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Boys names, 'normal' please.

116 replies

DetectivePotato · 21/08/2010 10:36

I am pregnant with DC2. I have a DS and we have used our boys name. Really struggling with another.

I like Harry, DH isn't quite so sure but I may be able to persuade him.

There are names that are ok but I don't love them.

Can't have names in the family (according to DH) so out is Daniel, Callum, Matthew, Sam, James. All names that I like!

I like traditional 'normal' names. None of this Benedict/Cassius stuff (appologies to anyone who likes these or who has named their DS's these names but they are just not for me).

I also don't care how common it is. If I like it, I will use it (apart from Jack, far too many).

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beckie90 · 21/08/2010 20:56

not until comingon here, no not at all lol. but then again i dont meet alot of children as my son is only 20 month he did go to nursery but they wernt no benedicts or cassius there. theres alot of names i hear on here that ive never heard before. im also trying to find names because im pregnant, but the last list i had for my ds was like a plainey name list such as oliver, joshua, harvey, jay and harry.

mopsyflopsy · 21/08/2010 20:49

Takver, is Benjamin really THAT different than Benedict though?

jobobpip08 · 21/08/2010 20:15

Hi Detective - I'm having the same dilemma. Our DS1 is Robert (Bob) and I'm now looking for a name for the future DS3, we have loads of boys in the family so its making it difficult. I watch with baited breath for inspiration!

Imarriedafrog · 21/08/2010 20:14

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schroeder · 21/08/2010 20:03

Andrew
Anthony
Graham
Mark
Paul
Robert
Russell
Simon
Stuart

Samuel is nice, but tends to be a bit overused.Good luck choosingSmile

Takver · 21/08/2010 20:03

Now, see, I think I do know what the OP means. Kind of what my mum would call 'plain Jane' names if it were a girl (which I like too).

I am tempted to suggest Tom, Dick or Harry . . . but actually my list would be

Tom
Benjamin/Ben
Matthew/Matt
Mark
Simon
John
James

beckie90 · 21/08/2010 19:55

yea dont think, it goes to that extent of getting a kikin for being called something different. at school sometimes i heard kids just using a funny name that sounded abit like there name, (you know calling them it) but never known anyone get bullied for it.
ive just not heard benedict or cassius before. but its just what some people like so each to there own isnt it really :)

mopsyflopsy · 21/08/2010 19:48

sorry, taste.

mopsyflopsy · 21/08/2010 19:48

I agree Valium. The only boy who gets teased in dd's class is William. He gets called Willy....

But other than that no one bats an eyelid at Mohammed, Milo, Tristan or Alex. Honestly, to children they are just the names of their mates. This doesn't change just because they get older.

I would love to offer suggestions, but I honestly struggle to grasp what the OP defines as 'normal'. I guess I have a very different tast to her.

ValiumSingleton · 21/08/2010 19:42

not til secondary school though!

ValiumSingleton · 21/08/2010 19:42

Children aren't teased about their names unless they rhyme with something rude ime.

I was saying on another thread how I was in primary school with an Omar, and so to me that seems like Stephen or David.

Amanda Tucker will be called Randy Fucker though.

mopsyflopsy · 21/08/2010 19:41

It is impossible to make helpful suggestions because I honestly do not know what defines a 'normal' name according to the op.....

seeker · 21/08/2010 19:27

Patrick. Best boy's name in the world!

Thissideofchannel · 21/08/2010 19:26

In my experience children couldn't care less if their mates are called Christian, Keiran, Quentin, Kaydon, Carl or Connor. Unless it's Poopoohead , kids really don't care. Are you sure it is not the parents who have issues with anything less common/ordinary?

rachel234 · 21/08/2010 19:19

I agree - why on earth would children tease/kick others just because their name is less common.... where do you live and what values do parents teach children there?

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beckie90 · 21/08/2010 18:57

yea i agree i doesnt think she means to say isnt normal, its just not normal to what she hears or where she lives, as ive never heard of the names benedict or cassius in my life until coming onto this site.
i do like harry, detective

joshua
jake
conner
oliver
harvey
ethan
matthew

haha cant think of anymore im terrible with boys names

stressedHEmum · 21/08/2010 18:21

Peter
Andrew
Gary/Gareth
David
Ben
Jake
Jamie
Ryan
Keiran
Innes
Gordon
David
Logan
Iain
Niaill

See, round about here any child called Benedict/Cassius/Marcus/Quentin etc. would get a daily kicking. You might as well stick a "Punch Me" sign on his back and a note saying that "my mummy doesn't love me." So, I can see where the OP is coming from.

Expecting06112010 · 21/08/2010 18:14

i like austin and issac!

mathanxiety · 21/08/2010 18:05

Hugh
Isaac
Austin
Nathan
Edmund

emptyshell · 21/08/2010 15:39

Sebastian?

rachel234 · 21/08/2010 14:15

Not sure I can see anything 'abnormal' about Ben either, but hey ho.

These all seem like solid, English traditional names:

Andrew
Thomas
Quentin
Michael
Stephen
Edward
Henry
Daniel
Christopher

lifeas3plus1 · 21/08/2010 13:54

Peter is a lovely underused name.

As is David.

Adam
Benjamin
Cristopher
David
Edward
Fred/Freddie/Fredrick
Gareth
Henry
Ian
Joshua
Keiron
Louis/Lewis
Michael
Nicholas
Peter
Quintin
Robert
Steven/Stephen
Toby
William

Bit of a mix but just naming all the boy's I rememeber from school.

ValiumSingleton · 21/08/2010 13:30

Marcus, Dominic, Peter.

All normal, all a bit of a change from Harry.

Bacofoil · 21/08/2010 13:27

Perhaps by 'normal' the OP meant 'English traditional'? Which Cassius (a fab name imo) isn't but Benedict is. That's the way I read it, anyway.