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What boys Names are you hearing most now?

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moomin35 · 16/02/2015 11:50

What baby boy names are you hearing of lots now in your circles/on TV etc rather than what's "officially" in the top ten?

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Wotsitsareafterme · 18/02/2015 03:52

The dc boyfriends are called knox, jake, osian, zac, james, sunny it might be sonny I think it's short for Sunil, Warwick, arlo, Jamie, Isaac, Eli, peter though he's polish it might be Pieter Grin, Kai. We also know a fair few williams, Evans, Richards, Harry's.

There is a kid called hawkeye at dd1 school.

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nnnamechangeddd · 18/02/2015 03:47

Jackson, Lucas, Mason, Zach, Ethan

eachtigertires · 18/02/2015 02:56

Jacob, Simon, Christopher, Jayden.

reuset · 17/02/2015 23:43

Jacob
William
Joshua
Louis
Henry
Elijah
Oliver
Jack

Tisiphone · 17/02/2015 23:30

Around here, it's all Jack, Harry, George and Louis. Literally, they are all called that. I miss London, where the boy babies I met were called things like Ace and Thiago and Aneurin and Ferdinand and Soren.

caughtinthemoment · 17/02/2015 23:03

Finley
Noah
Jacob
Oscar
Max

mika2 · 17/02/2015 22:26

Milo (just met 3rd today - all around 1), Louis, Arlo, Stanley, Oscar

shitebag · 17/02/2015 22:16

Finlay/Finn
Oliver/Olly
Zack
Brodie
Liam

applecatchers36 · 17/02/2015 22:15

Noah, Alfie, Teddy, Isaac, Jacob, Frankie

floellabenjaminsearrings · 17/02/2015 22:09

Henry and Ted/Teddy are the names I have encountered most

Murphy29 · 17/02/2015 21:39

Emily (by quite a margin)
Isabella
Jack
Noah
Finlay (and always this spelling, the 'e' isn't used much here)

DS name mentioned quite a few times but not common where we are

LollyLondon · 17/02/2015 12:08

Leo and Sebastian are v popular around here at the moment..

Notso · 17/02/2015 10:33

Dexter
Oliver
Sam(uel)
Isaac
Finley
Seamus
Alfie
Osian
Rhys
Dylan
Lucas/Luca
Dyfan
Eli
Wyatt
Seth

Middle names are often James, Michael or Gethin.

MollieCoddler · 17/02/2015 10:14

William, Harry, Noah,

FunMitFlags · 17/02/2015 09:59

Ethan
Arthur
Benjamin
Jayden [sp?]
Rafael/Raphael
Dylan
Max

ch1134 · 17/02/2015 09:53

Oh yes, and in answer to the question:

Reuben, Isaac, Jacob - very biblical!

ch1134 · 17/02/2015 09:52

Oh no! My son's name has been mentioned twice! I'll have to change it... he's 13 months old though...

indieblack · 16/02/2015 21:16

Toddler groups here in S London seem to have at least 2 or 3 of:

Charlie
Arthur
Oliver
Noah
William
Harry

Chchchchanging · 16/02/2015 21:16

Oliver
Benjamin
Harry
Louis/ Lewis

toobreathless · 16/02/2015 21:09

In danger of being 'faddy'
WILLIAM (we know 8 under 2s)
Oscar
Freddie/Frederick
Arthur
Charlie
Wilf/Wilfred

Popular. We know several but no more than other generations (more timeless)
Sam/Samuel
Benjamin
Joshua

MERLYPUSSEDOFF · 16/02/2015 20:31

7 year olds are Harry,Charlie, Alfie,Archie, Max, George/ie, Freddie, Jake, Joe.

Myfourblondies · 16/02/2015 20:00

I know several Finley's under 5, also lots of Harry's around here.

dancingwitch · 16/02/2015 19:49

Noah, Oscar, Dylan (various spellings but same pronunciation as far as I can work out), Hugo (bizarre - I had only met one in my entire life and know 3 aged 2), Jack, Ethan, Finn, Archie, Thomas, James, Kyle, Cole, Jayden, Jake.

purplecloud123 · 16/02/2015 19:41

Max
Sebastian
Otis
Ezra
Eli

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 16/02/2015 19:37

Elliot
Fred
Oliver
Edward

Loads of these in North London