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Help find a boys name (last of our friends!)

42 replies

Midbreakdown · 25/11/2020 17:48

...and both have jobs where we deal with a lot of people and children. Some negative associations with names. Our friends have all had children recently so the following names are ruled out: Finley, Gabriel, Thomas, Sebastian, Theodore, Oscar, Henry, Harry, Otis, Dylan, Felix, Jesse. We have already ruled out George, Noah, Arthur, Alfie, Freddie, Archie and Teddy. Not keen on anything to twee sounding.

The only names on my mind at the moment are Robin and Louis. I did like Max but concerned about popularity.

Could you lend a hand with some suggestions please? Nothing too off the wall but I just need some new ideas that aren't either already used, negatively associated with or too popular. Yep sounds easy doesn't it 🤣🤣

Thanks in advance.

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Nell96 · 25/11/2020 19:31

Miles
Rowan
Niall
Fraser
Ioan
Euan / Ewan
Griffin
Saul
Seth
Gwyn
Wilfred (Wilf / Fred)
Jared
Joel
Ray
Orson (Sonny)

EggyPegg · 25/11/2020 19:26

Max isn't as common as you think (I work in a primary school and have DC in a different primary school).

James
Joseph
Isaac
Alexander
William
Rupert
Dominic
Alistair
Christopher
Luke
Zachary
Nathaniel (Nate)
Oliver
Samuel
Steven
David
Jack

BrandoraPaithwaite · 25/11/2020 19:24

Peter
Benjamin
Edward

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 25/11/2020 19:17

I wouldn't worry too much about popularity for classic names like Max (which is nice)- as long as the names haven't recently shot up in popularity they are unlikely to date, and unless they have stayed in the top 10 for a long time, they shouldn't sound too overused. Max has been fairly steady in use, but is now gradually falling out of the top 30, as have similar classics like Samuel and Adam.

You have to consider nicknames and variations too - Louis is actually more popular statistically than Max (when you consider Louie is also in the top 100, and is increasing in popularity). I love Robin as a nn for the classic Robert, but I wouldn't use it on it's own personally as it's on a steady upward curve.

I like the suggestions of Matthew, Peter, Nathaniel, Christopher, Daniel, Charles and David. And would add Mark, John, Michael and Hugh to names that are not overused anymore but not too "off the wall".

FawnDrench · 25/11/2020 19:12

Stanley
Dominic
Nicholas
Giles
Robert
David

IckleBear · 25/11/2020 18:22

Rufus
Ronny
Jasper

LittleRa · 25/11/2020 18:05

James or Joseph (Joe)
Rory
Luke or Lucas
Peter

MorrisBonsson · 25/11/2020 18:03

Joseph, Alexander, Rupert, Nathaniel, Matthew, Marcus, Abe, Leopold, Isaac, Christopher, Stuart, Raphael, Edward, David, Jasper, Jude, James, Daniel, jonathan, Charles, Zach, Robert.

Morred · 25/11/2020 18:01

Some solid “normal” names aren’t that common anymore - John, Jack, James, Thomas, Stuart/Stewart, Alexander.

Might be your style but if you’re avoiding twee and trendy...

TenThousandSpoons · 25/11/2020 18:00

Max is great.

Or Isaac, Joseph (Joe), Alex(ander), Ben, Zachary, Edward

AwkwardPaws27 · 25/11/2020 17:58

*NN!

AwkwardPaws27 · 25/11/2020 17:58

Christopher, mm Kit?

Zofloratheexplora · 25/11/2020 17:57

Flynn
Rowan
Grayson
Joel
Toby

Playdoughcaterpillar · 25/11/2020 17:55

Reuben or Rory?

steppemum · 25/11/2020 17:54

From the sounds of ones in your list
Isaac
Joshua
Jacob
Cameron
Hamish

go for Max but use a longer full name?

Br1ll1ant · 25/11/2020 17:54

Nate/Nathaniel

ShrekandDonkey · 25/11/2020 17:50

Ruben? And its variety of spellings?

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