Baby boy names too out there?

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englishgirlnyc · 30/06/2017 15:12

I'm almost due with my first boy and finding names very hard! DH and I like a few, but I'm wondering if they are just too out there? Our top 3:

Magnus
Franklin
Crosby

Also on our list are some "safer" names which would probably go better with our quite common traditional English girls name for our dd:

Leo
Jesse
Dylan
Finn

Stuck! It was so easy the first time round!

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NuffSaidSam · 30/06/2017 15:21

Crosby is awful. And far too similar to Cosby as in Bill the sex offender Cosby.

Magnus and Fanklin are both nice, unusual, but not unheard of. I prefer Franklin and you/he will have the option of Frank or Frankie as a more mainstream nn if Franlin does prove to be too 'out there'.

I also like Fin, Dylan and Leo. All great names imo.

Not keen on Jesse for a boy (but still a million times better than Crosby!).

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englishgirlnyc · 30/06/2017 15:20

Ha I didn't realise Crosby was a place! I do live in America and think I've been influenced by the last names as first names trend

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Lucked · 30/06/2017 15:20

I love Magnus if DC 2 had been about we would have used it.

HRHQueenMe · 30/06/2017 15:19

I have a Magnus. Best name ever. Easy to pronounce and unusual enough to be unique and special.

DrablittleCrab · 30/06/2017 15:19

I know a Franklin so it doesn't seem odd to me but I LOVE Jesse for a boy.

MikeUniformMike · 30/06/2017 15:17

Magnus is great. Franklin is a bit American sounding. Crosby - No, it's a place not a baby.
Leo - great. Jesse - a bit wild west or cissy. Dylan - I really don't like this name unless for a 50 yr old Welshman. Finn - lovely but popular.

Basically, Magnus, Leo or Finn are all fine.

Lilmy3 · 30/06/2017 15:15

Magnus and Franklin are nice, especially like Franklin.

Crosby is just weird, and sound very American-surnamey

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