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Anyone else just not really like boys' names?

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Trinaluce · 17/02/2011 18:11

I'm currently 17 weeks with dc2, don't know what we're having and won't either - but I'm having the same problem I did with DD. Going through all the names, I just don't tend to like boys' names! The few that I do like are my brother-in-law's name, my sister's boyf's name and my cousin's husband!

I also like Jeffrey, as that was a family name - but DH likes Geofrrey as THAT was a family name, so no agreement there... I've gone through the family tree and turned up such gems as Walter and half a million Johns and James's -sigh-

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Trinaluce · 02/03/2011 23:00

Opposite reaction to Robert here I'm afraid - he's a creepy guy we know who is camp as they come. Yet his Facebook profile says interested in women Hmm Something about him's just not right so wouldn't use the name....

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TheSecondComing · 02/03/2011 21:25

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pranma · 02/03/2011 20:51

Little boys I know [under5]
Freddy
Jacob
Finn
Billy
Edward
Sam
Jake
Sonny[really!]
Christian
Matthew

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Trinaluce · 02/03/2011 10:21

mellicauli Excellent, I love this idea! I'd just have to choose a game I'd be dead cert to win Wink I think there may be more famous Geoffreys than Jeffreys though Sad

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Lonnie · 02/03/2011 10:20

Otis
Conrad
Caradoc
Eli
Christian
Douglas
Jonah
Colin
Gilbert
Duncan
Alistair
Graeme (Graham if you prefeer)
Ian
Hestar
Hector
Marcus
Montgomery
Rendell
Simon
Bertram
Harold
Robert
Brian
Dereck

Some of theese you may feel to be old man or too out there but worth a consideration to think a little " outside the box"

PurveyorOfWoo · 01/03/2011 23:21

You can have the spares from our boys list if you like:

Aron
Evan
Euan
Garth
Gareth
Gregory
Keir
Louis
Milo
Owen

Newgolddream · 01/03/2011 23:10

Nope, but maybe Im biased as I have 3 boys who have the best names in the world lol. Grin

Connor, Luke and Finlay

mellicauli · 01/03/2011 22:39

If you both like Jeffrey but disagree on the spelling - why devise some competition between the two of you to last the duration of the pregnancy with the victor choosing the spelling?

For example, you could see how many times you could bring the name Jeffrey into everyday conversation with family without letting on this is your chosen name. (You can have a complicated points system, if that floats your boat.)

Or you could see who could find the longest list of famous Jeffrey/Geoffreys over the next 20 weeks.

Or you could start rival petitions, with the longest list of genuine Jeffrey/Geoffreys being the victor.

kirrinIsland · 01/03/2011 22:17

I had this problem too - I could have named DD 100 times over, but the boys names list had one name on it, and it wasn't one I particularly liked it was just the only one we both thought was ok. All the boys names I liked are already in use in our wider family.
Roderick is a great name by the way!

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Trinaluce · 01/03/2011 22:05

Problem # 679 - pets! Merlin is DH's beloved auntie's beloved dog!

Alexander is my cousin, and Lex is just the bed guy from Superman Grin Proper argument against Lex is that friend's DS is Dexter - but called Dex

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moodymama · 01/03/2011 21:43

I looked through the top 2000 boys names and couldn't find any I really liked. Not that I'm going to have another child anyway!
Some suggestions:

Merlin

Xander/Alexander

Lex

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Trinaluce · 01/03/2011 21:41

Prinpo I'm about halfway too, so there's no rush. I just LOVE looking at names - always have. If it wasn't for having to afford them and give birth to them (and them having to live with the names Wink)I could have HUNDREDS of babies Grin

I think my problem with the boys' names I like is that they're perhaps too .... feminine?! These days perhaps conceived as a little poncey and pretty!

That being said, I think it's ADORABLE that the little boy playing Brick on The Middle is called Atticus - he's got so far to go to grow into it, bless his adorable little heart!

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fifi25 · 01/03/2011 21:35

i have 3 girls, theres not many boys names i like, my list would be

Matthew
Christopher
Mark
Lee
Sam

how safe are they but i like boys to have a boys name, i hate some of the celeb fancy names.Grin

Prinpo · 01/03/2011 19:38

So glad I'm not the only one in this boat.

