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I can't think of a reason for Auggie to be teased, but I think it's terribly unattractive. I love August, it's been my #1 for years - just call him that.

I don't think it sounds too close to "ugly," but I do think it sounds too much like a dog's name. I've known so many people with dogs named Auggie. But no humans. It rhymes with doggy, doesn't help. I love Gus, too bad you don't, or Aggie! Yes, Aggie, I love. Not sure how well that would go over in real life though. Probably just as well as Auggie.

I think it works fine for a nn, but I would spell it Augie.

I like Auggie, I just dislike August

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Dislike Gus also

I love August but I have trouble shortening it as I don't like Gus either. Some other nns could be Augs or Gusto. I do hope to use August one day and I'll probably call him "August" nearly all of the time, maybe "Augs" occassionally. Auggie is cute though.

Auggie reminds me of the exclamation "Ouchie!", a childish way of saying "Ouch!" Depending on your pronunciation of the name, other children might eventually make that connection, in which case they might possibly make fun of him for a little while.

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ouchie