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Don’t like ANY boys names!

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Lulue45 · 23/02/2018 12:20

I have searched for what feels like forever. I have not found even one name that I can imagine for my son and it’s really starting to get me down. The only name I remotely like is Arthur but it doesn’t feel like the one and I’m pretty sure the Royals are going to use it. I like traditional names that aren’t too popular (another issue with Arthur) any ideas ladies :(

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user1459464195 · 23/02/2018 20:49

To me it sounds like you quite like 'grandparent names' ie those popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

Suggestions:
Ernest (Ernie)
Walter
Herbert (Herbie)
Stanley
Kenneth (Kenny)
Edwin
Arnold (Arnie)

TallulahBetty · 23/02/2018 18:18

Anyone suggested Balonz yet? Wink

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/02/2018 18:18

How about Wilbur, I love it, a mixture of Wilfred and Arthur.
Louis
Adam
Jonas

ElephantsCanFly · 23/02/2018 18:15

Elijah? I'm yet to meet one!

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Lulue45 · 23/02/2018 18:07

Husband has said he will ‘consider’ Wilfred! Massive progress as the only other name he has considered in two pregnancies has been Arthur (closest we got with DD was Jasper and he decided against it at 11 weeks) so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again ladies-your lists have been amazing

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BrutusMcDogface · 23/02/2018 17:13

I struggle greatly with boys' names, too. I currently have Nathan/Nathaniel and Jude although I'm pretty sure dp will veto both!!

LongDivision · 23/02/2018 17:03

Walter
Isaac
Andrew

BikeRunSki · 23/02/2018 17:00

Edwin
Louis
Charles
Patrick
Dominic

TheNoseyProject · 23/02/2018 16:55

Raymond?

whoareyoukidding · 23/02/2018 16:53

Raphael

Icklepickle101 · 23/02/2018 16:50

I hunk we have similar taste

My DS is Hugo and our boy names for his baby (until we found out she is a she)
Albert
Jude
Ezra

FeedtheTree · 23/02/2018 16:48

I think Wilf is a gorgeous name too.

theredjellybean · 23/02/2018 16:47

I think wilf is fab... But very popular amongst the middle classes

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Lulue45 · 23/02/2018 16:34

Some fantastic ideas ladies!! Lots I actually liked in my first pregnancy actually (have a DD with a vintage name) that my husband vetoed but I had forgotten about. Although I’ve narrowed it down to these to ask him about-it doesn’t help that he is incredibly fussy too!!!
Harold
Alfred
Albert
Wilfred

I really like Harold and it has a lot of sentimental value but don’t like how popular Harry is and feel it is an unavoidable diminutive.

I LOVE Wilfred-can’t believe I hadn’t thought of it before-but have a sneaky suspicion it will be vetoed😔😔

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TenThousandSpoons · 23/02/2018 16:05

Already suggested by others but the ones I think of as similar to Arthur are
Stanley
Frederick (Fred/Freddie)
Albert (Albie/Bertie)

Arthur is lovely and I also think John which you mentioned as a family name is a fantastic solid name which is v underused.

blinkineckmum · 23/02/2018 15:57

Brilliant! Thank you.

WaxOnFeckOff · 23/02/2018 15:55

Here you go blinkin

The most popular girls’ names in 1904:

  1. Mary (Currently #250)
  2. Florence (Currently #19)
  3. Doris (Currently #2,547)
  4. Edith (Currently #96)
  5. Dorothy (Currently #274)
  6. Annie (Currently #108)
  7. Margaret (Currently #423)
  8. Alice (Currently #17)
  9. Elizabeth (Currently #85)
10. Elsie (Currently #31) 11. Gladys (Currently #4,763) 12. Winifred (Currently #790) 13. Ethel (Currently #1,834) 14. Hilda (Currently #3,609) 15. Lilian (Currently #630) 16. Ivy (Currently #33) 17. Violet (Currently #85) 18. Kathleen (Currently #938) 19. Ellen (Currently #475) 20. Lily (Currently #7) 21. Sarah (Currently #96) 22. Nellie (Currently #310) 23. Emily (Currently #3) 24. Mabel (Currently #210) 25. Ada (Currently #164).
londonloves · 23/02/2018 15:55

*some of your girls names

londonloves · 23/02/2018 15:52

We liked sons of tour girls names.
Out boys shortlist was
Gabriel
Angus
Frederick
William

I was convinced he was a girl, so didn't worry too much. He wasn't a girl! By the time he was born we only liked Angus. It means "one choice".

Also on long list but too "whack" for us - Oberon, Heathcliff.

blinkineckmum · 23/02/2018 15:50

Waxon that's a great post. Can we find out the girls?

blinkineckmum · 23/02/2018 15:49

I like lots of boys' names and no girls' names. I like

William
Eben
Osian
Louis
Thomas
Jeffrey

WaxOnFeckOff · 23/02/2018 15:46

Top 25 of 1904 and their current ranking:

  1. William (Currently #10)
  2. John (Currently #120)
  3. George (Currently #3)
  4. Thomas (Currently #9)
  5. Arthur (Currently #30)
  6. James (Currently #12)
  7. Charles (Currently #72)
  8. Frederick (Currently #76)
  9. Albert (Currently #64)
10. Ernest (Currently #320) 11. Alfred (Currently #111) 12. Edward (Currently #23) 13. Joseph (Currently #22) 14. Harold (Currently #1,123) 15. Robert (Currently #109) 16. Frank (Currently #175) 17. Henry (Currently #15) 18. Harry (Currently #2) 19. Walter (Currently #341) 20. Reginald (Currently #296) 21. Herbert (Currently #672) 22. Leonard (Currently #249) 23. Stanley (Currently #65) 24. Leslie (Currently #4,023) 25. Richard (Currently #278).
Rumpledfaceskin · 23/02/2018 15:32

You have nearly exactly the same names on my girls list! Weird. And I too can’t think of any boys names I like other than Arthur, Edward, James and Harry (too common) and Edward is my brothers name and my dh vetoed it (I don’t actually know what I’m having yet though). Good luck with your search.

theredjellybean · 23/02/2018 15:28

If dds had been boys they were going to be

Bartholomew - to be known as Tolley, apparently old English name and derivative.

We also liked Ptolomy...

MikeUniformMike · 23/02/2018 15:22

Ezra is trendy and is likely to be very popular for a year or two before being seen as 'downmarket'.
If you like Simon and John, I would look at names popular in the 1940s and 50s.
Michael, Patrick, Alan/Allen, Stephen etc are all much nicer than the cutesy/rascal sort of names that are currently popular.