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DH's Boys Names...!

33 replies

Highlandgirl · 30/12/2010 14:47

After months of trying to get DH to pick boys names, last night I finally got him to go over the baby name stats for England, Wales and Scotland and pick some names..!

Out of 200 names, he picked a whopping 4.. YES 4....Xmas Shock Xmas Hmm James, Jamie, Harry and Cameron.

Cameron - Shocked the hell out of me, I've suggested Hamish and it was poopooed..! Not sure if it flows with our surname or if I really like it.

Harry - Very common (i.e over used) but really like it. However my nemesis has a boy called Harry and I'm not sure if I can use it. But do I really care, not like I have any contact with her?? Maybe Henry instead.

James and Jamie - are okay, but I'm looking for something along the lines of.....Lawrence, Charlie or Toby. I really want to be brave and pick...Oscar, Kit, Orlando or Tristan but I think this won't happen as I'll chicken out.. Grin

If it helps both DH and I have quite classic names (think of Kings and Queens) We have a 3 syllable surname starting with "M".

Apologizes if you have commented before but with DC due in 8 weeks (eeekk) I'd like some form of short list and we are utterly stuck and the only names we can agree on are Jamie or Hugh.

Any suggestions would be brilliant, good or bad. Thank you.

Happy New Year Smile

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Highlandgirl · 30/12/2010 15:03

PuppyMonkey What do you mean ' don't do Cameron - not now'..?

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ginhag · 30/12/2010 15:03

2 names you can agree on is actually quite good :)

IME it's unlikely DH/DP will come up with the names you 'want' them to... but if you both list whichever ones you think of that you like hopefully you will find yourselves agreeing with each other occasionally, even if only one of you thought up the name...

I don't think DP has come up with any names (apart from a few comedy contributions) but each one I've thought of has had a no/yes/maybe from him (mostly nos tbh...)

Also due in 8 weeks, and am chuffed to have 2 names, until a few days ago we were stuck with just 1....

With DS our shortlist was one name as well....

onimolap · 30/12/2010 15:01

I've thought of Cameron as a girls' name since "Rivals", and reinforced by Diaz.

James and Harry are both lovely names; despite being frequently used - they're classics and will survive.

What about Richard, Rupert, Marcus, Alexander, Ferdinand?

rabbitheart · 30/12/2010 14:56

ps - my dp chose the name Harry James as it was his Grandfather's. Don't think I'd have let him have it otherwise. Oh what a boring name it is! Ha! Luckily my surname is crazy and easturn european, so it makes up for it.

rabbitheart · 30/12/2010 14:54

Ooh and Alfred!

rabbitheart · 30/12/2010 14:53

My son is called Harry James. Whilst I quite like it, I hate the fact that it's so bloody common. I stupidly let my dp choose the name (I was to choose girl's and he boy's - I thought we were having a girl!) Wish we'd called him Henry, then Harry for short.

I like Charlie, it's cute!

Talking of KIngs, I am a huge fan of Arthur - fab name!

PuppyMonkey · 30/12/2010 14:52

Don't do Cameron - not now.

The others are all okay, if slightly dull.

cameli · 30/12/2010 14:52

I have a Cameron Elias so am very biased about that name :)

Harry was the name my DP chose suggested a few weeks ago before we found out its a girl.....I do like it but it is quite common i believe as is James.

Not sure about Jamie - reminds me of the cartoon Jamie & the Magic Torch :)

Hugh is lovely and would be my choice after Cameron of course.

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