final top 5 - opinions?

[TristanlovesIsolde]

DS2 due on 3 weeks. I think I may have my final 5 names. DH is doing is independently and then we will compare and hopefully decide! So here goes (in no particular order)

Thomas
Henry
Daniel
Edward
David

Thoughts or alternatives most welcome!

[poodlefromcatan]

Henry or Edward.

[MadisonAvenue]

Daniel or Thomas

[MrsHathaway]

I think they're all lovely.

My order from "best" to "only good" would be:

Edward
Daniel
Henry
Thomas
David

[ABitAsleep]

Edward is my favourite!

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

I'm really loving Daniel at the mo, so I'd pick that!

[Frazzled2207]

Daniel.
I wanted it but dh vetoed.

[ChablisTyrant]

Daniel or Edward

[Scattymere]

all very run of the mill/play it safe/ heard for 30 years everywhere names. Not exciting/individual at all but nice enough.

[Gummibaers]

I find them all a little dull and overused. If I had to choose one it would be David, which isn't that widely used today and yet is a strong classic name. So my vote goes to David.

[TristanlovesIsolde]

Thank you. And thanks for your honesty Scatty and Gummi.

[hownottofuckup]

Edward Thomas and Daniel are my favourites.

[autumnmoon]

All fine, my personal order of preference would be...

Thomas
Henry
Edward
Daniel
David

[WhiteHairReally]

David, as PP says, good strong name and there are very few younger Davids around at the moment. ( and nothing to do with the fact I so fancied one when I was about sixteen, and still have a soft spot for the name all these years later)

[DerelictMyBalls]

Thomas or Daniel.

[TheNaze73]

I think they're all solid names, that will all be shortened in school & the rugby pitch by his peers, as he gets older. David for the full name, Ed for best when shortened.

[DramaAlpaca]

All lovely names. You really can't go wrong with any of them from your list.

I'd probably vote for David, simply because it's probably the least popular these days, closely followed by Daniel.

[HeteronormativeHaybales]

They're all fine (I allowed myself a little :) as, taken together, they do read rather like a Thomas the Tank Engine cast list - but all fine names) but my vote goes to David - underused these days, as a pp said, but a lovely, simple classic name.

[LemonBreeland]

Thomas - wet, really don't liek this name
Henry - Okay
Daniel - overused for the past 30 years
Edward - classic, quite like this
David - boring

[Marginalia]

Agree about the Thomas the Tank Engine cast!

They're all grand, OP, and there genuinely isn't a pin to choose between them, because they're all stolid, safe classics. Your son will definitely never stand out among his peers because of his name, which is presumably why you've chosen them. Unless his peer group all turn out to be called Ace, Ptolemy, and River. Or unless you're choosing a safe classic first name because your surname is Sidebottom-bboggs.

[TristanlovesIsolde]

Literally laughed out loud about Thomas the Tank Engine! Only really a problem if you have five DSs and call them that I suppose. Surname is a mouthful to be honest which doesn't help!

[MrsHathaway]

A memorable surname does make a plain first name prudent.

Edward is on the up, so your son would be more likely to be known as Edward S-B than David S-B. I don't know if that's a consideration, and of course there's no guarantee either way. Looking at the ONS charts would give you an idea but you've no true picture of what's happening in your catchment.

My eldest is called Adam - there were three Adams in our bay on the postnatal ward, the other baby being a girl ... but I'm not sure we've met another since. Just how things go!

[CremeBrulee]

All lovely names.

I clicked on the thread in trepidation expecting another lot of try-too-hard names like Peregrine, Lancelot, Florian or Lysander.

Top choices OP!

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

I only like Thomas and David, but prefer Tom rather than Thomas

[TempsPerdu]

All perfectly nice - and all a bit too popular for me, but that's just a taste thing! Can't go wrong with any of them, but personally I'd go for either Edward or Daniel.

[booface]

I would say as a mum of two teenage boys, whatever you call your son, be sure you like the shortened form as they seem to get called that once they start secondary school, no matter how you introduce them.

Eg if you have a Samuel he will be Sam, a Daniel will be Dan, etc.

I have a Daniel and other parents at the first parents night at senior school were asking me how Dan was getting on, and I must say it took me quite a while to cotton on who they were even talking about... so do be prepared for that!