Thomas, Henry or smething else? Open to suggestions!!!

[BloodStainedHeart]

Me and Dh are struggling to think of names for DS2. Any help would be much appreciated.

[LynetteScavo]

What is DS1 called?

Thomas is dull.

[BloodStainedHeart]

DS1 is Joseph. I don't mind dull to be honest . I like quite traditional names but like I said we hare open to any suggestions. Nothing we have found really fits and we're not loving any of the names we can think of!

[ragged]

What about family names (Granddads etc.) Even if it's not something you love, maybe someone will love you for using it, iyswim.

[poppydaisy]

Thomas and Henry are indeed a little dull. They are also quite widely used already.

How about Dominic, Tristan, Quentin, Tobias, Isaac? But at the end of they we all have different tastes .

[funnypeculiar]

Thomas & Henry are both lovely names - can't go wrong with either. Yes, there's a chance there with be another in their class - but so what, the world won't end.

If you want the names to feel a bit more 'you' why not think about nicknames - imo, Tom is totally different to Tommy (who is totally different to Thom)...

[poppydaisy]

How can Tom be different from Thom ?

[LynetteScavo]

Joseph is a fabulous name!

I suggest Edward. (Another fabulous name!)

Although Henry is a good name, and goes well with Joseph.

[funnypeculiar]

:-) I know theyre not really, but they feel different to me (but I may be influenced by Thom Yorke there!)

[OddBoots]

Edward
Gordon
James
Percy
Toby

Duck

[LynetteScavo]

Donald and Douglas?

[LynetteScavo]

Tom Scavo would like me to point out that he posted that. He is very proud of his Thomas the Tank Engine knowledge.

[EdithWeston]

I prefer Henry to Thomas.

Some other traditional names to consider: Daniel, Samuel, Joshua, Theo, Stephen, Richard, Robert, Michael, Rupert, George, Timothy, Paul, Simon?

[Mollydoggerson]

Richard is a good strong name, how about Peter or Andrew.

[Cereal]

I like Henry and prefer it to Thomas.

How about Aidan, Samuel, Felix, Peter, David, George, William, Isaac, Gabriel, Aaron, Elias, Luke, Lawrence, Nicholas, Gregory, Oliver?

[herecomesthsun]

Alexander is a rather nice name, traditional, and with a variety of nicknames.

[Takver]

John
James
Stephen

I particularly like John - traditional, but less used at the moment than other 'classic' names. Having said that, I think that Thomas/Tom is a hard name to beat.

Not quite so keen on Henry, only because (if you don't use nn Harry) it often gets shortened to Hen which I don't like.

[LikeACandleButNotQuite]

Love both, prefer Henry to Tom (even though I married a Tom).

My current favourites (incase they offer any inspiration) are Travis, Max, Tristan, Jesse and Harry

[MelanieWiggles]

Oddboots - I thought exactly the same thing

[LynetteScavo]

Benjamin.

Joseph and Benjamin.

[alittlebitshy]

Henry, Henry, henry

[BloodStainedHeart]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I like Oliver but someone mentioned it was the most popular name at the minute which sort of made me think it wasn't exactly original. I do really like Henry but have had a lot of negative comments made about it though I am not sure that should put me off. I am really stuck now! We LOVED Joseph and it just seemed to FIT straight away. Haven't had that feeling this time round. :-(

[MorallyBankrupt]

Henry is a bit dull. Plus would always be Harry which I don't like.

Much prefer Thomas.

Edward goes really well with Joseoth though.

[Offspring]

Joseph is the front runner for this bump, I adore it. Others on our list:

Nathaniel
Euan
Eli (and Elijah and Elias)

I like Alexander also (but DD is Sasha and they obviously don't work together!), and like Thomas. I don't mind Henry but I really don't like Harry so wouldn't use it personally.

[Papyrus]

My Henry is 5 and its never been shortened (apart from when DD2 was learning to speak and called him Henny which made him so cross ).

I think most people see Henry and Harry as completely seperate names now tbh.