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Suggestions for my (fussy) husband?

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FindTheLightSwitchDarren · 25/09/2017 14:34

My DH has vetoed a lot of (beautiful) names, which I've suggested. To date he has suggested two names:

Jack
James

I don't like either of them enough to use, though they are fine. I quite like James, but I'm worried the royal baby might be a boy named James and don't really want the name to match the Royal baby. I am due well before DoC is, so can't change choice after they have their baby.

Fwiw my choice would be:

Gabriel Wilfred Surname
Rowan Wilfred Surname (which ends in -son, so not sure if Rowan goes all that well)?

Dh doesn't like them, but hasn't done a total Hmm face at me for the Gabriel suggestion. So maybe he'll come round to that. But I'm not sure.

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FindTheLightSwitchDarren · 25/09/2017 21:28

Thanks again.

Wilfred as a first name was my absolute favourite for a long while (it's a family name), but DH is pretty adamant he doesn't want it. He said fine to have it as a middle name though. It could also be Albert as a middle name.

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cabbage67 · 25/09/2017 21:27

Louis or Nate

BikeRunSki · 25/09/2017 21:20

Samuel is not ubiquitous. I have one who is 9. We've met 2 or 3 others, but not half as many as Olivers, Jacks, Georges and Noahs.

Lemondrop99 · 25/09/2017 21:16

Rowan is lovely

I was also going to suggest Nathaniel (Nate)

motherofallfuckups · 25/09/2017 19:53

Daniel? Dan is a nice nickname (Danny slightly less so)...

TatianaLarina · 25/09/2017 19:02

James is fine, I know a very nice James. It's just so very unimaginative.

Gabriel is cool though.

ManInTheMoonMarigold · 25/09/2017 18:48

Keeping with nice sensible names, but a bit less ubiquitous than James and Jack:

Adam
Francis
Leo
Patrick
Nathaniel
Justin
Dominic
David (though Baby Dave is possibly not so great...)
Philip

PinkFlamingo888 · 25/09/2017 18:44

I love Gabriel! Has anybody suggested Nathaniel? I agree that James and Jack are fine but if it was me I'd want a name that is more than fine!

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FindTheLightSwitchDarren · 25/09/2017 18:33

I don't like Jack or James enough to use them, but agree with whoever said there's nothing "wrong" with either of them except that a former colleague always pronounced it a strange two syllables jaa-aaack when she said it, which has weirdly put me off it.

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FindTheLightSwitchDarren · 25/09/2017 18:31

Thanks all.

Caspar, Tobias, Jonas, Caleb, Miles, Rory, Cillian, Angus (one of my faves), Arthur and Benedict have all been suggested by me at various points and vetoed by DH. I'll go through the rest and suggest some more to him.

Maybe I'll send him the thread so he can see how many names I've suggested so far, all of which he has rejected!

I like Hew as a shortening of Matthew, but I'm sure there was a thread about that on here or maybe on a baby name site where everyone said it would never stick as a shortening. I think the upshot was, "just call him Hugh / Huw"!

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allthegoodusernameshavegone · 25/09/2017 18:29

What about Wilfred James

Then if shortened Wilf, Will or Fred are pretty cool

BendydickCuminsnatch · 25/09/2017 18:21

Peter is nice. Known by all but not frequently used. Others of the same ilk are Matthew and Nicholas (the perfect name IMO).

(Kate Middleton's bro is called James so would she really name her son James? How boring)

OhTheRoses · 25/09/2017 18:14

What about Inigo? Tobin? Crispin? Caspar?

Conrad? Ian?

OrlandaFuriosa · 25/09/2017 18:03

Jacobus. Latin form of James
Iago, Spanish version

Toby
Tobias

Colin
Col
Corin
Col

Timothy
Paul
Saul
Mark
Marcus

Miles

Petroc
Piers

Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Ned

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/09/2017 17:58

Caleb
Jonas
Adam

MeriReu · 25/09/2017 17:48

Leo? I was always told it's old fashioned but I think it's beautiful (biased!)
Oscar
Cillian
Jake
Adrian
Ellis
Rory
Luka/Lucas
Callum
Daniel (though would probably get danny or dan)
Logan
Reggie
Ronnie
Caleb

Hope you find a name!

Ploppie4 · 25/09/2017 17:27

Angus with nn gus

chocdog · 25/09/2017 17:22

William
Stephen

DarthMaiden · 25/09/2017 17:18

Ralph?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/09/2017 17:17

Peter is gorgeous and quite unusual now. Does he like
Arthur.
Alexander
Dougie
Louis

feral · 25/09/2017 17:13

I love Rowan. Or Roan.
If I'd had another it'd be top of the list.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 25/09/2017 17:10

Luke.
Benedict.
Fraser.
Caleb.
Dominic.
Xavier.

Dizzywizz · 25/09/2017 17:09

Jago, which js Cornish for James?

Smoliver · 25/09/2017 17:07

Nothing wrong with Jack or James in my opinion.

Andrew (Andy/Drew for short)
Joshua (Josh)
Samuel
Peter
Joseph (Joe/Joey/Seth)
Aaron
Alexander
Benjamin
Thomas

JennyHolzersGhost · 25/09/2017 16:57

Hew as a nickname for Matthew ?