That's much like the way my parents chose my and my sister's names. Basically my mom came up with ideas and my dad made fun of them until they settled one. My mom's plan for my name was originally to be Konrad but my dad pointed out I could be nicknamed 'Konnie' and so now it's my middle name. And then they named my youngest sister Connie.And you have to consider every possible variation of the shortening of the name. I saw that you had Emerson. I love it. But there's a chance the kid could get tagged as "Em" or bullied with an "Emily". Not a showstopper - but once you've narrowed the field, do the due diligence. Make sure the initials don't give you some A.S.S or P.M.S or something like that (although given your last name there may not be that problem).
As I mentioned at the outset, we like the name August, but the nickname would be "Gus." I don't really like that name. I like the name Konrad quite a bit, but I would definitely not like him to be called "Connie."