Cuppa, you sum it up perfectly Grin.

We have two DDs and I have a long list of names I'd be happy with for DC3 but, as we're not finding out what we're having, I need to be prepared in case it's a boy.

So far, DH has vetoed Angus and we have a tentative maybe on Joel. I have to say, though, that I don't love either of those names in the same way that I love the girls names we're considering.

It just doesn't seem right to end up going with a name that we don't love Sad. Oh well, only half-way through so plenty of time.

blondepinhead · 01/03/2011 10:57

OMG Jude is an awesome name!

Love Gilbert, Luka, Aidan, Stanley, Frederick (Fred). Guy is my DB's name, is weirdly neutral for a supposedly posh name (see Guy Pearce et al).

Anyway, anything a bit out of the ordinary is fine these days - at DD's nursery there's an Aeneas, so all the other names seem pretty normal in comparison!

humanfraggle · 01/03/2011 10:34

me too, we have a long list of girls names but only 2 boys names on the list!

CitizenOscar · 28/02/2011 23:48

Totally. At this rate, we're just going to have to call him Baby forever! Before we found out he was definitely going to be a boy, DH & I had agreed on a name (the only one we liked at all, although worried it's too popular). Now DH has changed his mind and likes a name I don't like. So we're at stalemate and I'm lurking on threads like this, desperately trying to find a name I like enough to suggest as an alternative. No luck so far :(

Odelay · 19/02/2011 21:50

I'm just the same as you op. I was sure ds was going to be a girl so didn't get too worried that our boys list was conspicuous by it's absence.

In the event I was so tired and relieved he was finally out after a long labour I went with Dp's choice (tobias) without being crazy about it. But it's grown on ne and now I love it and it is totally ds

However we are totally at a loss for even one name for this next one

I tend towards the slightly outlandish but know I wont be doing my child any favours in reality. It's so hard

clouiseg · 19/02/2011 21:30

Omg expecting a DS after having 3 DDs so its been a nightmare choosing a boys name. I had several girls names all ready to go but DH and I have only agreed on one boys....Riley.

And I'm still unsure Shock. I just don't know if I like it! However FIL did point out that the only connection he could think of is "he has the life of Riley"! Could be worse!!

I love Alfie but he HATES it! I've found I just don't like many boys names...and any I do like belong to family/friends (who all have DSs)!

I'm really worried that I wont make up my mind by the time my 10 weeks are up! And I literally only have ONE name in the running Blush.

noonar · 19/02/2011 16:46

i love reuben but tis over used,imo

noonar · 19/02/2011 16:45

oh gosh, me too.

there are plenty i secretly like but they are probably too poncy to actually use eg

jude
rupert
caspar

or too trendy old-fashioned- names -back -in fashion eg

bert
frank

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 19/02/2011 16:28

nooka my 2 Ex boyfriends have been Roderick and Christopher in that order Grin. So, obviously I wouldn't use either!!

A lot of the names I liked were vetoed by DH as he works with offenders and apparently some of them were names of offenders he had had dealings with. Made it a bit tricky.

OliveMalay · 19/02/2011 11:10

Fininan and Florian sound a bit flouncy.

I like Gilbert, Sullivan and Laurence.

Personally wouldn't go for Humphrey or Percival.

SnapFrakkleAndPop · 19/02/2011 10:18

Finian, Roderick, Leonard, Laurence and Gilbert I would all use!

Percival I love but dislike Percy (personally) and I knew a very sweet 80 odd year old Humphrey whose nickname was, unfortunately, Hump, so that would put me off.

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Trinaluce · 19/02/2011 09:53

This Edward is an 'Ed' - so ANYTHING that would get shortened to Ed would get hijacked, he's just that type of guy! We could call the child Edelbert and he'd think it was after him....

Strephon isn't one I'd use anyway - LOVE it, but the character is half a fairy, which is not something I'd ever want a growing boy to have to contend with!

I also like Finian, Florian, Gilbert (and Sullivan actually!), Humphrey, Isidore (wouldn't use as DD is Isobel), Laurence and Percival

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