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DH and I cannot agree on boys name

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 19:56

He likes traditional, old fashioned names (Henry, Arthur, Aubrey etc) - I abhor them all. I like modern, European names but nothing too "out there". Detest all the currently popular names like Noah, Arlo etc (no offence!).

We are a French / Irish / Dutch / Italian / English mix. We have an Irish O'Surname so anything starting or ending in O is out. Or anything super Irish as a first name (which is a shame as i like many Irish boys names).

So far the only options we have are

Leon
Sebastien
Julien
Frédéric
Hunter (maybe too controversial, can't imagine our families liking it, or a baby being called that.., but we do both like it)

Help! I want a name that we both love? Any suggestions?

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Aquamarine1029 · 18/02/2018 21:53

Hudson
Martin
Blaine
Thorus
Brantley
Russell
Raven

Rainbowsandflowers78 · 18/02/2018 21:51

I love Luca but probably not quite what you are looking for

SlB09 · 18/02/2018 21:49

We were the same and just decided to wait until he was born, two weeks of having him here and we kind of just felt a certain name was 'him'. Wait to meet him 😁

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 18/02/2018 21:45

I like Morgan but wonder if the Americans have made it into a cool girls name 🤔

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 18/02/2018 21:45

Frédéric would be spelt the French way otherwise the name wouldn't have the same meaning for us. I know what you mean though - there are many different ways to spell it.

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pipilangstrumpf · 18/02/2018 21:30

Tristan
Quentin

ifanciedanamechange · 18/02/2018 20:27

I like them all except Hunter. But I wouldn't spell Frederick like you have. I say that as someone with a name which has been mis spelt a lot.

user1459464195 · 18/02/2018 18:31

Robert
Eric/ Erik
Henrik
Stefan
Remy
Marcel
Jasper
Jonas
Felix
Lucas/Lukas
Victor
Magnus
Oscar/ Oskar
Nicolai/Nikolai

Snowysky20009 · 18/02/2018 18:14

Hunter is lovely (although it does remind me of Paranormal Activity!!)

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 18:12

Oh and I think Morgan is a lovely underused name!

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 18:11

Aurelius
Caspian
Raphael...

Maatsuyker · 17/02/2018 22:43

Hunter O'surname does have a nice flow when you say it though. If you both love the name then go for it!

Littlelambpeep · 17/02/2018 22:22

Jude
Reuben
Issac

NameChange30 · 17/02/2018 22:19

Have you looked at names from the Bible? They often work well in different European languages / cultures, and you could probably find a less common one that’s still acceptable to your DH in terms of being reasonably traditional (can’t get much more traditional than the Bible).

NameChange30 · 17/02/2018 22:15

I vote Max. Could be just Max or short for Maxim or Maximilian (I prefer Maxim to French spelling of Maxime although that’s nice too).

I don’t really like the names on your list I’m afraid, apart from Sebastian / Sébastien (the subtly different Anglo / French spelling would bother me a bit though).

Moominfan · 17/02/2018 22:10

I like heath and Julian

Hudson
Gabriel
Roman
Solomon
Asher
Idris
Troy
Reon
Roland
Rudy

ErrantBakedBean · 17/02/2018 22:02

Archer - sounds like Arthur, feels like Hunter.

IVflytrap · 17/02/2018 21:57

Francis
Leopold
Anselm
Otto
Eric
Ivo
Anton
Silas
Yannick
Laurent
Julius
Soren
Erasmus

LarkDescending · 17/02/2018 21:51

Adam, Andreas, Jonas, Mattias, Nicolas, Tobias?

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 21:30

Or what about
Tristan
Dylan
Heath
Morgan
?

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Mammysin · 17/02/2018 21:11

Charles Maximilian Henry Sean Jason Cian Edward Joseph Blaise James

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 21:08

Also do like Max...

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 21:07

Thomas / Alexander too common / traditional for my taste

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 21:06

Thank you, I like Matteo and Hugo but cant really use with O' surname

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/02/2018 20:58

💙 Leon.

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