Share your boys name shortlist

[TileTileTile]

We are having trouble coming up with a boys name, and have just found out we are expecting a boy. Would love to hear what your boys name shortlist is as we are struggling for inspiration! Thanks xxx

[SuperBeagle]

My two DS' are Samuel and Frederick (Sam and Fred).

With DCs 3 and 4 (ended up being girls) we considered:

• Julian
  
• Reuben
  
• Marlon
  
• Oscar
  
• Thomas
  
• Watson

[Ginlinessisnexttogodliness]

Our son is called Kit

Other names we liked were

Jude
Will
Ash
Seth
James / Jim
Fitz
Hugo
Rufus
Rafferty
Bruce (my OH more than me)
Nate
Flynn
Huck
Gerard
Eden

[Ginlinessisnexttogodliness]

Oh and Emmett....

[helensburgh]

Sullivan
Alexander
Rudi
Rhuaridh

[grufallosfriend]

Quentin
Marcus
Reuben

[Oysterbabe]

Ours is
Jude
Jesse
Rudy
Xander

[ClaryBeanHorshAndMe]

Top names:

Arik
Yonatan
Hector
Jonathan
Emmett

Other names floating around
Ignatius
Yaron
Elric
Gabriel
Erasmus
Peregrine
Julius
Cormac
Ulrik
Bertram

[TempsPerdu]

Gabriel
Nicholas (with nn Nico)
Rufus
Robin
Tobias
Flynn

Like William, Edward and Arthur as middle names but wanted something a little more unusual for the first as our surname is incredibly common.

[TempsPerdu]

Forgot Darwin and Cassian, which were our left-field choices!

[CakeRattleandRoll]

Osian
Taliesin
Jago
Felix
Nathaniel
Robert
Edward

[WankersHacksandThieves]

The thing about name lists is that you are inclined to put on them names that you think you like but when you are faced with an actual baby you just think are a bit ridiculous :)

Names I've used or would still use are:

Gregor
Struan
Keir
Kerr
Craig
Alastair

[sosieso]

Names I love are:
Ivo
Asa
Bram
Abel
Kit
Ezra - can't have cause my partners surname has a strong Z sound :(
Clement

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Wilbur
Rory
Lars
Daniel
Caleb

[Rockaby]

Not a shortlist as such, but my favourite boy names ATM are:

Wilfred
Josiah
Edmund
Vincent
Abraham
Hugo
Arthur

[Izzyathome]

Gabe, Hamish, Gil, Rufus, Angus, Hugo.

[buttercup54321]

Nigel
Matthew
Josiah
Riley
Patrick
Timothy
Adam
Laurence
Samuel
Harry
Harvey
Terence

[MommaGee]

Ichabod
Ezekiel
Malachi
Xavier
Noah
Tobias
Gideon

[user1482079332]

Leo

[user1482079332]

Julious, roman, Alex, Benjamin, Joseph, Kobe, Calvin, Cameron, asher, shilo, idris, moses, Ashley, Gabriel, franklyn, levi

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Marcus
Jonathan
Anderson
Brandon
Lemuel

[bellamcpoopants]

Have already:

Alexander (Alex)
Gabriel (Gabe)

Shortlist:

George
Hugo
Tobias

Longer list:

Levison (Lev)
Oliver
Montgomery/Montague (Monty)
James
Nathaniel (Nate)
Theodore (Theo/Ted/Teddy)
Edward (Ted/Teddy)
Laurence (Laurie)
Benedict
Henry
William
Rafferty
Raphael
Samuel
Joseph
Rufus
Angus

[mummytobemaybe]

My boys name list is this:
Oscar (my no.1 option)
Finlay
Jacob
Luca
Nathaniel

[Vanillaradio]

My shortlist for ds was
Alexander
Benjamin
Jack
Oliver
William
Names I love but dh hated
Adam
Miles
Sebastian
Seth
Names loved but rejected because already had friends/family with same
Daniel
Edward
Jacob
Jamie

[Joeybee]

My boys shortlist is a pretty short list!

First names:

William
Nathaniel
Zachary
Noah
Elliot
David

Middle names:
Bryan (DH's name}
Jack
James
Raphael

[Mombie2016]

Eric
Henry
Bobby