Are any of these names nice? Hormones say yes...

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We really struggled to name DS1, and although I think we chose a blinder in the end i'm quite sure this next baby is going to be a boy just because we literally have nothing that we really like to call it!

Our shortlist is:

Huxley (my fave)
Monty (DP's fave)
Hugo (but surname starts with O' so probably not?)
Rudy (another of DP's)
Asa (was top for a while but I've gone off it)
Chester

We don't want anything too strange but we like very muich the fact that DS has quite a unique name and would like his brother to have that too!

How about Fergus for a similar type of feel?

I like Monty from your list. Some of the others sound a bit like characters from Rupert the Bear.

rudy is nice

Am I the only one that sees Rudy and starts singing The Specials?

If I were forced to choose one, would be Hugo.

Like Monty, but the others are disastrous imho.

I like Hugo, Monty and Chester.

I was once told to say a name you're thinking of 20 times in a row and then see if you still like it. Worth a try?

Hugo is my preferred option from that list... I think it would be fine with an O surname like, say, "Oxford", not good with one like "Owen" or "O' Brian".

Huxley is my least favourite. There was an article in the Guardian recently about a lady who had changed her baby's name to Huxley, and it attracted literally hundreds of comments about what an awful name Huxley was.

I think if you're going to go for something like Monty which already sounds rather posh (and makes me think of Mr Burns from the Simpsons, incindentally), you may as well go the whole hog and give him a full name for it.

Not loving the others, to be honest, sorry. Frankly I would rather be even "Hugo O'Hughes" than Huxley, Monty, Rudy, Asa or Chester anything. They just don't sound like handsome men!

Ah sorry, didn't see your last posts so never mind my comment about a full name for Monty. I do kind of like Redmond with nickname Redd. Also must second/third suggestion of Jonty. Much nicer!

Chester is a bit the c word to me. Like Britney calling her son Preston.

Huxley sounds like a name for your teddy bear. On a grown man, I think it would raise eyebrows. Is this fair on your child?

The poster who said "Montys are ten a penny here" - where on earth do you live???

Huxley and Rudy ok - not keen on others.