Fenella ' s a fella.

[Quasilulu]

Can't sleep. You lovely lot helped me choose Fenella Ruth for my baby. At the scan today I discovered she was a he. There hasn't been a boy baby in my DH ' S family since he was born 34 years ago. He has 3 younger sisters and they all have girls as do his cousins. MIL"joked" today we may need a DNA test. (COW) Our other DD is Melissa and I have no idea at all for a boy's name as I got brainwashed into thinking we couldn't have a boy. Please could you help? DH immediately said Donavan which I hate. I think I want 3 syllables with a GOOD nn not Don ha ha!

[PetaPipa]

Finn, or Findlay?
Donovan is great!
Dominic?

[PunkAssMoFo]

Solomon
Sebastian
Barnaby
Jefferson
Gabriel
Gideon
Dominic

[AuntieStella]

Benedict
Jeremy
Raphael
Jonathan

(If she asks about DNA test again, smile sweetly and ask if she had one after your DH was born)

[Penguinotterfoxbadger]

Ooh, that was an inadvisable comment from your MIL!

Some ideas:
Fenton
Adair
Alasdair /Alastair
Darien/Darian
Dorian
Alexander
Dashiel
Rafferty
Sulivan
Dewey

[Lunastarfish]

Christopher

[Stearinlys]

Diarmuid sounds like Fenella's brother

[Floralnomad]

Levison
Ferdinand .

[Chippednailvarnish]

"We don't have girls in our family" said mil, just before we told her we were expecting a girl.

Benedict?

[BlueChampagne]

Family runs to girls too - I have 2 boys!

How about Conrad?

[Quasilulu]

Thanks for the suggestions...and support re MIL! DH only wants Donovan so he can call him The Don. ??
I like all of your ideas AuntieStella. Is Jonathan too old fashioned and is Jonty ok as a nn? Can't get used to this baby being a bou.

[Quasilulu]

Or even a boy!

[HmmAnOxfordComma]

I love Gabriel and Jonathan best out of those suggested so far, especially to go with Melissa.

Melissa and Jonty

Melissa and Gabe.

Both great.

[Kraggle]

Nathaniel nn Nate I love this name!
Also:
Isaac
Joseph
Michael
Sebastian
Maxwell

[Quasilulu]

Thanks Hmm they're my favourites too! My MIL on phone today "Darling I hope I didn't upset you with my little comment. Too early for names but I do like Tristan." Er no.

[mynameisnotmichaelcaine]

Gregory?

Jonathan is a great name.

[ClashCityRocker]

Sullivan?

Jonathan's nice though, you can do a lot with Jonathan.

[dementedma]

Benedict
Sebastian
Dominic
Laurence
Samuel

[Tunna]

Theodore means long awaited, nice subtle link there, can be nn to Theo or Teddy, Ted.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

It doesn't mean that literally - it means gift of God in Greek.

Jonathan is a terrific name and so is Gabriel. If you're planning to shorten it I would go for Jonathan.

[ButterflyOfFreedom]

Love Nathaniel, Dominic, and Sebastian.

Anthony
Zachary
Simeon
Elliot
Frederick
Gregory
Benjamin
Josiah
Maximus

[Box5883284322679964228]

Jonathan and jonty are great.

[Quasilulu]

Thanks so much for the help. Looks like it'll be Jonathan nn Jonty.

[CloserToFiftyThanTwenty]

Arf at Fenton. Seriously? After the Youtube video, Fenton will always be a badly behaved dog