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Help us pick a name for Liam’s brother!

58 replies

Dexmo30 · 29/01/2018 01:58

Our first sons name is Liam Sebastian. We love it for a lot of reasons. Hubby is Irish, both names have nice meanings, and Sebastian is a family name on my side. Sadly, this time around nothing is standing out. For a girl I’m set on Fiona.

Here is what we like so far.

Graham: we live in the US people say it gram which I know is not the case many places.
Oliver: Liam’s almost name. It’s so popular and I don’t want another top ten name preferably.
Owen: same problem as Oliver
Callum: is this too similar to Liam? Cause I love it with the nick name Cal.
Charles: my husband is insistent on calling him Chuck. I can’t let that happen!
Jack: not my husbands favorite but I love it.

Which, if any, of these do you like with Liam? If you could suggest some others we might like I would greatly appreciate it! We prefer non-biblical names and don’t care for gender neutral names either.

Thanks!

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Dexmo30 · 29/01/2018 16:04

Patrick is another name we both like that I forgot to list. Thanks for reminding me!

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photographyaddict · 29/01/2018 15:06

Niall
Harry
Louis
Zayn

Movablefeast · 29/01/2018 15:05

Doesn't

Movablefeast · 29/01/2018 15:05

Callum dies bout sound good in an American accent as they stretch out the last syllabul. In fact both syllables.

MammieBear · 29/01/2018 13:10

Before I read your post I was going to suggest Callum, it goes great and doesn't sound too similar but it does tie them together nicely.
Rory
Harris
Jamie
Nolan
Logan

Movablefeast · 29/01/2018 12:57

Dominic

Movablefeast · 29/01/2018 12:55

John
Leo
Tom
Michael
Lorcan
Gabe (Gabriel)
Cormac
Henry
Ronan

Sparklyshoes16 · 29/01/2018 11:45

Jameson (Husbands choice 🙄) Jamie for short
Theo James
Daniel Evan

purplecorkheart · 29/01/2018 11:34

Diarmuid
Luke
Aidan
Donal

SpottyBrolly · 29/01/2018 11:31

Silly autocorrect that should need Enda.

Annabelle4 · 29/01/2018 11:31

Sean

SpottyBrolly · 29/01/2018 11:30

I think Jack/Jacky, Christy or Callum sound nice I also think Seamus or Edna would work if you wanted something a bit different.

Fakingit36 · 29/01/2018 11:28

Colin?

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 29/01/2018 09:54

Patrick?
Oliver is the best from your list.

Namethecat · 29/01/2018 08:43

Nathan
Jonathan
Ryan

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/01/2018 08:35

I would use Callum.
Liam and Callum sound fine !

junebirthdaygirl · 29/01/2018 04:23

Liam is lrish so be nice to stay with lrish. And not Billy as same name.
Owen in lrish is Eoin or Eoghan..prounced the same
Ciaran ( keyrawn) is lrish for Kieran
Brendan
Aidan
Finn
Tadhg lrish for Timothy
Sean..lrish for John and Jack
Oisin( usheen)
Cormac

Saffronwblue · 29/01/2018 03:16

I know a family with Liam and Max.

FannyWisdom · 29/01/2018 03:09

Their other DS is called Noel Evidence OP didn't want outing.

DaisyDando · 29/01/2018 02:57

Niall is nice.

SnowGoArea · 29/01/2018 02:41

From your list I like Jack and Callum. If he generally went by Cal then I'm not sure it would matter that much. Other suggestions:
Colm
Rory

Alorralorralaughs1 · 29/01/2018 02:35

Caleb

Dexmo30 · 29/01/2018 02:34

We have considered Kieran. I do like that one a lot. Ciaran probably wouldn’t be pronounced correctly by most Americans.

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frozenlake · 29/01/2018 02:29

Colmac ?

Greensleeves · 29/01/2018 02:23

I think Callan does sound a bit made up

How about Connor, or Cillian, or Cameron, or Ciaran, or Christy, or Cory?

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