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There are no boy's names we like at all!!

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Writerwannabe83 · 21/09/2013 21:15

Me and hubby have been discussing baby names and although we have got a girl's name we like there is not a single boys name that either of us can say, "I like it."

We are having a sexing scan in 3 weeks and hopefully they will say it's a girl otherwise we are screwed Grin

We just don't like ANYTHING!!

I need some inspiration - what are you ladies calling your boys lately???

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Writerwannabe83 · 12/10/2013 10:03

Current possibilities: Liam, Luke, Harrison and Ross.

Hubby seems quite taken with Christian which unfortunately, although lovely, is also the name of my absolute psycho wa*nker ex so I'm struggling to get on board Grin He also likes Elliot but I'm really not keen.

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sonniebonnie · 12/10/2013 07:31

Reuben
Quentin
Theodore
Alistair
Marcus
Dominic

NotAnotherPackedLunch · 12/10/2013 01:09

Cameron
Conrad
Luke

Thants · 11/10/2013 22:52

Diego
Larry
Jesse
Darren
Nathan
Damien
Edwin
Frank

sittingpretty25 · 11/10/2013 21:40

I'm the youngest of five, all my siblings have three children - I'm TTC but there are NO NAMES LEFT!

I've like Harry - taken
Sam - taken
Noah - taken

I'm holding onto Jesse, Leon, Oscar, and Bertie ... my sis due in 4 weeks though! :/

My husband just wants to name any boys after himself...

RandyGiles · 11/10/2013 21:39

That may have been my favourite too Wink

Wineandchoccy · 11/10/2013 21:38

Congratulations!

These are boys that family/friends have had this year.

Alastair
Matthew
Isaac
Ross
Curtis
Noah
Marcus

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Writerwannabe83 · 11/10/2013 21:35

I do like Noah..... I might suggest that Smile

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2children2cats · 11/10/2013 21:34

Boys are fab ( as are girls!). My suggestions are:
Isaac
Theo
Nathan
Edward (Ted)

Squelchyunderfoot · 11/10/2013 21:34

Blake
Teddy
Lennon
Leo

RandyGiles · 11/10/2013 21:30

Congratulations! Boys are amazing! We had the same problem, except there were no girls names that we liked. In the end we had a little boy, so it didn't matter. His middle name is also John. These were my favourites, DS's name is here...

Milo
Noah
Jonah (instead of John, not as well as)
Rafael

Allthebees · 11/10/2013 21:26

Elliot
Toby
Jake
Lucas
Riley
Jude
Brody
Ben
Christopher
Robin
Timothy
Charles
Oscar
Thomas
Adam
Edward
Ethan
Dylan
Max
Ralph
Austin
Zachary
Noah
James
Lewis
Simon
Henry

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Writerwannabe83 · 11/10/2013 21:22

I love Toby but husband has said no Sad

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Sukebind · 11/10/2013 21:13

Congratulations on your forthcoming boy!
If we'd had boy(s) we were going to have:
Luke for the first one
Tobias (Toby for short) for the second one
with John as a middle name - as you are going to have. It's my brother's name.
I also loved Lucien (but my DH said no way); Barney; Owen; Theo; Dylan.
Boys' names I have heard and really liked are Rufus and Jowan (Cornish for John and pronounced Joe-an).
Good luck with your short-list.

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Writerwannabe83 · 11/10/2013 20:57

Isn't it typical that today we found out we are having a boy Grin

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Writerwannabe83 · 07/10/2013 13:56

Thanks everyone for your continued support.

After having agreed we both like Harrison my husband has now said he wants to have a re-think Smile

We are finding out the sex this Friday though so at least the stress of choosing names will be reduced by 50% Smile

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Gingerbreadpixie · 07/10/2013 13:04

We were in a similar position. Lots of girls names we liked but no boys names. We eventually had Thomas, Daniel, Oscar and Oliver on our shortlist but we wanted to see what he looked like when he was born.

We went with Henry! It wasn't on "the list" and I wasn't sure if I even liked the name before he was born. But he looked like a Henry. And now i absolutely love the name. :)

KLou1105 · 07/10/2013 11:11

We are the opposite we cant agree on any girls names! here are some of our boys names on our shortlist
Henry
Louis
Russell
Harry
Oliver
Dylan
Oswald
Rupert
Julian
Nathaniel
Percy
Noah
Flynn

Grumblelion · 07/10/2013 11:05

Benjamin/Ben
Luke
Samuel/Sam
Max
Charlie
Toby
Daniel

I do like Harrison though Harry would be very popular - depends if that bothers you?

Fishandjam · 07/10/2013 00:10

We're rather traditional (but not biblical) so we liked Edmund, Charles, John, William, Robert, Alexander, possibly Edric or Julius if we were going out on a limb. DS ended up being one of the aforementioned Grin

Ms23 · 07/10/2013 00:05

Roman

Lucas

Xavier

Max

Ben

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Writerwannabe83 · 01/10/2013 09:42

Nicholas = Knickerless Grin

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Kikibee · 30/09/2013 22:48

Felix
Nicholas

kipplin · 30/09/2013 22:42

Leo
Samuel
Jonah
Jude

mydoorisalwaysopen · 30/09/2013 22:06

Nearly called DS2 Paul, which is normal but unusual these days. Zoe was my girls name if I'd had a DD. You've already rejected my DS1's name - but it could be your DS's name, too.