Gus

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I think this is really cute. Would be short for Augustus. DP is not so convinced.

OK, so it this nice or not. Or is Augustus a bit poncey?

Augustus is tres poncey but if you like it, then use it

I like Gus as a NN - quite manly

Love Gus. Do not love Augustus, which does sound poncetastic to me, sorry!

I know a Gus short for Gustav, though, which is even worse, though to be fair he's not British!

Why not just Gus? Unless you have a really short surname I think that's be nice.

Hmm, I think I have a penchant for poncetastic names. Apparently ds1's name is considered poncetastic on here.

DP wants Atticus - which I like but seems a bit too unusual

We love Gus and have really struggled to find a "full" name which we like where we can have the nn Gus. I think we'd probably end up going for Fergus because we also like the nn Ferg and the full name.

We also love Atticus but can't really go for it because dd's mn is Scout and we'll look like we've only ever read one book

How about Angus?

Angus or Fergus are better long versions than Augustus as it makes me think of Augustus Gloop (heaven forbid he ended up on the heavy side!!!)...but you could just go with Gus....(like they do in Sweden)

Angus & Fergus are both good - Augustus reminds me of Gussie Fink-Nottle & his newts.

I know 2 (aged 4 and 6, I think) - both really suit the name. With one it is his full name, the other a NN for Angus.

Looks like we have similar taste tilly

I like Angus but wouldn't use it. Is sooo different to the names of ds1&2 would look odd, I think.

I wouldn't want just Gus, lovely as it is.

I know an Atticus....... much better than Augustus IMHO. Though I prefer Fergus to either of them.

I like Gus and Fergus.

I know what you mean about Angus. I do like it but I just imagine a red faced farmer type (no idea why ?!)

Others on our list are

Rufus
Laurence
Dominic
Rudyard/Rudolph (love Rudi as nn but not sure about full names)
Gilbert (again, love Gil as a nn but not convinced about full name)

Atticus is fantastic though.

I love Rufus too but again DP says no.

Gilbert is lovely, reminds me of Anne of Green Gables

Rudyard is pretty cool - would be brave though

Love Dominic too - Dom is v cute NN

I know what you mean about Angus! I have a Benedict and a Rex already, I think it would seem odd compared.

Love Augustus and August (I know a couple) for a boy. My ds's middle name is Gustaaf.

Love Gilbert and Dominic.

Just Gus is my fave though!

Benedict and Rex and lovely names RnB. I love Rex but my surname begins with an R so it'd sound silly on my list!

Nah. Too much like gust. As in 'potent gust'.

Note to self: must grow up some time soon.

Isn't Gus a fast food chain in France?

Regardless, I really like both Angus and Fergus - and I'm not Scottish.

Love Gus.

Don't like Augustus, prefer Angus to Fergus.

Don't like Gus.

Makes me think of Gus the gorrila, and also guff.

I met two little Augusts when oldest DD was being baptised a good few years ago, and liked the name. Also like Gustav and Fergus.

I love Gus - I want this one to be Angus if it's a boy, but we already have a Rufus, so DH has said it's OTT.....so I'm aiming for a Monty instead, far less OTT

i would ALWAYS think that gus was short for angus (i'm scottish and live in scotland).

if you go with gus then if he ever lives in scotland everyone will assume he's called angus - that might not be a problem but something you should be aware of.

p.s. and i do like angus/gus

road sweeper in Eastenders

Gus rhymes with Pus

I really like Augustus, shortened to Gus. Augustus works well in German, French and Spanish too (that may or may not matter to you, though .

Atticus is nice too, but I'm not that keen on Fergus and Angus (both sound very Scottish and don't translate that well into other languages).