August or Frederick?

namescientist · September 30, 2016, 12:00am

Strong masculine [name_m]German[/name_m] boy name with NN potential …
[name_u]August[/name_u] or [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]?

Madaris · September 30, 2016, 4:29am

[name_u]August[/name_u] seems more contemporary than [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]. I prefer [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] though because girls are slowly but surely taking [name_u]August[/name_u] over to the feminine side.

lumen · September 30, 2016, 4:46am

I prefer [name_u]August[/name_u]. I’m not a fan of the sound of [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] or the nickname [name_m]Fred[/name_m]. (By the way, [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] is English rather than [name_m]German[/name_m]. The [name_m]German[/name_m] form is [name_m]Friedrich[/name_m].)

kahope · September 30, 2016, 4:59am

[name_m]Fredrick[/name_m] by a landslide.

I’m not a fan of [name_m]Fred[/name_m] but [name_m]Fritz[/name_m] is fantastic

belle_rain · September 30, 2016, 8:03am

I love [name_u]August[/name_u]! It is one of my favorites – my DH didn’t go for it but I would’ve loved to have used it.

stellarevolution · September 30, 2016, 9:30am

I really like [name_u]August[/name_u].

aliciamae · September 30, 2016, 12:11pm

I like [name_u]August[/name_u] more, but [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] would be more distinctive!

maurab · September 30, 2016, 4:10pm

I prefer [name_u]August[/name_u].

eireann · September 30, 2016, 4:10pm

[name_u]August[/name_u], no doubt about it. I don’t care for [name_m]Frederick[/name_m].

kaiajade · October 1, 2016, 12:47am

[name_u]August[/name_u] gets my vote too! I only like the shortened form of [name_u]Freddie[/name_u] not [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]. [name_u]August[/name_u] and [name_u]Freddie[/name_u] are very cool at the moment.

mcarolina · October 1, 2016, 5:07am

[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] is perfect!

bonfireazalea · October 1, 2016, 1:53pm

I much prefer [name_u]August[/name_u]. It sounds a lot softer than [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], which feels clunky and harsh to me.

southern.maple · October 1, 2016, 4:52pm

I prefer [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]. I love [name_u]Freddie[/name_u].

sroseryan · October 1, 2016, 5:45pm

I love both. [name_u]August[/name_u] could be nicknamed [name_u]Gus[/name_u], which is really sweet. [name_u]Freddie[/name_u] and [name_m]Fritz[/name_m] are also great. Personally I’d probably go with [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]!