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Boy name help! We just can’t agree.

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Kezmum14 · 18/04/2020 23:25

I love the names
Elijah
Isiah
Jonah
Rupert
Atticus

My partner likes
George (one of our ds middle name 🙄)
Gabriel (rhymes with another ds name 🙄)
Philip (this does not go with any of our other children’s names at all)
Thor (it’s okay)

After much debate We settled on Stanley for him to say 8 weeks on that he’s changed his mind. We’ve spent a good hour or 2 going through names today and we just can’t agree. We had to stop as he says my ideas were ridiculous but his are even more so to me!

Any idea of a name that might suit both our tastes? 🙈

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FizzyGreenWater · 22/04/2020 20:00

If the baby is getting his surname, then you get the choice of the first name! Doesn't matter who doesn't want to get married. He's already got 'his' name in there!

Fine if you can agree. But YOU should have the casting vote I'm afraid.

Carouselfish · 22/04/2020 18:57

Torin?
Cormac (Mac for short?)

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Kezmum14 · 22/04/2020 16:23

@FizzyGreenWater long term partner, me who doesn’t want to get married (again). Baby will take his surname. At the moment we are both agreeing on Seth. 🤞

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mondler · 22/04/2020 08:31

Lovely names! My first thought was Seth but that's already been suggested. How about Jethro?

lots33 · 21/04/2020 20:51

Maccabee? Nn Mac or Bee

FizzyGreenWater · 21/04/2020 20:42

Partner, not husband? Whose surname?

If his, then the choice is yours I'm afraid!!

123Dancewithme · 20/04/2020 21:35

Solomon
Amos
Josiah
Isaiah
Elisha
Gideon
Ezekiel
Jabez
Jericho
Judah
Jesse
Malachi
Micah
Reuben
Silas
Zachariah

LynetteScavo · 20/04/2020 02:05

Cyrus
Eli
Micah
Josiah

alexdgr8 · 20/04/2020 01:05

Jeremiah

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 19/04/2020 13:42

Elias
Elisha
Elijah
Malachi
Nathaniel
Saul
Solomon
Zachariah
Melchior
Seth

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Kezmum14 · 19/04/2020 12:49

I’ll update you all on a name as soon as we choose. Thank you again for all suggestions :)

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Cbeebiesrehab · 19/04/2020 12:47

Please, please let us know when you decide @Kezmum14!

FaithHopeandGlory · 19/04/2020 11:52

Micah
Luca
Jonas
Ezekiel
Gideon
Maxwell
Maximilian
Elijah

4amWitchingHour · 19/04/2020 11:16

I really don't get this thing where people think siblings names have to "go" together. What's the reason for it? You're naming an individual, an adult who will have a life entirely separate from their siblings. If you like Philip just call him that.

TheDIsiilusionedAnarchist · 19/04/2020 11:04

Galen, similar meaning to Asa
Simeon rather than Simon
I actually think Philip (Pip) goes well
Nathan/Nathaniel
Joseph/Josiah
Zachariah
Reuben
Levi
Asher
Dan/Daniel
Benjamin
Jacob

ANoiseAnnoys · 19/04/2020 10:57

Bruce?

ANoiseAnnoys · 19/04/2020 10:57

Erm..

Winston
Monty
Ren
Remy
Hector
Xavier
Ned/Ted
Walter
Nelson
Malachi (Mal)
My favourite from your list is Rupert, no question!

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Kezmum14 · 19/04/2020 10:55

@CaffiSaliMali I absolutely love Asher 😍 but dh doesn’t want another A name. Which I kind of get.

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Kezmum14 · 19/04/2020 10:49

Thank you for all the suggestions. We will go through them today we our boys too. :)

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Kezmum14 · 19/04/2020 10:48

@bridgetreilly we call Abel ‘Abe’ and I’m sure we’d end up shortening Gabriel to ‘Gabe’. We discussed the nn Gabby but we aren’t keen. But Gabriel is a top contender as it’s one we both like and if we don’t use it as a first name it will definitely be his middle name.

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Doilooklikeatourist · 19/04/2020 10:34

Simeon
Ezekiel ( I love this )
Malachi

Ouchjuststoodonlego · 19/04/2020 10:27

Elias
Sol
Micah
Job

Love your choices.

overandoverafail · 19/04/2020 10:25

Makiah
Or
Malakai

Whatsyourflava · 19/04/2020 10:14

Barnaby
Kit
Bodhi

What about just “Sid” or “Syd”

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/04/2020 10:12

Rufus

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