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If you could choose just one boys name as your all time favourite- what would it be?

310 replies

secretcodes · 10/11/2011 09:44

We are really stuck on a name for DS2. We already have DS1 who is Joseph, we loved this name from day one and never ever had any doubts throughout the pregnancy and when he was born it just 'fit' and suited him perfectly. I think I love his name so much that thinking of another I like as much is impossible!

Currently names we like but don't LOVE are:
Thomas
Henry
Oliver

All fairly traditional and popular names but my question is if you could pick just ONE boys name, unusual, popular or traditional, what would it be??

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Helgicita · 10/11/2011 21:23

James James James!

MuddlingThroughItAll · 10/11/2011 21:20

I have 5 boys so my favourites would be Darwin, Heath, Shay, Gabriel and Hendrix, but there are so many others I love! We will just have to have a menagerie of pets now so that I can use them all :o

leaky · 10/11/2011 21:19

I love both my boys names, Zachary & Malachi (which I particularly love). We definitely don't shorten either of them. And Malachi is pronounced Mal-ach-eye.

DigOfTheStump · 10/11/2011 21:19

Fergus

southeastastra · 10/11/2011 21:18

clarence is super cool and also the name of the birds eye bear Grin

beakysmum · 10/11/2011 21:17

Edward!

wildspinning · 10/11/2011 21:08

James and Joseph. LOVE both of them but couldn't have either due to family members already having those names Sad

Regret DS's name to be honest and wish I had gone with James despite my reservations. Ah well.

Interesting how the clear majority of the mentioned names are "traditional classics" (Thomas, Benjamin, Samuel etc). Not too many mentions of Alfie, Archie, Ethan, Finn, Stanley and other zeitgeisty names. MNers are a traditional lot Smile

BelQ · 10/11/2011 21:06

Am currently campaigning for Clarence or Paddington. Both being met with derision from DH.

missymarmite · 10/11/2011 20:48

Oscar. Love the name.

NickNacks · 10/11/2011 20:41

James without a doubt!

Crazybusyme · 10/11/2011 20:40

James and Conor

dementedma · 10/11/2011 20:37

I have a Joseph - NOT Joe - Joseph
other names I loved were Guy, Simon, Sebastian, Benedict,James, Laurence

lambbone · 10/11/2011 20:35

Edmund
Hugh
Ciaran (if ethnically appropriate)

PanicMode · 10/11/2011 20:30

I love Henry, but we couldn't have it as a first name for various reasons.

I have a Theodore (Theo), Rufus and Rory. They have various names between them including James, Henry, Richard, John, Alexander and Victor, all of which are family names.

I loved Jasper, Sebastian, Barnaby, Benedict and Dominic but wasn't allowed any of them.....

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clopper · 10/11/2011 20:18

Daniel
Andrew
Thomas
Ben
James

babybessa · 10/11/2011 20:14

I know EXACTLY what you mean op - throughout pregnancy with DS1 I knew his name as had always loved it: Thomas. Struggled so much with DS2. Boys names very hard imo. Eventually decided on Christopher. Like to think they go well together and it suits him - tho his nickname Boo at the moment thanks to his brother...

sunnybobs · 10/11/2011 20:11

Gabriel! As soon as my DH suggested it we both knew it was the one. Finding it difficult to find anything as immediatly fall in live with for our due DC2 though.

Grooveisintheharte · 10/11/2011 20:11

Jacob

Great thread - am expecting DS2 so watching with interest! Love Henry out of your list. Joseph is on our list, as is Arthur and Freddie.

TheThingUpstairs · 10/11/2011 20:08

Oops, not very helpful though. Also Dominic.

TheThingUpstairs · 10/11/2011 20:07

Joseph

Kveta · 10/11/2011 20:07

Oliver. Love love love this name, and don't care how popular it is! It worked really well with our surname too. We're struggling to come up with another boy's name we love as much in case DC2 is a boy!

It's between Toby, Teodor and Eduard at the moment, although I love Hamish and Alexander, but we can't use either.

overmydeadbody · 10/11/2011 20:02

Rex

Leo35 · 10/11/2011 20:00

So hard to choose just one. I have two sons, and we had a couple of choices of FN and MN sets, ready to see which fitted when they arrived.

Other names on my list were:
Dominic (the first choice for DS1, but changed our minds when he was born)
Felix
Robert
Giles
Theodore

Put lots of people off the scent of what we were planning by saying "Hector" to questions about names during pregnancy. Secretly, I really like it, but count it as A Bit Out There for me!

Pishtushette · 10/11/2011 19:56

Ruben
Felix
Rhodri

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