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What do you do if there isnt one boys name you like in the whole wide world....

103 replies

ostrichneck · 02/10/2015 21:12

My baby is no more precious than anybody else's and I have heard some lovely names on here or given by friends to their children, just not for myyyyyy baby boy... (Not that I know i'm having a baby boy)

But I kid you not, there is not one single boys name that I would actually consider... what am I going to do if I have a boy??

Tell me you're fairly uncommon names - when I say uncommon, anything away Top 20. I'm not the posh kind and won't be calling my son Ptolemy or Atticus. I'm also not of the Kayden or Riley taste...

The closest I have come to liking a name is Theo but absolutely not allowed by DH. Also aware that this is rising in popularity so going against my own rule. However, I only know one owho is around 4 years now so not popular in my area

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MoonSandwich · 04/10/2015 16:42

Leollan?
Leander?

nicknamenoname · 04/10/2015 15:02

You obviously love names beginning with L, so what about

Lennox / Lenny
Lucas/Luca/Luke
Louis
Lewis
Leo/Leon/Leonardo
Logan
Leighton
Liam
Lorenzo
Lyle
Levi

TheStripyGruffalo · 04/10/2015 14:25

Sorry Grizzle Blush

GrizzlebertGrumbledink · 04/10/2015 14:21

Gruffalo you made me giggle and wake the sleeping baby!

TheStripyGruffalo · 04/10/2015 14:15

Dress him in pink and call him by a girl's name? Hmm

SilverOldie2 · 04/10/2015 14:12

How abut Cosmo or Marcus?

brokenhearted55a · 03/10/2015 19:25

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fredandme123 · 03/10/2015 19:22

Leo ??

Mintyy · 03/10/2015 19:21

God, I know hundreds of Theos (and Theas). It's up there with Noah, Archie and Alfie here in London.

Mintyy · 03/10/2015 19:20

Grant

Miles

Piers

Vaughan

Lucien

Boris

Bert

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 03/10/2015 19:16

Wilbur
Sebastian
Rafferty
Samuel
Jasper

brightnearly · 03/10/2015 19:04

Børge

Bjørn

Morten

Ole

Sven

Leif

Ove

brightnearly · 03/10/2015 19:02

Barnaby

Montmorency

Dale

Peter

Warwick

Octavius

Narp · 03/10/2015 18:31

I just read back that you're Welsh, so along with Evan, I'd suggest

Aneurin/Nye
Hadyn

Narp · 03/10/2015 18:29

Right, DH was like you (personally, I have a few). Here are some I'd suggest:

Gabriel
Evan
Patrick
Raphael
Levi
Victor
Laurence/Laurie

florencerusty · 03/10/2015 18:26

Noah
Sebastian
Tobias/Toby
Xavier
Xander

I only liked one and it was Jake - sadly it rhymed with my surname so couldnt have it. Settled on something I could shorten to Jake but sadly never got to use Jake and said son is always Jacob as we never got to bring him home.

Flumplet · 03/10/2015 17:15

I have a Theodore - other names I like include

Harrison
Jacob
Max
Nathan
Samuel
Milo
Arlow

CakeRattleandRoll · 03/10/2015 10:00

Go with something Welsh! Sooo many great Welsh boy's names:

Taliesin (my all-time favourite)
Osian
Aneurin
Emrys
Griffith
Idris
Rhodri

Qwertybynature · 03/10/2015 08:36

Draw up a list of names you don't mind (even if you don't love them), get your DH to do the same. See if any of the names you like are similar? Or wait until DS is born and then decide.

Understand where you're coming from OP; we only had one boy name we liked between us, so if I have another boy this time I'm screwed!

annandale · 03/10/2015 08:32

Ooh Eben is great.

belindarose · 03/10/2015 08:28

Oh and Jeremy. I wanted Jeremy but it sounded ridiculous with DD's name.

CactusAnnie · 03/10/2015 08:10

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cornishglos · 03/10/2015 08:04

I also love Jeff

dontpokethebear · 03/10/2015 08:04

Ps. We didn't want to decide on a name until we'd seen him or her!

dontpokethebear · 03/10/2015 08:01

I have a Theo (Theodore). It took us nearly 2 weeks to name him as neither of us liked any names.
Thankfully we had a girl this time as we would probably still be trying to find a name if it had been another boy.
Other names on the boys list were Jago, Ezra and Elijah.

Good luck!