[name]Magnus[/name] is one of the names we are considering for our next if it is a boy. My main hesitation is its nickname potential. We don’t necessarily use nicknames, but other people might especially as our son gets older. For nicknames, I have already ruled out [name]Gus[/name] because I am a not a fan. [name]Mag[/name] is ok, but I don’t want it to morph into [name]Maggie[/name]. I was wondering if [name]Max[/name] was too much of a stretch for [name]Magnus[/name]? What do you think? Any other nicknames I am missing?
I think it’s quite cool. [name]Magnus[/name] means “great” and [name]Max[/name] is a short form of [name]Maximus[/name] which means “greatest”. [name]Both[/name] are [name]Roman[/name] names, and there was the western [name]Roman[/name] emperor [name]Magnus[/name] [name]Maximus[/name].
Thanks for the opinions! @[name]Ottilie[/name] - we were actually considering [name]Maximus[/name] for my first son, but [name]Luther[/name] won. I might still use [name]Maximus[/name] for the next, but other names seem to have grown on me more since, including [name]Magnus[/name]. I still love the nn [name]Max[/name], which is why I was curious about [name]Max[/name] as a nn for [name]Magnus[/name]!
I love [name]Magnus[/name]! I think [name]Gus[/name] would be a pretty cool nn, I hadn’t even thought of that. [name]Max[/name] was my first idea, I think it could work.
As I said in my op, I am not really big on a nicknames, but sometimes they are inevitable even with short names. There are a lot of names that are short with nicknames such as [name]Robert[/name], [name]Richard[/name], [name]Susan[/name], [name]Jason[/name], [name]Michael[/name], [name]Alan[/name] etc.
I was just curious which nicknames would work for [name]Magnus[/name], beyond [name]Gus[/name] and [name]Mag[/name].
I personally wouldn’t use a nickname for the name [name_m]Magnus[/name_m] but if I were to pick this name I have family who use nicknames for all of the kids in the family and would love to be able to point them in the right direction because I also don’t like the nickname [name_f]Mag[/name_f].