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Help with boys name! Not too unusual, not too common!

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cqssjoyful · 04/06/2015 16:22

Hi all

I need some help!

I am 31 weeks pregnant and having a boy. After 2 girls we are good at thinking of lovely girls names, but we cannot agree on ANY boy name. Sad

I seem to be much too picky, but as this will be our last child and only boy I really want the name to be perfect.

These are the criteria the name should meet (and there are quite a few!)

  • It can't start with A or B (our girls names both begin with A, and B is too alliterative with our surname)

  • I want a long version that can be shortened so it can change as he gets older (preferably a strong manly kinda name with a cuter version for when he's little)


  • Our surname has become quite a common first name so although I like a lot of the surname-y kind of names (eg. Grayson), I don't think it would work because people wouldn't know which way round his name was


  • My husband doesn't like unusual names but I don't want something too boring or too popular so it's not really any surprise that we can't find anything!


We both like Michael, Daniel, Benjamin and David - but can't have them because they are already in the family.

I really like Reuben and Robin and quite like Denzel (altho a bit out there) but they have been vetoed by my husband Sad I like Jed as a short name but not Jared or Jedediah or Jedward (!) as a long version.

I feel like we are running out of time and we are no further forward since our 20 week scan!
So if anyone has any suggestions that meet the above criteria I would love to hear them!
Thank you!
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Angelto5 · 04/06/2015 16:39

Christopher
Timothy
Jonathan
Nathaniel
Justin
Thomas
Matthew

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SylvaniansAtEase · 04/06/2015 17:46

Yes, Christopher with Kit as a nickname, or (better, but unusual) Kester nn Kit.

Spencer
Simon
Magnus

Shame he has vetoed Reuben, that's really good.

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cqssjoyful · 04/06/2015 18:02

Thanks for your quick replies! I really Kit and quite like Christopher. I love Kester but there's no way that will get through the husband veto!

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cqssjoyful · 04/06/2015 18:04

Sorry - that should read 'really like Kit'

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Mouldypineapple · 04/06/2015 18:13

Victor, Murphy, Robert, Mitchell, Jeffrey, Richard, Gareth/Garth,
I love Elliott but not sure it fills your brief!

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Mouldypineapple · 04/06/2015 18:14

Oh and Nicholas, Thomas, erm..

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Mouldypineapple · 04/06/2015 18:15

Joseph,

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DampAndRotten · 04/06/2015 18:16

Peter

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cqssjoyful · 04/06/2015 18:17

I like Elliott too but not sure what it could shorten to without sounding too girly. Thomas is nice but a bit too ordinary for me.

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poocatcherchampion · 04/06/2015 18:38

We've got almost exactly the same problem op although I have more weeks in hand and my no go letters are j, p, g and R.

I love kit, but need to engage dh on that one.
I want to give you some other options but can't :)

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Artandco · 04/06/2015 18:39

Maximilian - Max
Theodore - theo, teddy, ted

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 04/06/2015 18:48

Love the suggestion of Nathaniel / Nathan / Nate.

Dominic
Patrick
Daniel
Marcus
Oscar
Christian
Willem
Philip
Jeremy / Jem
Frederick
Sebastian
Nicholas
Francis
Samuel
Maximus
Quentin
Jacob / Jake
Peter
Timothy
Rowan

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 04/06/2015 18:54

Nicholas - Nick/Nico
Matthew - Matt
Andrew - Drew
Jeremy - Jem

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Lookoutapiano · 04/06/2015 23:12

Zachary
Maxwell
Sebastian
Patrick
Nathaniel
Oliver
Richard
Peter
Henry (Harry)
William
Edward (Teddy, Eddie)
Finnean
Charles/Charlie
Richard
Peter
Donovan
Dominic
Callum
Calvin
Jacob

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BlueChampagne · 05/06/2015 22:19

Our Conrad is sometimes called Coocoo by his big brother.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 05/06/2015 22:23

Robin is lovely.

Jeremy/Jem?
Andrew/Drew?
Philip/Pip?
Bartholomew/Bartie?
Abraham/Bram?
Laurence/Laurie?
Frederick/Fred?

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BorisJohnsonsHair · 05/06/2015 22:23

Your answer is here:

Lawrence

Can be shortened to Laurie, is a proper name but not too common.

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Rivercam · 05/06/2015 22:33

Andrew - Drew, Andy
Sebastian - Seb
Jonathen -Jon, John
Timothy - Tim
Montgomery -Monty
Nicholas - Nick, Nick, Nicky
Peter - Pete
Marcus -mark
Howard - Howie
Samuel - Sam
alwxander - Alex
Gregory - Greg
Anthony - tony, Ant

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Alyx80 · 05/06/2015 22:40

Elias - Eli

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IWantMyPinkShirtBack · 05/06/2015 22:54

Tobias/Toby
Zachary/Zac
Elijah/Eli

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FunkyPeacock · 05/06/2015 22:54

Patrick
Lawrence
Philip
Joseph
Robert
Hugh
Douglas
Jonathan
Gregory

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Elvish · 06/06/2015 05:04

Has anyone suggested Matthew? Just had a new starter at work who uses Matty as a NN. I really like it but didn't even think of it for DS.

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ceebelle83 · 06/06/2015 07:20

I know a Jed short for Jeremy, if that's any use?

I teach a little boy called Paddy (Obviously, short for Patrick) which is really sweet and suits him...totally commonplace in my homeland of Ireland, but here in England is (slightly) less usual.

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ceebelle83 · 06/06/2015 07:23

I'm going for Thomas for my DS-to-be. It will be shortened to Tom or Tommy depending on which bastardisation nickname suits him best as we get to know him.

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akorda · 06/06/2015 08:49

Patrick would be great - not at all common among (English) little boys

Nathaniel also lovely and relatively uncommon

Paul - gorgeous-sounding name and none under 15

Gregory also great

Jed is short for Jedediah in The West Wing!

If you want to avoid popularity, DON'T go for: Theo, Toby, Reuben. There are loads of them in (sorry) "middle-class" circles.

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