Richard, Daniel, Jacob or James

marypoppinsneedles · 2020-12-20T12:32:01+00:00

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QuantumJump · 26/12/2020 09:54

I like Jacob or James best.

winterbabythistime · 26/12/2020 09:52

James

HeadlessGummyBears · 26/12/2020 06:20

Richard, Daniel, Jacob or James - all great classics.

I think Richard is great but unfortunately you can’t always avoid the nicknames that you don’t want especially when he gets older so I’d veto it for that reason.

I’d go with either Daniel/Jacob with James as a middle name - Jacob James/Daniel James both sound great.

simonthedog · 21/12/2020 20:50

James
Not keen on the others.

Twizbe · 21/12/2020 20:48

@CharitySchmarity

I like them all except Jacob (not awful, but not quite my thing and always makes me think of cream crackers!), and have actually used James as a middle name for one of my DC, but I really like the idea of a little Richard. It's such a solid, traditional, strong sounding name and very underused at the moment. People often say you can't use it because of Dick, but Dick hasn't been the most fashionable short form of Richard for about 60 years. He'd get Rich or Richie if anything, but remember you never have to shorten.

Richard James is a nice combination and RJ would even make a fun nickname within the family if you like that style.

Richard James is a great name. I know one. He was going to be James Richard but was born the same year JR was shot in Dallas so it was swapped round.

CharitySchmarity · 21/12/2020 20:11

I like them all except Jacob (not awful, but not quite my thing and always makes me think of cream crackers!), and have actually used James as a middle name for one of my DC, but I really like the idea of a little Richard. It's such a solid, traditional, strong sounding name and very underused at the moment. People often say you can't use it because of Dick, but Dick hasn't been the most fashionable short form of Richard for about 60 years. He'd get Rich or Richie if anything, but remember you never have to shorten.

Richard James is a nice combination and RJ would even make a fun nickname within the family if you like that style.

MercyBodle · 21/12/2020 12:40

Richard
James

August20 · 21/12/2020 11:20

They are all good solid names.

James is my favourite but you can't go wrong really.

Of course James is just the English version of Jacob.

evilharpy · 21/12/2020 09:18

I like them all. Jacob is very popular for boys, there are several in my daughter's year, but the others much less so.

finallychangedmyusername · 21/12/2020 09:16

Daniel and Jacob are two of my top boys names.
James is lovely too, but very popular.
Richard would be refreshing to see on a baby.

Tavannach · 20/12/2020 19:48

James

MamaDane · 20/12/2020 19:47

Love Daniel. It was on our list.

PurBal · 20/12/2020 19:42

Daniel is my favourite.

Firebird83 · 20/12/2020 19:13

Richard! I agree it would be refreshing nowadays.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 20/12/2020 18:50

Richard would be so refreshing to hear now, and he's very likely to be the only one in his school class! It's a lovely name, but do you like Richie or Rick, as it may well be shortened?

Daniel and Jacob are nice enough (but again, do you like Dan and Jake?), but my choice after Richard would be James - it's unlikely to be shortened (although there are nn's if you want them) and James is the ultimate classic boys name which has finally fallen out the top 20.

itsgettingweird · 20/12/2020 18:44

My order

Jacob
Daniel
James
Richard (I prefer Ricky)

VenusClapTrap · 20/12/2020 18:07

Richard!

TheNanny23 · 20/12/2020 18:05

I like Daniel or James.

Daniel more uncommon now and makes me think of the Bat for Lashes song.

user1493494961 · 20/12/2020 17:10

Jacob or James.

ForestNymph · 20/12/2020 17:09

Richard is a good choice, I haven't heard of any young Richards for ages. I also like James and Daniel but I'm not keen on Jacob

Twizbe · 20/12/2020 14:06

Richard or James. I know a few Richards in their early 40s but no little ones

TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 20/12/2020 14:03

Daniel or James.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 20/12/2020 14:01

Those are all excellent names. I'd probably go for Richard or Daniel, but you can't go wrong with any of those.

There is a little Richard (Richie) in DS (6)'s class - that's the only one I've met, whereas the others are more common. There are scores of Jacobs. The Daniels are mostly east European around here.

MondeoFan · 20/12/2020 13:57

James is my fave. A classic name and sounds great

DramaAlpaca · 20/12/2020 13:54

All good, strong classic names. My favourites are James and Daniel but I like the others too.