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It's a boy!

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Tillygetsit · 25/10/2019 22:51

Found out today we are having a boy! I'm thrilled as we have 1 ds and 2dds at present so at least 7 year old ds wont be leaving home which he threatened to do if this one was a girl!
So which boys name would you pick? To give you an idea of our taste we have Joseph, Susannah and Cassia. Hello to anyone who spots me ha ha.

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Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 31/10/2019 07:29

Sidney
Stanley

CravingCheese · 31/10/2019 07:23

I rather like Cedric. But my DH vetoed it... It apparently sounds like a 'prissy and wimpy child'. Hmm

OhTheRoses · 31/10/2019 06:12

Not keen on Cedric. Tristan? Magnus? Simon? Piers? James? Christian?

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Tillygetsit · 30/10/2019 22:47

Lawrence vetoed by DH 🙄
What do you think of Cedric? Too out there with the others having more mainstream names? DH likes Ced!

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diddlediddle · 30/10/2019 19:31

I feel like the name has to have some Ss in it to match your other DCs!

Lucas?

CravingCheese · 30/10/2019 17:58

I like Lawrence and Florian.

Lorenz, Leonard, Francis, Howard, Hugo, Frederick, David, Emmanuel, Adam and Nicholas are similar imo. (but I'm honestly not sure why some of these seem similar to me....)

AdaColeman · 30/10/2019 16:25

DD is right, Lawrence is great!

Some other ideas
Jonathan
Edmund
Nicholas
Neville
Maurice

WildCherryBlossom · 30/10/2019 16:25

Lawrence is great!

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Tillygetsit · 30/10/2019 16:10

Some of those names are a bit odd for a boy!

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Naomimi · 30/10/2019 00:08

I like Lawrence too! And Florence. Or Laurel, Lorelei, Florian, Fleur...

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Tillygetsit · 29/10/2019 22:43

Actually Ohtheroses it's growing on me.

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OhTheRoses · 29/10/2019 06:11

Quite like Lawrence.

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Tillygetsit · 28/10/2019 22:14

Great idea to ask the kids...ds aged 7 said Ethan (his bf at school) and Sherlock (his nans cat) and Boss from Boss baby. Dd4 said Florence and Lawrence. Thankfully DD2 is too little to have any input 🙈

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CravingCheese · 28/10/2019 08:58

Michael would be nice, I agree with the pp.
Raphael, Gabriel would be very traditional as well.

Other angel names (or names for kinds of angels):
Grigori (the watchers), Jeremiel, Serafin, Uriel and are some of the more wearable biblical ones IIRC.

There are more actually named angels in Christian or Jewish (and maybe also Muslim? Idk) mysticism but Idk if you'd want to draw inspiration from these sources....

Roselilly36 · 28/10/2019 07:28

Nathan, Old Testament name, goes well with Joseph, if Angel names appeal, Michael. Powerful archangel, healer, protector.

Naomimi · 28/10/2019 07:23

How old are your other children? We asked DD1 for suggestions and although we didn’t end up using any of her ideas exactly, it actually helped with inspiration!

My first thought with those sibling names: Matilda or Matthias Smile

WildCherryBlossom · 28/10/2019 07:16

Barman? Priceless! 🤣

I think Castiel might be too similar to Cassia but good luck with the Angel inspiration.

Lavenderblues · 28/10/2019 07:12

Nathan
Quentin
Marcus

Disfordarkchocolate · 28/10/2019 06:54

Congratulations, I love thinking up boys names. It makes me remember how lovely my baby boys were (now they pat me on the head and call me shorty). Anyway, my suggestions are...

Matthew
James
Nathan(iel)
Reece/Reese
Andrew
Jasper
Patrick
Leon
Russell
Tobias
Lucian
Marcus

Good luck.

SuperMeerkat · 28/10/2019 06:52

Nathan, Daniel, Lucas, Toby, Jamie, Samual

OhTheRoses · 28/10/2019 06:40

What about Caspar? Or jasper?

CravingCheese · 28/10/2019 05:11

Is Castiel actually an angel? I'm fairly certain that it isn't biblical. Is it post biblical mythology or from a non-Christian religion?

Barman. 🤣🤣

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Tillygetsit · 27/10/2019 23:07

I've just been looking at a list of angels for inspiration. Did you know that the angel of intelligence was called Barman? 😂😂😂

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Tillygetsit · 27/10/2019 22:53

Ooh wildcherry Castiel is gorgeous...I'll just ask dh what he thinks......oh. One word answer. Soap. 🙈

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BelfastmummyL · 27/10/2019 17:47

OK given that isaac not an option what about Jacob?

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