Surprised by finding out we're having a boy, have no names at all!

[GingerIdiot]

My OH and I discovered last week that we have are having a little boy (currently 22 weeks pregnant). We've had mixed reactions - delighted he is well and healthy at the scan, step into the unknown as all my baby experience with relatives etc is with girls, blah blah - ultimately we've now got our heads around it and are excited ... but we only had girls names ready! We spent ages talking about 'Maggie' before we found out the sex, but had no name ready for a boy. We have one possible contender (Albert) that we both come and go with. Has anyone else had a real mental stumbling block with boys names because they were so convinced they were having a girl - and does anyone have any good suggestions that aren't too 'top 10', would suit a baby, a boy, a teenager, and a man, and is perhaps a bit old fashioned?!

[dlnex]

Congratulations. I was convinced DD was to be a boy baby, and had other way round problem.

William
Johnathon
Samuel
Mark
Christopher

[beckslovestimmy]

It took is nearly 2 weeks to name DS as we thought we were having another girl. We had her name picked from early on. We went with Benjamin at the mo he gets called Benny but I think it works at any age/stage of life. I also really liked Samuel, Patrick and Alec but DH vetoed them.

[ReadTheWholeFred]

I found boys names much harder than girls names. I don't think you can be as dating with boys names for some reason.

Albert is nice
Arthur
William
Frank
Wilfred

[QueenLizIII]

does anyone have any good suggestions that aren't too 'top 10', would suit a baby, a boy, a teenager, and a man, and is perhaps a bit old fashioned?!

Robert.

A bit old fashioned. It is not popular at the moment.

Has plenty of NN potential. For a baby, Bobbie, Robbie, a teen Rob and in adulthood Rob or the full Robert.

[cece]

Jonathan or John

[NapQueen]

Lawrence
Peter
Christopher/kit

[Quiltsalot]

Christopher
Peter
Mark
Joseph

[DramaLlamaa]

David

[ChiefClerkDrumknott]

Arthur

[chinlo]

Michael
Stanley
Nathaniel
Dominic
Marcus
Jonathan
Asher
Solomon
Damian
Alexander
Christopher

[Sophronia]

I like Albert

Arthur
Alfred
Andrew
Benedict
Clement
Charles
David
Dominic
Edward
Edmund
Edwin
Edgar
Ernest
Frederick
Frank
Francis
Gregory
Hector
Jonathan
Jeremy
Luke
Laurence
Leonard
Matthew
Mark
Marcus
Nicholas
Nathaniel
Patrick
Philip
Paul
Peter
Percy
Robert
Stephen
Thomas
Timothy
Vincent
William
Wilfred

[LovelyBranches]

I live Albert and the non Albie. How about Arlo, Louis or Edward (Ted)?

[AdaLovelacesCat]

Arthur

[sorryoldwoman]

I like Brian and Steven

[GingerIdiot]

This is brilliant - thank you all!

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

John or Joseph

[Pipilangstrumpf]

Albert is nice but Albie is quite cutesy/trendy and may start to sound dated. How about similar 'old fashioned' names:

Quentin
Clement
Victor

[buckyou]

Weve got a pony called Albert. We've had him a few months now but I can never remember his name!

I like:
William
Alfred
Joseph

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Adam
Daniel
Jamie

[helensburgh]

Sullivan

[MotherDuckSaid]

Will be following ur post with interest, as I'm in the exact same boat, looking for the same type of name, except in due in five weeks !! 😥

[Laineymc7]

I love names that never date such as
Ben
Matthew
Samuel
William
Oliver
They will always be fairly popular but not trending names.

[septembersunshine]

We had this same problem! Had a girls name picked out (which i thought we had nailed) And then found out we were expecting a boy! That boy is three weeks old now and called Aidan. Took us months to come up with that! Thought we wanted to go all oldy worldy and classic (James, Albert, Frederick, Thomas, Oliver, jack, Isaac, William, Daniel and my fav harry) but in the end we went Irish! He really suits it. I think I am trying to say cast your net wider if you can't agree on anything and the right name will come along! Also try a site called British baby names. Full of lists of old fashioned and traditional James!

[septembersunshine]

*names!!

[YokoUhOh]

DS2 is Albert nn Bertie and DS1 is Alfred nn Freddie. Both of these were Top Ten names 100 years ago