Struggling with names

[Leffie]

Week 36 and still need to decide on a name for our first born.
The Last name starts with 'O'
Thanks for your opinions

Maximilian
Max
Carl or Karl
Edmund or Edmond
Quentin
Charles
Elias
Barnaby
Oscar
Thomas
Caspar

[MelinaM]

Love, love, love Barnaby, Caspar and Edmund

Oscar is rather trendy popular at the moment, Thomas is quite popular too.

Not a fan of Carl/Karl nor Quentin. Max is nice enough, but I feel it's a little ordinary iykwim.

Barnaby's the one for me

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

Duncan, I see you omitted Duncan. Do consider it or Gavin. Failing to do so will upset me a lot.
If you must have YOUR choice, Edmund is best.

[hulabula]

I really like Edmund, Quentin, Thomas and Caspar - lovely strongclassic names. Max and Oscar are more 'faddy' in comparison.

My dad is a Karl and I actually think it might come back into fashion soon.

[mopsyflopsy]

Love Quentin (in fact we have a Quentin Charles ), Thomas and Elias. With your last name starting with O I'd possibly avoid Oscar and a first name ending in a consonant probably sounds best. e.g. Quentin Oxxx or Thomas Oxxx.

[meditrina]

Not Barnaby (initials BO!)

[BabesandJugs]

Oooh no not Barnaby - i'm afraid in my brigade, that is the annoying bear on CBeebies

I suppose it also depends on the area you live and whether names such as Caspar, Quentin, Edmund would 'fit in' or be a stark contrast if you understand where i am, coming from?

I love Oscar, but agree it's very popular now, also love Thomas - although Tom, Tommy i'm not so sure of?

Elias i love - and i think Carl is one to watch out for, it sounds great and isn't too popular.

I'll be groaned at but Max is a very fixed 'dogs' name in our circle.

[poppydaisy]

All lovely names. My favourites would be Edmund (Ed), Quentin (Quin), Thomas (Tom). Agree that Max and Oscar may date more as they feel a little 'trendy'. And good point about BO .

[rachel1970]

Love Barnaby but unfortunately it doesn't work with an O surname. Also love Quentin, Thomas and Caspar. Max and Oscar are dog names round here but I also feel that they're less 'classic' than the others (i.e. more fashionable at the moment).

[hellokitty123]

Like all your names. Carl is one you don't hear very often these days, but is a nice name - you may be ahead of the curve . Quentin is also lovely and not that popular yet. Charles is nice but he may end up as Charlie, which I'm less keen on. Edmund, Elias and Caspar are ok and Max and Oscar are indeed very widely used already. Does any of the sound best with your surname?

[Domesticbodess]

Now I do like Carl - short and sweet but not used very much.

[bigbluebump]

Charles (Charlie), Maximilian (Max), Edmund (Ed), Oscar (Os/Ossie) and Thomas (Tom) are all quite popular names - they're lovely but may date more as they've been used a lot recently.

Carl, Quentin, Barnaby, Caspar and Elias are less used names that will probably 'age' better although you can never forecast if any of these shoots up the tables in the future. But they're lovely, classic names. I like Quentin and Caspar in particular. Agree that B names are out with your surname .

[Leffie]

Wow, thank you all for your great feedback!! So much food for thought!

Carl was initially at the top of my list with the middle name Edmund:
Carl Edmund.
Our surname is of Irish origin so I thought that Carl grounds it quite well. I'm amazed/happy quite a few of you like it too!

Thanks for The Barnaby input..had no idea about that CBeebies character. Did have to ask my partner what BO stands for :o had not thought of that!
It's now unfortunately off the list together with Oscar, the OO initials just don't work.

Am still torn with Max, I had a Max in the family (German origin), so for me it has a traditional ring to it but you're right, at the moment it's so popular... hmm

Out of the other options Quentin and Thomas flow best with the surname. Have to come up with some middle names now. Perhaps George?

Another list contender was Gideon. What do you think?

thanks again!!

[redvelvetmooncupcake]

Aw, I love the idea of someone's initials being OO!

[bigbluebump]

How about Quentin Carl or Thomas Carl? George also works well as middle name.

I'm afraid I don't like Gideon very much. Nickname would be Giddy?

[othersideofchannel]

Max, Oscar and Tom/Thomas are quite popular. I think Thomas was even in the top 10 list last year if I remember correctly. Quentin is lovely (quite popular in France) as is Charles. I'm less keen on Edmumd or Caspar. I think Casper is a clown in German (Kasper), this may or may not bother you of course . I'm also not that keen on Gideon.

[excellentadventure]

Not keen on Gideon, but while considering possible nn I thought of Dion which is uncommon but quite cool imo. Would go well with a O' surname.

[shoobidoo]

All nice names but if you're looking for a less overused classic name then I think Edmund, Quentin and Caspar are lovely. A short single syllable middle name would balance it out nicely e.g. Edmund Carl or Quentin George. Gideon is ok but I don't really like the 'Giddy' sound at the beginning.

[Leffie]

Yes, i agree; shame that Gideon does not have a nice nickname, although Dion is indeed cool!!

I just checked and Quentin is Nr.31 in France. That's actually a plus as I have close familiy living in France, so they'll be able to pronounce it without problem too, yay!
The short middle names work indeed a treat.

Thank guys, this is great brain storming and helps me a lot. : )

[oohlaalaa]

I like:

Max
Edmund
Charles
Thomas

Not keen on:

Elias
Barnaby
Carl
Karl

Hate:

Oscar
Maximillian

[oohlaalaa]

oooh, forgot Quentin, really dislike this name. Sorry.

[excellentadventure]

Bear in mind Quentin is pronounced Kon-Tan in France. Dion would be prn the same way in English and French.

[evamummy]

Really like Barnaby, Quentin and Elias. Not keen on Gideon or Edmund, I'm afraid.