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Henry? Edward? Thomas? Samuel? or something else?

29 replies

Bibijayne · 12/06/2018 14:33

Hubbie and I are so stuck on boys names. He's from a (VERY) big family, so we're trying to avoid immediate family names.

This means no to:

Robert
Keith
James
Christopher
David
Jonathan
William
Zachary

Hubbie also hates nickname names serious eye roll He has no problem with nicknames but he's deadset against names that originated as nicknames being on the actual birth certificate (I'm starting to wonder if he's 64 not 34...)

So that's no to:

Harry
Alfie
Fred
Bobby etc.

I'm really fond of Edward. He's not. But I'm staying firm and would like it in their somewhere... We do want a middle name - I quite like the idea of two. Hubbie has two, as does my little brother and I think it sounds nice.

I'm 28 weeks... and we've been trying to seriously think of a name since our 20 week scan. I swear girls names are easier!

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MeyYael · 13/06/2018 14:02

Thomas
Paul
Alfred
Hector
Charles
Edgar
Frederic/k
Philip
Bertram
Adam
Albert
Matthew
Andrew
Louis
Patrick
Victor
Gregory
Anthony
Nicholas

SoftSheen · 13/06/2018 13:57

^^Montgomery is great too, though he'd need a strong personality to pull it off!

SoftSheen · 13/06/2018 13:56

Henry, Edward, Thomas and Samuel are all great names.You could also consider:

George
Hugh
Albert (Bertie)
Frederick
Charles
Benjamin
Benedict
Edmund
Magnus

Not Carl though!

Cbeebiessavesmyafternoon · 13/06/2018 13:55

Alexander
Alistair
Timothy
Tobias
Sebastian
Wilfred
Benjamin
Nathaniel
Daniel
Miles
Arthur
Stanley
Marcus
Max
Montgomery
Lucas
Joshua
George

MeyYael · 13/06/2018 13:46

You might also like Edwin, btw.

MeyYael · 13/06/2018 13:46

I like Henry, David, Jonathan, William and Zachary.

James is also nice.

I personally dislike Christopher, tbh...

thegreylady · 13/06/2018 13:19

Hmm I can’t make strike through work (sulks)

thegreylady · 13/06/2018 13:19

My dgs is Edward and is amazing in every way! He might well be the kindest , cleverest, most loving, nine year old Edward in the whole world.
-not at all biased of course-

Cariadxx · 13/06/2018 11:09

Samuel. Lovely name underused. Definitely not Carl.

Bibijayne · 13/06/2018 09:54

@xdestarx We both know an awful guy called Edmund who used to semi-talk me. Kinda burned that name :)

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Bubblesoup · 13/06/2018 07:40

Sean? Its my new fave boy name!

RedDwarves · 12/06/2018 23:08

I love all of those names.

But I love them in this order:

  1. Samuel
  2. Thomas
  3. Edward
  4. Henry
xdestarx · 12/06/2018 22:37

Edmund?

Octopeppa · 12/06/2018 22:17

Luke
Solomon
Rufus
Alistair
Jacob
Benedict
Edwin
Richard
Milo
Isaac
Simon
Tristan
Elias
Ryan
Marcus
Sidney
Lawrence
Nicholas
Maximilian
Angus
Felix
Ciaran
Julian

Blondie87 · 12/06/2018 19:13

Arthur
Oliver
Benjamin
George

Blondie87 · 12/06/2018 19:12

Love Edward and Samuel. Other lovely names:
Joshua
Adam
Miles
Michael
Toby
Theodore
Oscar

MikeUniformMike · 12/06/2018 19:12

All the names you suggest will get shortened - Hen/Hal/Harry/Tom/Sam/Ed/Ted etc

I like all of them and would probably go for Edward. You can insist on the full version.

Shiftymake · 12/06/2018 18:16

Elliott?

Frogletmamma · 12/06/2018 18:13

Samuel and Thomas are lovely

ButterflyOfFreedom · 12/06/2018 18:12

Peter
Christian
Matthew
Charles
Terence
Frederick
Philip
Andrew
John
James
Jack
Adam
David
Anthony
Lewis
Oliver

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 12/06/2018 17:33

Carl. Classic, strong name that can't be shortened.

Disclosure: biased because it's DH's name

imsorryiasked · 12/06/2018 17:03

Samuel is my favourite of your suggestions.
Have you considered:
Nathaniel
Dominic
Sebastian
Benjamin
Edgar

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/06/2018 17:00

Oh sorry just seen Christopher is on the no list.
Other ideas.
Anthony. Vincent. Alexander.

deptfordgirl · 12/06/2018 16:26

George?

deptfordgirl · 12/06/2018 16:26

I do actually agree with your dh about nicknames. I don't even like Harry as a full name. I love Edward and would have called my dd it if she had been a boy. Henry? Oliver? Seems like you like quite traditional names.