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coragreta · 18/01/2018 15:42

My baby boy is due Monday and I literally have no names I like. I have read the entire 3000 long list of boys names given last year and don't like any of them. What am I going to do?
I have loads of girls names I love but nothing for a boy!
I want something normal but not popular.
husband is no help as only suggest 2 names. One I hate and one is ok but rhymes with my daughters name which is massively off putting. (Think Benny and Jenny).
What can I do to solve this problem? Will inspiration strike when he's born? It's stressing me out.

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MammieBear · 21/01/2018 17:24

Roscoe
Archer
Milton
Florian
Casimir
Flynn
Hadrian

VickyA6625 · 21/01/2018 17:17

My 7 year old is Millen and baby on the way we think is going to be Cairn. Let us know what you decide x

whatalicedidnext · 21/01/2018 11:23

Diarmid
Cathal
Ardan

they all have lovely meanings too.

CormoranStrike · 21/01/2018 11:14

Finnian is fantastic

Kellyturnbull · 20/01/2018 22:07

Shay, Patrick and Finnian are my favourite Irish boy names ☘️

IVflytrap · 20/01/2018 22:03

Girls names I like are: saoirse, Joely and Meredith.

I saw the name Jarlath today. Not sure how popular or modern/dated it is in Ireland, but I really like it.

There's also names like Morgan, Morcar, Morcant for boys (probably wouldn't use that last one, to be honest...) Bit like Meredith, to me, anyway, in both origin and sound. Here's some more randoms, some popular, some not:

Sean Joshua Malcolm Noel Ronan Fionn Keir Declan Jonas Ansel Emrys Aulay Glenn Jethro Josiah Senan Eskandar Torin Finnian Sheridan Osian Lachlan Cassian Brodie Ruairi Tadhg

PeasAndHarmony · 20/01/2018 21:58

Flynn
Nate
Seth
Eli
Corin
Lachlan
Keir
Vincent
Jago

Elfyn · 20/01/2018 21:39

Frederick
Edward/Edmund
Conrad
Peter
Henry
Alexis
Robin
Rowan
Benjamin
Maxim
Samson
Seth
Arthur
Gideon
Jowan

Kpo58 · 20/01/2018 21:26

Joel?

golfmonkey · 20/01/2018 20:34

A few i love but as I'm not having any more kids, feel free....
Alastair
Ewan
Bertie (robert?)
Ray
Stuart
Finn
Joseph
Sonny

Let us know what you choose!

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coragreta · 20/01/2018 19:16

I really liked paddy/Patrick but it was vetoed very strongly.
Girls names I like are: saoirse, Joely and Meredith. Not sure that it gives hints in boys names.
I heard my daughters name being said in a playground. I'd never thought of it before even though I'd heard it.
Quite a few names suggested are nice but names of relatives.

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Welshlovebicuit · 20/01/2018 06:30

Isambard

Lucylululu · 20/01/2018 06:22

I had the same problem until at the last minute I discovered 'R' names and decided like liked all of them! What about Reuben,Rudy,Rufus, Rupert?

SpottyBrolly · 19/01/2018 22:41

What about Leonard, shortened to Leo, Len or Lenny.

RidingWindhorses · 19/01/2018 20:46

Well no because they're classic Irish names.

MikeUniformMike · 19/01/2018 20:32

No, but if a name peaked in say 2003, there will be loads of them 15 yrs older. By the time a 2018 baby will be 28 it will be the equivalent of Darren or Wayne now.

seething1234 · 19/01/2018 20:27

Cillian
Ciaran
Cormac
Conan
Conor
Fergal
Dara/Darragh
Finian
Senan (Love this name)
Malachy
Oran
Cian
Lorcan
Donal
Luan

MagicMoneyTree · 19/01/2018 20:17

Sliding down doesn’t necessarily mean dated though. I think it depends on the rate of the incline/ decline too.

MikeUniformMike · 19/01/2018 19:48

I'm not in Ireland. I like Patrick too. Paddy is cute as a nn.

www.babycentre.co.uk/a1003900/top-uk-baby-names-2000
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html

show Connor, Ryan, Liam etc sliding down in the ratings

Standardpubquizname · 19/01/2018 19:43

What girls name do you like and why? How did you come up with your dds name, what do you love about it, is she named after anyone/anything? Perhaps using the same process you used to come up with her name will help with your ds.

Theresomethingaboutdairy · 19/01/2018 19:10

Henry. The only boys name that I love. We had the same problem, I do like Edward and James too, call me boring but so far we haven't come across another Henry in DS year group (he is 11 now).

ClashCityRocker · 19/01/2018 18:57

What are you girl names? Maybe that would give us an indication of the style of names you like.

Names I like:
Euan
Rowan
Jacob
Joseph
Elijah
Ezekial
Reuben
William
Roman

BellMcEnd · 19/01/2018 18:54

Peter? I’ve always liked that name

MagicMoneyTree · 19/01/2018 18:50

Ah come on! It’s at least honorary Irish! You can’t argue with the patron saint!!

Are you in Ireland Mike ? Maybe some of those names sound dated if you’re in Ireland or Irish but not so much if you’re in the UK?

I wouldn’t say any of them were dated in a Gary/Wayne Sharon/Tracey kind of way.

CormoranStrike · 19/01/2018 18:38

I adore the name Patrick.

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