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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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ducknipples · 17/02/2011 20:50

oh, i had this trouble, luckily i had a DD! DP is scottish and bloody vetoed anything that wasn't scottish Angry the only boy's name i could find that i loved was angus. still saving it for a potential future DS Grin

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Trinaluce · 17/02/2011 20:50

Maybe it's because I've got 3 sisters?

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mouffloncake · 17/02/2011 20:37

We are finding it really difficult to choose a boys name & Im convinced Im having a boy purely for this reason lol

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Trinaluce · 17/02/2011 18:56

We had page after page of girls' names for DD, and a first name and middle name for a boy all set up! Just want 'backups' so if this one is a boy but doesn't look like the names we have picked out, we have alternatives.

This may sound weird, but we were convinced we were having a boy first time around and the full name was picked out for so long that it almost feels wrong to want to use it now - like it's her unspoken middle names or something Confused

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NotJustKangaskhan · 17/02/2011 18:47

I'm the opposite - I find very few girl names that I love, and very very few that both I and my husband love. Boys names, those I have quite a few of. Maybe people are more wired for one kind of name or another? I've heard a lot of mums with similar problems (not being able to find a name they like for one sex but are fine with the other).

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Trinaluce · 17/02/2011 18:32

Oh, and the names I like are Alastair, Christopher and Craig.

James is my dad (and his dad, and his dad, and his dad etc etc), Ian is my uncle, Josh is one of my friend's sons, Alex is my cousin.... AAARGH!

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Trinaluce · 17/02/2011 18:29

Melina Traditional/unusual! Definitely not modern, nothing in the sleb line...

Cuppa Perfectly phrased, exactly what I mean!

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whattheheckisthisflaminplace · 17/02/2011 18:24

We liked James, Ian, Josh, Alex, Max

CuppaTeaJanice · 17/02/2011 18:17

What are the names that you do like but can't use?

I agree, boys names either seem to be overused, 'old man' names or scream 'I have an ASBO' or 'I went to Eton'. There aren't many nice, interesting but neutral names around.

MelinaM · 17/02/2011 18:13

Are you looking for a traditional/classic name, unusual, or a modern name for your potential DS? x