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What do you think of these boys names?

36 replies

mummyloveslucy · 06/08/2012 21:43

Oliver

Warren

Barnaby

Rowan

Hugo

Please be honest. Smile

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BooBumpDaddyandMe · 07/08/2012 22:04

Rowan Atkinson is the only Rowan I can think of - never occurred to me that it was a girls name. Like it so much that I am adding it to my own (very short) list! Just commented on a Barnaby link earlier today - I love it- started calling my bump Barnaby as a joke but it might just stick :-)
The only one I don't like is Warren but the family link makes it a perfect middle name.

Ham69 · 07/08/2012 21:17

Love love love Hugo. Don't think it's too posh at all. Not these days.
Oliver's lovely but lots and lots of them around.
Don't mind Barnaby, went to school with a nice one.
Rowan's not to my taste.
Knew 2 Warrens growing up and they both went by 'Wazza' which wasn't great! Prob not quite ready for a revival, but great as a middle name because of the family connection.

MoonHare · 07/08/2012 21:07

Like Oliver - it would probably top our 'boys names' list but as others have said it's just sooo popular (no.1 name) right now, which puts me off. You might not mind though.

Rowan - agree that it has become a girls name. How about Rohan?

Barnaby - love it but am of the 'Barnaby the Bear' generation. Trying to persuade my DH that it's a contender though.

Hugo - I don't like this, puts me in mind of sweaty overweight city bankers in pink shirts.

Warren - not keen though respect your family reasons for considering it.

Alternative ideas; Reuben, Toby, Gregory, Jasper, Fraser, Wyatt, Piers, Caspar.

TenthMuse · 07/08/2012 20:40

Oliver - extremely dull I'm afraid
Rowan - adore, but for a girl. I think it's one of the few names that is genuinely androgynous though.
Barnaby - cute. Not overused but not weird either.
Hugo - I know it's not posh any more, but it still has a slightly 'stuffy' feel for me
Warren - don't like as a fn - possible as mn (esp as a second mn, as it could plausibly be a surname)

Littleplasticpeople · 07/08/2012 20:35

Like them all apart from Oliver. I don't necessarily dislike Oliver, it's just I think it's extremely dull.

Favourite is Barnaby, it's on my list.

Muffincrumpet · 07/08/2012 20:33

Barnaby or Oliver

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 07/08/2012 20:10

Oliver - v.popular, ok with me but there are a lot of them about

Warren - dated, lots of them in my age group (40s) also nickname Wozza or similar (no disrespect to your GP)

Barnaby - just no, I really don't like it. I don't like names ending in y for boys.

Rowan - yes but prefer spelling Roan for a boy

Hugo - yes but a but a bit posh

WinkyWinkola · 07/08/2012 20:03

Barnaby
Hugo
Oliver

The rest in not keen on.

MrsJohnDeere · 07/08/2012 20:01

Best Hugo
Worst Warren
Indifferent to the others

thisisyesterday · 07/08/2012 19:53

Rowan is the best.

then Barnaby, then Hugo, then Oliver.

really dislike Warren, sorry.

AlwaysHoldingOnToStars · 07/08/2012 19:51

Oliver - it's nice, but quite popular.

Warren - I think it's quite a dated name, sorry.

Barnaby - love it, but biased as I have one!

Rowan - love it, i know a few Rowans and they are all lovely.

Hugo - it's nice too, not my favourite.

akaemmafrost · 07/08/2012 05:53

Don't like any of them except for Barnaby, which I really like a lot. If I ever had another boy it could be a serious contender.

BellaOfTheBalls · 07/08/2012 05:21

I know 8 Oliver's born in the last 12 months.

Rowan is lovely but very androgynous; you wouldn't look at it written down & know instantly it was a boy.

Barnaby I wanted for DS2 but was vetoed Sad

Hugo is OK but not my taste. Think it needs a certain class/calibre to pull it off; how posh are you? Grin

Warren - sorry, just no. I'm sure your grandfather was a lovely man but I'm yet to meet a Warren that isn't a complete idiot.

emmyloo2 · 07/08/2012 04:57

Warren = nope, definitely not
Rowan = like
Oliver - like but definitely too popular. Waay to popular although lovely.
Hugo - love
Barnaby - love, fabulous!

So either Hugo or Barnaby.

I wonder what nn you would have for Barnaby?? I am not sure if I like Barney...???

Thumbwitch · 07/08/2012 04:18

Warren = like Darren, imo, don't like it.
Rowan = girls' name
Oliver - I like it but too over-used - how about Oscar instead?
Hugo - like
Barnaby - love

mathanxiety · 07/08/2012 04:12

Love them all except Warren -- nice as a mn though.

UnrequitedSkink · 06/08/2012 23:32

Barnaby is the nicest, although I do think Oliver is a very sweet name, if a little over-used round these 'ere parts!

ThePhantomDeregisterer · 06/08/2012 22:35

Warren is more late 30's so not old enough I think to come back. That is my polite way of putting it! But then family ties can trump all that cos it makes it lovely for the people involved.

Rowan appears to be undergoing a switch to female but currently unisex I think. It's lovely, we considered it.

Hugo is fun and Barnaby is cool!! Oliver is very very popular now and not quite traditional enough to make up for it I think.

VolAuVent · 06/08/2012 22:28

Oliver is my favourite, then Hugo.

Tommy · 06/08/2012 22:24

DH's cousin has a daughter called Rowan - until I'd met her I had assumed she was a boy. I still think of it as a boys name.

JollyHockeyStick · 06/08/2012 22:20

I don't like Rowan and Oliver is boring.

Really like all the others though :)

mummyloveslucy · 06/08/2012 22:18

I never thought Rowan could be a girls name. Glad you mentioned it! I'm not so keen now.

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birdofthenorth · 06/08/2012 22:15

I like Warren, was about to say so even before I read it's your GD's name!

Rowan is lovely too.

Hugo too posh for me, sorry. Too Four Weddings.

Oliver is lovely but they are literally everywhere near me at the mo, it's the number one boys name and showing no signs of stopping!

mummyloveslucy · 06/08/2012 22:14

Tommy-I'm 10 years too young then. Grin

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EdithWeston · 06/08/2012 22:13

Oliver - fine

Warren - OK in the middle, but 'what do you call a man with a rabbit up his bum?' joke would make me think twice about using it as first name

Barnaby - lovely

Rowan - lovely, though personally I wouldn't use a unisex name

Hugo - lovely