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That is our short list. I can't say I've found a name I love, apart from Jacob, but Jacob is way way way too popular for me to consider now

Any opinions on the names? Thinking of Elijah. Have an Ethan already.

My husband wants Dexter for our DS. Everyone says its either a dog's name or that of a serial killer!

I like Jonah a lot!

Tiarnan?

Kieran?

How about Nathan?

Or Noah?

I love Dexter or Dex. I'm biased though as ds's middle name is Dexter.

Elijah was my first choice if DC2 born last week had been a boy. She wasn't so I didn't get to use it but I still love it and afaik not very widely used. Do you like the shortening of Eli though as bound to get shorted at some point. Jonah & Luca are nice too, not keen on Dexter.

Nathan and Ethan are too similar, people already think I say Nathan when I say Ethan!

Noah I love, but again, too popular. If I'd of had a baby 4/5 years ago, he'd of been Noah!

Not keen on those names AThing

Heff I'm not keen on Eli. Hmmmm.

I like Elijah, however are you planning a DC3? If so, will you need to keep with "E" names to keep the theme?

No, I'd not keep with a theme!

Yes, thinking of a DC3 at some point!

I adore Jonah, I like the others though apart from Luca.

Quite like Jonah and Elijah, although Elijah perhaps too similar to Elliot. Dexter too surnamey. Not keen on Luca, but I like Luke.

All your shortlist end in the same sound, a/ah/er. More names ending with these:

Alexander
Oliver
Joshua
Oscar
Mayer
Peter
Christopher
Chester
Carter
Caspar
Jasper
Josiah
Judah
Jeriah
Jeremiah
Leander
Micah
Noah
Xavier
Xander/Zander
Elmer
Ezra
Walter
Wilmer
Wilbur

I LOVE Dexter!

YouMayLogOut There are a few names there that I like, but they don't go with the surname sadly

Quite like Ezra, but not enough to say I'd call my baby it! Chester I like, but doesn't go with surname. Also like Jasper, but we are Twilight fans, and I swore no Twilight names would be used!! Also like Oscar, but its quite popular again. Have a friend with a little Oscar.

Love Jonah!
Arlo
Theodore
Joseph
Jude

If you don't like popular I know three dexters!
No Jonahs though

Jasper is a great name! I'm sure Twilight won't be too prevalent in a few years time

I want a name which has been heard off, not too out there, but not top 100 names if possible!

Not too fussy, am I?!

Heard of* not off!!

I have a Jonah. Nothing but compliments, I love the way it sounds and looks on paper, and have yet to meet another one (he's only ten months though). My friends know three baby Jonahs though, possibly it's the new Noah.

We also considered Asa, Asher and Sacha.

Do you find anyone calls him Joe?

Cousin is Joseph (which I like! Gaaaah!) but I don't like Joe. Would worry that as cousins Jospeh and Jonah could end up too similar with people saying Joe

Like Asher, DP does not!

My dad calls him a variety of things and Jojo is one of them, along with Jboy, Boyberoo, the Jster, JLeDeFre etc etc. Dad is not capable of calling people by their actualy names. But other than that, everyone has stuck to Jonah so far!

My friends have a baby Zephaniah (Zephy) and Judah.

Jasper is a great name, and I wouldn't say Twilight would be the first thing people think of when they heard it. It's not as if you're planning to call him Renesmee.

I love the name Jonah and really want to use this name if we have a boy (we're ttc at the moment) but my DH thinks it's unlucky, what utter rubbish, a name can't be unlucky, but thats it I'm not allowed to use it. It's really his parents who think it's unlucky and DH cares alot about what they think of names. I don't.

Really like Dexter too, it's on my short list, but think we're going with Noah, a bit over used for my liking but we do both love the name.