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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Boy needs a name - must be registered in the next few days

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primalero · 20/05/2011 11:28

Oh heck. Help appreciated please with traditional boy's names.

Surname is a 3-syllable Mac name.

I don't want to influence suggestions but current likes include Douglas and Aidan (Aiden? - what's the standard spelling?)

thanks

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cece · 21/05/2011 21:17

FRASER
GREG
LACHLAN
LYLE
MARK
MATTHEW
NEIL
PAUL
RORY

My favourite would be Gregory or Mark I think.

hpsaucy · 21/05/2011 21:14

Louis
Lewis
Oscar
Fletcher

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primalero · 21/05/2011 21:11

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to be flippant here but life would be so much easier if I'd been the first in my circle to have a baby. After discounting names used by family and friends, and names of exes.... this is so hard!

If anyone is still reading, which of these do you think work well with a 3-syllable Mac name?
ALAN
ALEX
DOUGLAS
FRASER
GLEN
GRAHAM
GREG
INNES
JUSTIN
LACHLAN
LYLE
MARK
MARTIN
MATTHEW
NEIL
PAUL
RORY
SCOTT
STEVEN
TED

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spooktrain · 21/05/2011 14:53

My fave name of all, but couldn't use it as we live in a country where no-one knows how to pronounce an 'H':

Hector

I also really liked Oscar (but DH didn't, due to being a former president of aforementioned country)

Has anyone mentioned Lewis?

cece · 21/05/2011 14:48

Gregory
Rory
Fraser
Andrew
Spencer
Lenard
Ronald (Ronnie)
Lisle/Lyle
Lance

FWIW I really quite like Douglas

spidookly · 21/05/2011 14:36

Peter
Ciaran
Fergus
Kenneth
Joseph

asdx2 · 21/05/2011 14:33

Cameron, Callum, Ross

LaydeeC · 21/05/2011 14:19

Struan

7to25 · 21/05/2011 02:19

Cormac

isthismadness · 21/05/2011 01:13

Hamish
Innes
Edward

WellIShouldNever · 21/05/2011 00:43

Nathanele
Jacob
Kelvin

ellangirl · 21/05/2011 00:28

Fraser
Gregor
Keir

LittleBlueBoat · 20/05/2011 15:35

Aaron
Andrew
Drew
craig
Michael
Connor
Liam
Owen
Luke
Thomas
Harry
George
James
Alistair

mich54321 · 20/05/2011 13:03

James
William
Liam
Alex (bc Alexander)
Adam
Thomas

Also like Matthew but don't think Matthew Mac sounds right

EightiesChick · 20/05/2011 12:35

You clearly have an affiniity with names with -en/-on/an endings - there are quite a few on your list. Two in a row sound a bit odd though so I would go for a name without that ending as the middle name.
As well as Aiden and Douglas, I'd go for, from your list:

Alex (an excellent all-round, boundary-crossing name )
Gordon
Matthew

Inspirachion · 20/05/2011 12:07

Rory

Am biased but have had lots of positive feedback here ;-)

Elsjas · 20/05/2011 12:02

Samuel James Mac.....

TheVisitor · 20/05/2011 12:00

The spelling is AidEn, which is a lovely name.
James
Lachlan
Robert
Alasdair
William
Angus
Ewan
Hamish
Ian
Lorne
Rory

Mumanator · 20/05/2011 11:56

Jayden meaning and name origin:
ja(y)-den\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Jayden), is a variant of Jaden (American) and Jadon (Hebrew), and the meaning of Jayden is "thankful; God will judge".

Personally I thinks its about as Chav as it gets! Don't care how biblical it is!

Sidonie · 20/05/2011 11:55

Alec or Alasdair

Mumanator · 20/05/2011 11:54

Charles Edward Mac --
William Oliver Mac --
Philip Lawrence Mac --
George Arthur ----

CatPower · 20/05/2011 11:52

Logan
Rory
Daniel
Aiden

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primalero · 20/05/2011 11:52

I've maybe given the impression that the choice is between Douglas and Aidan - not the case. I kind of like all of these but none are "the one", so I'd like some inspiration please:

Alex
Paul
Neil
Mark
Alan
Lachlan
Aidan
Damon
Jason
Greig
Glen
Gordon
Graham
Douglas
Matthew

PrinceHumperdink I'd no idea that Jayden was a traditional name. I'd like to avoid any names that remind me of Britney / Kerry / Jordan / The Rooneys etc, that's what I meant by avoiding popular culture

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lottiejenkins · 20/05/2011 11:48

Any of the Thomas the Tanke Engine names would be fine!!!

ShoutyHamster · 20/05/2011 11:48

Dunstan
Hector
James
Iain
Alexander
Magnus
Aidan

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