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Help- I hate all boys names!!

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Halfpastfreckle · 13/08/2018 13:27

Baby due October and have several options for girls names that I am happy with. Boys names are so hard!! I have a son called Louis and I still love his name although it is a bit more popular than I would like. I need some suggestions desperately I have been through so many websites and endless ONS lists.
Possibilities (but none seem quite right):
Sonny
Albie
Brodie
Rudy
Woody
Perry

Bit of a theme with the sound of them which is unintentional!

Please help with comments on my list or some fab suggestions! Going mad

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MollyHuaCha · 13/08/2018 19:52

Rudy from your list.

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Halfpastfreckle · 13/08/2018 19:50

I’m really surprised to hear people say woody means erection to them. I know Americans tend to say “getting wood” etc but I didn’t think the word woody meant etection it that that would be the first thought for people in the uk (assuming previous posters are based in the uk). Sonny is probably our favourite however the problem as people have pointed out is that it’s a bit childish and doesn’t seem right for an adult. Names that seem right for an adult male I find too classic/boring. Honestly I think boys names are so hard!! Nothing posted so far is jumping out at me but thanks anyway 😢 you never know maybe it will be a girl!

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BishopstonFaffing · 13/08/2018 19:12

I know a Woody with brothers called Reggie and Jasper. Any good?

daisypond · 13/08/2018 19:09

I think they all sound too cutesy - fine for a child, not so much an adult. They're mostly diminutives. If you like the y sound on the end...
Henry.
Rory.
Finlay.
Harvey.
Kingsley.
Stanley.
Sidney.

Dogsorlogs · 13/08/2018 19:08

Also my favourite from your list is Rudy and we had it on ours for DS

Dogsorlogs · 13/08/2018 19:07

Ezra
Cass
Kit
Eli
Ronnie
Cole

Stuckforthefourthtime · 13/08/2018 19:02

Brodie is the clear winner for me, or Albert nicknamed Albie. Maybe Perry?
Of the rest, Woody means erection, Rudy just sounds... Rude, and Sonny is not so easy for an adult.

pipilangstrumpf · 13/08/2018 16:07

Isn't woody an erection Blush?

userabcname · 13/08/2018 13:50

If you don't like names generally, could you pick a name with meaning for you e.g. a family name, a name from a book or film you really enjoy, the name of someone you admire/are interested in from history?

Otherwise, some suggestions of names that I generally like: Isaac, Zachary, Sebastian, Raphael, Riley, Henry, Idris, George, Ezekiel, Spencer.

Icklepup · 13/08/2018 13:43

Ferris
Soren
Silas
Albin
Jesse
Brooks

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 13/08/2018 13:39

I like Woody from your list but many posters will say it's another word for an erection.

Rex
Benjamin
Atticus
Rory

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