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If we like these girls names

39 replies

ClaraBean · 03/01/2021 12:34

So we are certain for a girl it would be Eileen or Jean. We don't care about the song. Little kids won't know it. Not bothered at all!!
But we cannot agree on any boys names. We both like Raymond and Morris but not enough I don't think.
If we like Eileen and Jean what boys names might we like?

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RainingBatsAndFrogs · 05/01/2021 11:24

Nancy and Sid - maybe not

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 05/01/2021 11:24

Sid

Calmondeck · 05/01/2021 05:00

I like Jean and Morris best, in fact the more I think would I be happy with these names myself, I really like them!

Alternatives for boys could be

Murray
Monte/y (Montgomery)
Clancy
Rex
Vance

Baileysoncereal · 05/01/2021 01:34

Seymour
Sheldon
Mortimer
Wilbur
Roosevelt
Morten
Sylvester
Cassius
Soren
Angus
Basil
Eamon
Vincent

Ellmau · 05/01/2021 00:58

Stanley
Percy
Arthur
Alastair
Mungo
Fraser

PaddingtonsHat · 04/01/2021 23:02

Trevor
Nigel
Colin
Archibald
Leonard
Brian

Bluesername · 04/01/2021 22:57

Eileen and Raymond/Ray are great.

Miles
Julian
Austin
Oswald
Colin
Frank
Melvyn
Stanley
Clifford
Leonard
Martin
Hugo
Wesley
Jerome
Vincent

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 04/01/2021 21:53

Frank is a good one.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/01/2021 21:49

Colin
Alan
Terry
Billy
Brian
Frank
Ray

1940s · 04/01/2021 20:26

I'm east London / hipster territory and Jean is growing!!! Will definitely boom in the next couple of years

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 04/01/2021 19:36

Already quite 'now':
Reggie
Stanley
Arthur

May be next:
Terence
Norman
Eric

missmouse101 · 04/01/2021 19:36

Isn't it spelt Maurice? Seymour.

Firebird83 · 04/01/2021 19:32

Morris and Jean are great!

ProudAuntie76 · 03/01/2021 23:58

If you like Desmond and it’s a nono, would DH be open to Douglas?

GothMammy38 · 03/01/2021 23:49

MooseBreath · 03/01/2021 23:25

I much prefer Eileen to Jean!

The only Eileen I know was married to Reginald (we all called him Reg).

DH's grandmother is called Jean, and she is married to Barrie.

partyatthepalace · 03/01/2021 22:40

[quote FluffyEggsontoast]Absolutely no evidence to suggest the name Jean is about to explode

If anything it's still declining in popularity

@partyatthepalace @Seap

Here's the graph based on official ons statistics, the name is not even picking up speed so nothing currently to suggest it's even getting slightly more popular let alone about to boom

names.darkgreener.com/#jean[/quote]
@FluffyEggsontoast

It’s a hunch, but I can see it getting popular with my hip young parent colleagues, whose predecessors in the last 25 years led the charge with Arthur, Alfred etc etc when everyone thought they were old man names.

So I’m not saying it’s scientific, but I’ll bet you £100 it’ll be rising in the next couple years

Seap · 03/01/2021 21:11

I've heard lots of people mention it recently and it is just destined to be popular. One syllable, four letters, very appealing. I know someone who used it because they love the Bowie song. She is nicknamed Jeanie.
I love it and would definitely still use it.

FluffyEggsontoast · 03/01/2021 19:40

Absolutely no evidence to suggest the name Jean is about to explode

If anything it's still declining in popularity

@partyatthepalace @Seap

Here's the graph based on official ons statistics, the name is not even picking up speed so nothing currently to suggest it's even getting slightly more popular let alone about to boom

names.darkgreener.com/#jean

santabetterwashhishands · 03/01/2021 19:14

Dean
Dale
Ralph
Rodney
Dennis
Brian
Gregory
Fletcher
Sebastian
Dominique
John
Neil
Jason

shamus2020 · 03/01/2021 19:09

Rupert
Davey
Callum
Andrew
Hughie
William
Patrick
Wayne
Joe
Abraham
Carl
Jason
Anthony

shamus2020 · 03/01/2021 19:01

My mums middle name is Jean I love it.

shamus2020 · 03/01/2021 19:00

Samuel
Clyde
Timothy
Clive
Darren
John
Peter
Derek
Mark
Marcus
Paul
Daniel

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/01/2021 18:52

Jean is lovely, I really like Raymond too (and Ray is a lovely nn). And I love Magnus, Wilfred and Eric from pp suggestions.

Other similar names I don't think have been mentioned yet:
Edgar
Edmund
Hugh
Bertram
Leonard

partyatthepalace · 03/01/2021 18:08

I think you are ahead of your time OP!

I think PP is right re Jean exploding soon though, and Harold is nice.

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