioned here except the q one. I thought about Arnaud at one point, as I like names ending in o, but Arnaud seemed to side-step the obvious trend. Twas a little further outside the box ! Theo and Arnaud sound good without being too matchy matchy.

Annabel and Louis would also work well Annabel'smummie! I like Annabel and Frederick/ Annabel and Marcus, Annabel and Dominic. Was reading about the 'dragon' Peter Jones this morning, he has an Annabel and a William. I thought of you (stalky).

Hey, got another good one Annabel'smummie

Annabel and Julius

de trop?? je crois pas... wdyt??

Theo and Leo - you can't do that

Theo and Quentin are much nicer! Ignore your MIL NK34 and go for Quentin.

MaggieBeau, I like Julius and Julian, but I don't like the German pronounciation (soft J) versus the English one. I also love Louis, but in German you'd pronounce the 's'. Also love Felix but dh really dislikes it.....

Our favourite is still Quentin so far!

NK34e, interesting reaction of your MIL, although I think your dh and you have to love the name! Your're never going to please everyone.... Personally I think Theo and Quentin go really well together, whereas I think Theo and Leo are too 'ryhymy'.

We too loved Arabella, and it was a close call between Annabel and Arabella! You have good taste in names .

Forgot to add Congratulations on the birth of ds2!

I think that Theo and Quentin go really well together! Same style but not too similar!

Yes Arabella is nice but Annabel rolls off the tongue more easily imo, and Annabel is less self-consciously middle-class.

I always think of Arabella Buckley from The Naughtiest Girl in the school books, by Enid Blyton!! She was a 'sneak'. And she was very vain. Now Enid Blyton books probably weren't so commonly read in Germany and France and Canada. You might not know what I mean.

There's a bit of a sense of humour bypass on this thread, isn't there?

My DS's name has been mentioned on this thread in a not entirely positive way. I'm afraid it made me giggle.

I'd go for Hugo.

Yes, Hugo is a great name.