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Friends baby has arrived, no name yet, has asked for help

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EnglishRose1320 · 26/10/2020 19:37

My friend had a beautiful baby boy a week ago. Her and her partner can't decide on a name

She loves:
Oliver
Edward

She likes:
Rupert
Peter
Harry
Alexander

He loves:
Peter
Alexander

He likes:
Oliver
Theodore

They would really like a name neither of them have thought of yet, similar to the names they like, thay they both just love instantly, I think they may have to pick a name one loves and the other likes. To complicate things they have a large blended family so lots of names already ruled out.

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LarkDescending · 26/10/2020 20:01

Peter Alexander would be a lovely choice.

merryhouse · 26/10/2020 20:01

reading that back I have no idea what Harold is doing there Grin.... but he popped into my head and took up residence

merryhouse · 26/10/2020 20:00

One thing to bear in mind is that Oliver is currently considerably more in use than Peter.

Christopher
David
Andrew
Harold
Robert

Angliski · 26/10/2020 19:58

Otto?

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 26/10/2020 19:54

Christopher
Christian
Marcus
Robert

seem a bit similar?

Otherwise I think they should go with Oliver or Alexander. They're both lovely names, and maybe they'll have a second in the future and can use the other one!

LarkDescending · 26/10/2020 19:52

Lovely lists.

How about Laurence, Louis, Henry, Nicholas or Sebastian?

DramaAlpaca · 26/10/2020 19:51

Looks like they need to narrow it down to the ones on both a 'like' and a 'love' list.

So Oliver, Peter and Alexander.

But all are classic names so it shouldn't be too hard to find common ground.

NatalieH2220 · 26/10/2020 19:49

Lots of strong names. My favourite is Oliver

Hightide1 · 26/10/2020 19:49

I think it's very hard to find a name that both parents love initially, but names do tend to grow. It looks like Oliver and Alexander are the front runners here. The important thing is that they both agree on these names! Similar styles:
Benjamin
James
Sebastian
Max
Tobias/Toby
Henry
Arthur
Joshua

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EnglishRose1320 · 26/10/2020 19:48

That's what I said, they are all names with a similar feel, it's not like they are chalk and cheese names. Good point about the surname, think it will be his they use.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 26/10/2020 19:41

Oliver.

Unless she gets the surname. If he gets the surname, she gets the first name.

And their choices are sooooo similar that really, it's not Javier-Christiane versus John, is it?

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EnglishRose1320 · 26/10/2020 19:38

Sorry didn't actually ask a question, basically any suggestions and thoughts on the names they already like

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