Boys names, feel we are being too boring...

[TabithaTwitchet]

Just wondered if anyone would like to think up some inspiring suggestions to add to our (in my opinion slightly uninspired) list of boys names.

At the moment we like:

Me: Edward, Peter, Joseph, Jesse, John - not actually totally sure about the last 2

Husband: Stephen, Andrew

We both think each other's choices are OK but not blown away by any of them.

Additionally we have had to discount the following names (all of which I really love) on the grounds that they are the same or too similar to other family members, or don't go with our surname etc: Alexander, Robert, Benedict, Michael, Matthias, Christopher.

[Tinker]

Well, I love all you J choices and they were among our boy choices. I also love Dominic - would that work?

[SlartyBartFast]

i like stephen and andrew

but how about one i havent heard from oh years quite a while,
Hank?

[Sidge]

I like Jonathan, William, Oliver, Samuel, Jacob, Luke, Toby and Gregory.

[TabithaTwitchet]

Oooh, I like Gregory. Unfortunately our surname begins with a C so names ending in a "k" sound are out, makes it sound as if you have something stuck in your throat

[seeker]

Anything but Jesse! It's such a bad idea to give a boy a name that sounds as if it's a girl's name. It shouldn't be a problem - but sadly it is.

[RachieB]

I like Joseph best

[jellybeans]

I like Joseph best and then Stephen.

[mrsjuan]

I like Edward and John.
What about Samuel, Rory or Laurence?

[donnie]

what about Jonathan? or Matthew? I love those names.

[Raahh]

LOVE Peter, is Ds's middle name. First name- Elliot.
I love your all of your choices- (except Jesse, doesn't seem to fir with the rest of your list).

[Raahh]

fit

[Doha]

Like the old fashioned ones like Archie, Charlie. Harry or Sam

I quite like Jesse... as long as your surname is not James lol

[screamingabdab]

What about:

Daniel
Adam
Leo
Patrick
Matthew
Gabriel

I see from your choices you like fairly traditional, timeless names.
I have 2 boys and I know it's hard. There were v. few and DH and I agreed on. DS1 has a more unusual (but not "Out there" name).

[piscesmoon]

I hate Jesse but like the rest. I love boring names-they are classic and timeless and won't date.

[dinkymum]

Edward, Joseph and Jesse

[Steaknife]

How about

Tobias
Tobyn
Bradley
Nicholas
Simon

[BlueChampagne]

Aidan
Francis
Harvey
Justin
Laurence
Lewis
Morgan

[BelleWatling]

Jacob is nice / classic yet not too common...

Why is it a bad idea to give your son a name that could be a girls? This cuts out a lot: Sam, Alex, Jo, Sasha etc. My son has a (fairly unusual) name that sounds like a girls and I love girly boys names.

I plan to call the next boy Stacy...

[BalloonSlayer]

It's not just that it could sound like a girl's name though. It's that - especially oop north - a man who is perhaps not behaving in as manly a fashion as the onlooker thinks he should, might be referred to as a "big jessie."

[xxhunnyxx]

Joseph is a lovely name, traditional but nice and suits little boys/teenagers and men so will grow with him.

[StercusAccidit]

Stephen
Luke
Nathan / iel Nathan being my fave and what i would have liked to call DS2 but nooo he's a david after his daddy

[WinkyWinkola]

Tobias? Jesse is a great name.

Noah?

[TabithaTwitchet]

I agree about the "big Jessie" thing, that is mainly what is making me unsure. I really like the look of it written down, so maybe it can be under consideration for a middle name.

I do like some of the ones that people have suggested, especially Gregory and Patrick but nothing is really leaping out at me - plus Patrick doesn't go with our surname - perhaps we should change our surname by deed poll and then get way more choice.

I don't really like Bradley and Justin or similar names.

[Bubbaluv]

Richard, Stuart, Sydney/Sidney, Oscar, Alistair, Nicholas, Joshua, Oliver, Angus, Marcus, Leo, William/Wilbur.

Of your lists I like Edward and Andrew, but not the rest. Defo not Jesse though!

[pranma]

My dgs is Finn and when we told dgs1 who was 9 at the time he said,'Its unusual but its not a teasing name.'I think it is very important that our boys dont have 'teasing names'.When I called ds1 Guy I never anticipated that boys of 11+ would change the u to an a but they did.None of your suggestions are boring though Jesse may be a bit awkward in UK.