Pick your favorite boy name clicky poll.

[emoxymoose]

Our last name is very similar to Briggs.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Tobias!

[joy]

I want to like Tobias. I do. But, I don't.

Linus for the win.

[honeylemon]

I love both names but chose Linus.

I would only use Tobias if I knew for sure Toby would NEVER be used as a nn.

[bromios]

Both are great, but I prefer Linus.

[reginaphalange]

Ok, I really like both names a lot. I chose Linus because I prefer two syllables and no nn

[helloerrbody]

Tobias!

[purple]

Tobias is lovely, as is Toby. Linus is okay but definitely not my style.

[emoxymoose]

I absolutely hate the nn Toby, so that's my only hesitation. Both of my other boys have names that don't have a common nn, so unless someone made one up they get called by their actual name. For that reason only, I'm leaning towards Linus, but I love them both and H said he likes Tobias a tiny bit more.

[purple]

Mar 21, 2016 14:09:35 GMT -5 emoxymoose said:

I absolutely hate the nn Toby, so that's my only hesitation. Both of my other boys have names that don't have a common nn, so unless someone made one up they get called by their actual name. For that reason only, I'm leaning towards Linus, but I love them both and H said he likes Tobias a tiny bit more.

There's always a risk, when you choose a name that's frequently nicknamed, that others will use it without asking your opinion, or that your son will prefer it. So since you have strong feelings, it may be better avoided.

[partyinmytummy]

I actually think it's not too difficult to avoid nicknames, unless your son decides he wants to be called Toby. Then you're out of luck. Anecdote: my brother is Patrick and we never, ever called him Pat, Paddy, Rick, Ricky, etc. just because my mom corrected people when they called him anything other than Patrick.

(I will say though, that when he was around 13, he tried to start going by P-Dawg, but that's another story haha.)