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We still don't have a boys name we love - help!

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KLG3101 · 26/12/2015 22:31

Please help! We still have no boys name. I'm starting to feel really upset as DH and I just can't seem to pick something we both love. We have chosen Esme for a baby girl and both feel excited about it as it feels 'right' . Boys names we have noted just now but none seem perfect :(

Harrison
Hugo
George
Oscar
Benjamin
Leo
Hunter
Innes

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CelestiaLuna · 30/12/2015 01:06

George is boring, Hunter sounds like a gladiator and Harris is a surname to me. Innes is the best of the bunch.

Do you like Sebastian? Similar to Hugo/Oscar style imo

xmasseason · 29/12/2015 23:38

George!

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KLG3101 · 29/12/2015 22:31

Thank you so much there are a lot of names I like but just agreeing is the problem! We are down to

Harris, Hunter, George or Innes....... Do I like Innes?? I can't decide!

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Themodernuriahheep · 29/12/2015 01:28

Horace
Toby
Tobias nn Toby

Don't like Harris or Harrison, myself, and think they are already dating, but your baby, your name.

HooseRice · 29/12/2015 01:01

Elliot
Alexander
Lennox
Joey
Harry

Themodernuriahheep · 29/12/2015 00:55

Nathan
Caleb
Joel
Amos
Seth
Reuben
Job
Jonah
Jonas
Jonathan
Dexter

Jago
Inigo
Jocelyn
Rollo
Otto
James
Hector

DancingDuck · 29/12/2015 00:40

Innes is lovely. George is even better. Love that name.
Elias is great.

Harrison - really not keen. Agree with Summer that it is a name that comes with negative associations.

tuilamum · 28/12/2015 09:45

Aaron? Eli? Harley?

SummerMonths · 28/12/2015 08:23

I like Innes. I also like Ivor, Isaac and Inigo.

If you like Ezra do you like Elias? It's a fab name.

Arthur nn Artie?

I am not keen on Harrison myself but probably just because of a thuggish little boy in DH's nursery.

CormoranStrike · 28/12/2015 08:10

Innes

CormoranStrike · 28/12/2015 08:10

Nines is very nice, and as a PP said Torin is lovely.

ExBallerina · 28/12/2015 00:59

The Esme I know has a brother named Edwin.

myotherusernameisbetter · 28/12/2015 00:54

He'll only be a baby for such a short time anyway but I can imagine a baby Innes, I know one in his teens now. He has a friend Harris. The rest of the group also has a Torin, Gregor, Keir, Craig and Calvin.

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KLG3101 · 28/12/2015 00:32

Innes is DH pick and his favourite along with Harris / Harrison. I think I prefer Harrison I don't know if I can imagine a baby called Innes?

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Hoolit · 27/12/2015 20:49

I came on to suggest Innes, it's lovely and Nathan which we used Smile which I decided I liked the second time it was suggested and I still love it 14 years later!

Avadaa · 27/12/2015 20:47

our baby is due in 3 weeks and we are naming him Caleb! Hope you find a name soon, took us a while to decide too Grin

Peppapigallowsmetoshower · 27/12/2015 20:29

I know a young Innes. It's a brilliant underused name.

SuckingEggs · 27/12/2015 19:46

Ivo

Bohemond · 27/12/2015 19:40

Love Innes
I have a Euan

MaddieLouLou · 27/12/2015 19:31

Alexander
Elliott
Oliver
Lewis

wizzler · 27/12/2015 19:27

Nathan, Caleb ?

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KLG3101 · 27/12/2015 15:47

Thank you all so much for replying and of course for your suggestions, you are so kind! Gutted I can't use Hugo or Oscar, DH point blank refuses and I want us both to love the name. He agrees to Harrison although prefers Harris. And loves Innes and George. I am just scared they are too old fashioned but I'll need to pick one!!

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cecilelliott · 27/12/2015 14:42

I know an Esme with a brother Jonah and an Esme with a brother Sam. Do these appeal?

Out of your suggested names, I think George is a classic; Innes is nice and unusual and I like Oscar, but there are so many around!

CormoranStrike · 27/12/2015 13:35

Ethan
Evan
Marcus
Robbie
Fergus
Finn
Ivan
Laurie
Rhodri
Merlin

Ipushedmygrannyaffabus · 27/12/2015 11:23

Esme is gorgeous. What about

Lewis
Louis
Perry
Isaac
Vincent (Vinny)
Robert
Robin
shay
William (Liam)
Gavin

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