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Boys names - I actually don't really like any!!!

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Mintymoomoo · 03/02/2014 23:18

Ok only 7 weeks so long way to go but I actually don't really love any boys names! Never even had names with last 3 as found out they were all girls.

So if I list a few names I don't like can anyone try and come up with some suggestions of ones I might fall in love with ?

Samuel
Joshua
Edward
William
Thomas
Luke
Albert
Alfie
Archie
Toby
Matthew
Reece
Ben
Joe
Reggie

Will stop there could prob go on

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cece · 04/02/2014 16:37

I agree boys names are difficult. DS1 got a compromise name as we couldn't agree. DS2 got named by the midwife after 5 days as we couldn't come up with anything we could both agree on.

SS3J · 04/02/2014 16:13

Ok, here are some suggestions. But feel free to hate them too!

Jethro (Jet for a nn)
Levi
Otis
Otto
Max
Conrad
Jonas

EthelredOnAGoodDay · 04/02/2014 16:00

We were the same. We went with Alexander in the end.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 04/02/2014 15:31

Callum
David
Patrick
Ross
Theodore

Coveredinweetabix · 04/02/2014 15:18

I agree! One of my reasons for not having a third is in case its a boy as it was enough of a struggle coming up with names for DS whereas I could name at least another 3 girls.
We didn't want anything too faddy (Jayden, Reece & similar) or too popular (Jack, Harry etc) or too old-man-but-fashionable (Arthur, Stanley etc) so ended up considering names which we (mid 30s) considered to be standard boys names like Matthew, Peter, Andrew, Nicholas, Christopher etc. We'd had a similar approach on girls' names but there were so many "normal" girls' names that I liked (Elizabeth, Caroline, Alexandra, Anna).

Chippingnortonset123 · 04/02/2014 15:08

Jeremy?

TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 04/02/2014 15:07

Would you tell us your girls names so we have an idea of what you like?

CornishFirstTimer22 · 04/02/2014 15:06

My little boy is called Albie (Albert full name). Unusual but classic and everyone likes it :-)

Good luck!

Jolay100 · 04/02/2014 13:31

i agree boys names are sooo hard. Plus lots of our friends have boys. Names already taken are:
Ruairidh
Finlay
Euan
Thomas
Ben

I love Huey, but DH thinks its too cute.
Also perhaps ALexander, or Samson

absentmindeddooooodles · 04/02/2014 09:55

Alexander
Jude
Seth
Benjamin
Jacob
Sonny
Reuben
Dominic

hatebeak · 04/02/2014 09:44

Dominic, Nathaniel, Francis? Otto, Andreas, Linus, Marius? Seth, Saul, Paul, Eli?

newyearhere · 04/02/2014 09:39

Harvey
Saul
Leo
Ethan
Maxwell
Elliot
Adam
Connor
Nathan
Arlo
Ellis
Nicholas
Ryan
Micah
Scott
Spencer
Lewis
Gregory
Aidan
Austin
Christian
Zachary
Tristan
Dylan
Harrison
Jerome

Vijac · 04/02/2014 00:27

What are your girl names? How about Alexander. Or something more romantic -valentine, cesare, Eduardo, red, river etc?

UriGeller · 03/02/2014 23:41

What about less english names? Soren, Stellan, Kiran, Lars, Wyatt, etc.

Or surnamey names? Fisher, Parker, Carter etc?

Posh names? Lucien, Rufus, Sebastian, Montague?

Marcipex · 03/02/2014 23:26

I really like Edward, I also like Eddie, Ed and Ted.

I know a little Reggie who gets lots of positive comments.

I think girl's names are much easier to choose, but I don't know why.