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Wolfgang Wilde gets my vote. I wouldn't want to resolve that I'd call my son "Wilde" every day forever. If other people end up nicknaming him "Wilde" because it continues to seem to suit him, and the boy he becomes likes it - that'd be fine to call him by his middle name. But it seems to me that it's not all that dignified for a guy to bear a personal name that was actually chosen as a kind of semi-joke because of how he behaved as a newborn infant, and because a 4 year old (who might be his biggest antagonist someday) liked it - rather than because his parents believed it was such a fine first name for a man to bear. Anyway Casper & Wolfgang make a cool brother match, while Casper & Wilde sounds kinda comic. YMMV.

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- mirfak