Looking for a spunky middle name that makes August decidedly male

teddy_smom · March 26, 2013, 2:07pm

We decided on the nickname [name]Gus[/name] last night, and I think we’re leaning towards [name]August[/name] for the full name. We’d love middle name suggestions!

Our requirements:

“spunky”, whatever that means. Basically, nothing too boring. Our boys’ middle names are [name]Milo[/name] and [name]Rory[/name], respectively.
something decidedly male to combat [name]August[/name]‘s unisex factor, especially given our boys’ clearly masculine names.

We love the idea of [name]Quinn[/name] as middle name, for example, and think that it’s spunky on a boy these days. But [name]August[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] is too unisex. Same with [name]August[/name] [name]Kit[/name].

Thanks!

beau123 · March 26, 2013, 2:15pm

You could always consider [name]Augustus[/name]? Which is much more masculine.

Or:

[name]August[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Frederick[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Phineas[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Hugo[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Felix[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Maxwell[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Victor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Henry[/name]

(P.S. [name]LOVE[/name] your boys’ names!)

emmabobemma · March 26, 2013, 2:18pm

uh… [name]Rex[/name]?
[name]Just[/name] kidding. Too royal.

[name]August[/name] Emeric
[name]August[/name] [name]Clement[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Victor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Benedict[/name]

[name]August[/name] [name]Heath[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Clark[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Blaise[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Leon[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]James[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Reed[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Colm[/name]

MaScha2 · March 26, 2013, 2:20pm

I was thinking something like…

[name]August[/name] [name]Rex[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Finn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]North[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Orion[/name]

[name]Love[/name] your boys’ names! Good luck!

unapearl · March 26, 2013, 2:30pm

[name]August[/name] [name]Grover[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Webster[/name]

christabel · March 26, 2013, 2:31pm

What about other ‘quin’ names like…

[name]August[/name] [name]Quinten[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Quinlan[/name] (although, this might be too unisex)
[name]August[/name] [name]Quinby[/name] (also too unisex?)
[name]August[/name] Quillian
[name]August[/name] [name]Quincy[/name]

Other suggestions:
[name]August[/name] [name]Orrin[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Bryant[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Rafferty[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Finn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Pierce[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Gregor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Caleb[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Hugh[/name] or [name]August[/name] [name]Hugo[/name]

stripedsocks · March 26, 2013, 2:32pm

I adore [name]August[/name] for a boy.

[name]August[/name] [name]Jethro[/name] is one combo I have. [name]Jethro[/name] is pretty decidedly male and a bit quirky.

Also:
[name]August[/name] [name]Jude[/name]/[name]Judah[/name]/[name]Jubal[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Oren[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Quentin[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Vincent[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Dominic[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Joel[/name]/[name]Josiah[/name]/[name]Jabez[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Malachi[/name]/[name]Malachy[/name] (mal-a-ki and mal-a-key respectively)
[name]August[/name] [name]Corbin[/name]/[name]Callum[/name]/[name]Cillian[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Gavin[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Eli[/name]/[name]Levi[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Joaquin[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Tobin[/name]

I like J names a lot with it, admittedly partly because I like A.J. more than [name]Gus[/name] (I know many Berries hate initial nicknames but I don’t) but I’d stay well away from [name]James[/name] as I find it very dull.

darlingdoe · March 26, 2013, 2:38pm

[name]August[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Finn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Harry[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Felix[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Hugo[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Silas[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Connor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Liam[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Cole[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Jasper[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Eamon[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Asher[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Tad[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Owen[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Jack[/name]

irmgard_theodorian · March 26, 2013, 3:30pm

What about…

[name]August[/name] [name]Quentin[/name],

instead of [name]Quinn[/name].

[name]August[/name] [name]Beresford[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Caspar[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Frederick[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Raymond[/name]

seraares · March 26, 2013, 3:59pm

[name]August[/name] [name]Dexter[/name]

BethLow · March 26, 2013, 4:02pm

Here are a few combos I thought of for you (I was sticking to a four letter middle name to match his brothers);

[name]August[/name] [name]Bryn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Sean[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Kiel[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Gale[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Judd[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Lars[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Penn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Finn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Mack[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Vito[/name]

Names that don’t have four letters but I think work well;

[name]August[/name] [name]Kai[/name]/[name]Cai[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Miles[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Donovan[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Niall[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Elias[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Emlyn[/name]

litysmama · March 26, 2013, 10:32pm

I love [name]August[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]August[/name] [name]Jude[/name] (which have already been suggested!), but love [name]August[/name] [name]Levi[/name] the best

everwaiteing · March 27, 2013, 11:41pm

[name]August[/name] was my grandfather’s name. It is 100% masculine to me.

[name]August[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] does sound really nice. I would expect a boy if I saw the name.

[name]August[/name] [name]Nicholas[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Dane[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Maxwell[/name]

[name]Augustus[/name] [name]Quinn[/name] is also super handsome if you want to make the gender indisputable.

Good luck!

milomum · March 28, 2013, 2:52am

[name]Love[/name] lots of these suggestions… I posted last week asking if people thought that [name]August[/name] was ok on a girl (I love the name for both girls and boys) , and all the responses were that it is a decidedly masculine name! So maybe don’t worry too much…

Perhaps [name]August[/name] [name]Jack[/name]?

teddy_smom · March 28, 2013, 7:31am

Thank you all for the suggestions! There are some great options.

We like:
[name]August[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Harry[/name] (maybe [name]August[/name] [name]Harrison[/name]?)
[name]August[/name] [name]Owen[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Liam[/name] (or [name]August[/name] [name]William[/name])
[name]August[/name] [name]Asher[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Maxwell[/name] (though apparently [name]Maxwell[/name] is unisex now…)

We were also thinking about [name]August[/name] [name]Graham[/name].

In general, though, we think we may decide to go with [name]Augustin[/name]/[name]Augusten[/name]/[name]Augustus[/name]. We think that for a baby likely to be born in [name]August[/name], a variation would be better than the actual month name.

Thanks again!

seazuno86 · March 28, 2013, 7:45am

[name]August[/name] [name]Simon[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Grant[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Neil[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Viggo[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Victor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Thane[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Thor[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Solomon[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Saul[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Grey[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Leo[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Zeke[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Xander[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Ian[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Flynn[/name]
[name]August[/name] [name]Winston[/name]

tropicalmomma · March 28, 2013, 12:56pm

[name]August[/name] is great- being of Italian descent I only associate it with men- Augustino, etc. So I don’t think you have to go too gung-ho on a manly middle name! And I [name]LOVE[/name] the nn [name]Gus[/name]. You could always just name him [name]Gus[/name]! I know a [name]Gunther[/name] who uses [name]Gus[/name] as a nn, as well.

lcmpdx · March 28, 2013, 1:19pm

The first thing that came to my mind is [name]August[/name] [name]Everett[/name] and then [name]August[/name] [name]Sean[/name]

milo2011 · March 28, 2013, 2:16pm

my hubby likes [name]August[/name] on a girl