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Boys name help!

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sarah13xx · 01/04/2021 16:10

Me again 🙋🏼‍♀️😂 please help (again). We’ve been going round in circles with this list of names:

Harris - always been our favourite but it’s suddenly at number 6 in Scotland when we go to have a baby! Was really hoping for something less popular
Kit - I love this name, my partner likes it but might take a bit more convincing. I’m a teacher and there’s a Kit at my school. Today another adult heard his name for the first time and said ‘Kit? I thought that was a girls name’. I was 99% convinced this was the name but I’m now doubting it too!
Jenson - this is almost at number 200 on the Scottish list for 2020 (only 23 born last year) but this week I heard there is a baby in our town called it 🤦🏼‍♀️
Fergus - it’s at number 104. My partner loves this name. I like it and think it would depend what he looked like whether he’d suit it.

Thoughts or any other suggestions? Really just want to settle on something now!

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Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo · 01/04/2021 21:23

Pick your favourite. You may know one or two with it but you’ve no control over how many you may hear of a name after you’ve named your baby it. So if you pick your second or third favourite because it is rarer then two weeks after having him hear of another baby with the same name, you’ll have given up your more loved name for nothing.

Kit is a boy’s name. Don’t let the comment put you off if this is the one for you.

PandaFluff · 01/04/2021 21:21

Forget the popularity. Which one is your favourite if no one else had used it. Why shouldn't your baby have your favourite name?

Hufflepuffsunite · 01/04/2021 20:13

I'd go for Kit or Fergus.

Standrewsschool · 01/04/2021 20:13

Love Harris and Fergus.

Alternatives:
Duncan
Douglas
Logan
Hamish

TatianaBis · 01/04/2021 20:09

Fergus by far, thank DH is right.

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sarah13xx · 01/04/2021 19:28

@DotDotDotDotDot

I really like Fergus, I’m surprised it’s not more popular in Scotland actually. Harris is lovely too but it’s a shame it’s so popular now. Maybe Lewis or Cormac?
I like it too, would be nice because it’s a bit different. I know, just feel like a top 10 name is a bit obvious 😕 I do like Lewis too but there’s quite a few baby Lewis’
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sarah13xx · 01/04/2021 18:33

@PurpleFlower1983

Both becoming popular though.
That’s my top two I think but the comment about Kit today has made me a bit wary. Harris is way more popular than Kit here, the one at my school is the only one I know
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DotDotDotDotDot · 01/04/2021 18:33

I really like Fergus, I’m surprised it’s not more popular in Scotland actually. Harris is lovely too but it’s a shame it’s so popular now. Maybe Lewis or Cormac?

PurpleFlower1983 · 01/04/2021 18:21

Both becoming popular though.

angelaEhen · 01/04/2021 18:20

Harris by a long way or what about Harrison

PurpleFlower1983 · 01/04/2021 18:20

From your list I would go with Kit or Harris.

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sarah13xx · 01/04/2021 17:51

@17caterpillars1mouse

Ellis? Similar vibe to Harris

Struan
Cormac

From yours I like Kit best but as a nn for Christopher or Christian

Absolutely love Ellis but know an Ellis 😕
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17caterpillars1mouse · 01/04/2021 17:41

Ellis? Similar vibe to Harris

Struan
Cormac

From yours I like Kit best but as a nn for Christopher or Christian

Fivemoreminutes1 · 01/04/2021 17:14

Carson
Evan
Torren
Hudson
Magnus

Thedogscollar · 01/04/2021 16:55

Lachlan or Rory