Finley, Liam, Thomas, Charlie, Oliver or Alexander

Out of all of them I prefer Alexander, with Alex as the shortened name.

Oliver and Alexander are beautiful. Finley and Liam also lovely. Charlie less keen as I know so so many of them. Thomas I’m not keen, not really sure why as I do like Tom as a short form.

... it's literally half of the name William
3/7ths isn't literally half. It's almost half.

... Irish names, like Liam and Conor and Ciaran, often get described as chavvy on MN.
I tend to agree. Names like Kevin, Kieran, Kelly, Ryan, Conor, Keira tend to date badly.
I don't find names like Liam, Siobhan, Niamh, Sean, Ciaran etc 'chavvy' but think that using them without an Irish connection is a bit strange.

Liam, Kieran, Ryan and Sean (outside Ireland) seem to me to be 'naughty boy names'.

Apologies for the missing fadas.

I have an Oliver and a Thomas in my children’s names (one first, one middle name) so that would be my first pick!

I like the rest of the names except Liam.

I wouldn’t worry too much about popularity…I know someone who picked an extremely unusual name I had never heard of. Went to nursery and there were two!

Go with what you like and don’t listen to anyone else too much

I'm not pestering I'm just countering ideas that certain names are chavvy and that Irish names are English. That's generally how MN threads work.

Stop being so sensitive.

@Scruffington I'm not English. Why are you pestering people on this thread? It's just a thread to help someone choose a name for their baby. Don't take it so personally.

Finlay much better than Finley

Oh look an English person being incorrect.

You're the one who honed in on my post and made it all about you so I suggest it's you who's being a tad defensive. I merely stated that Irish names, like Liam and Conor and Ciaran, often get described as chavvy on MN. Many threads will back this up.

Liam comes from the Irish Uilliam. Throw a stick in Ireland and you'll hit a Liam. You could be hitting a 3 year old Liam or a 73 year old Liam. Always been a commonly used everyman kind of name.

Liam might be popular in Ireland but it's not an Irish name. It's a derivative of William, it's literally half of the name William, which itself is traditionally English but with Germanic origin.

@Scruffington Living in Belfast but born in Dublin. Both my kids have Irish names and I am proud of my heritage. We live in a very mixed area and I have never come across a Catholic family with a Liam, it’s always been more of a Protestant name to me. The only 2 families I know with Liams are from England. Not sure why you’re so defensive over this?

You're Irish but you didn't know Liam was an Irish name?

Seems legit...

Alexander
Oliver
Thomas
Charlie

Liam
Finley

@Scruffington I’m proudly Irish and see Liam as being cheap and chavvy. It’s personal taste, not prejudice. I had no idea it was even of Irish origin. Stop making assumptions on people you don’t even know

I love Thomas, Finley and Alexander, theywere all on my list.

Oliver and Charlie are a bit overused now IMO.

Dislike Liam.

Liam is a classic Irish name. But a lot of people on MN see Irish names as 'chavvy'.

My rankings and thoughts are as follows, for what they are worth;

1 Liam - I like this name; it has a gentleness to it
2 Alexander - good solid name with lots of nickname options
3 Thomas - another good solid name but always popular. Your son will be “tall Tom” or “violin Tom” to distinguish him from all the other Toms.
4 Oliver - nice enough name, was very popular 20 years ago.
5 Finley - an okay name.
6 Charlie - it’s not even a name.

I have a Thomas. It's a lovely name, but all his friends are also Thomas (literally, he has 5 close friends and 3 are Thomas). None of them calls themself Thomas, they are all Tom with one Tommy.

We have an Alexander chosen (as was his sisters name) as it has many abbreviation possibilities.

he’s always Alex, which is his own choice. His Dad jokingly calls him ‘Al’ sometimes which winds him up.

I also liked it as I think it suits a child, a teen, an adult and an older person. There are a lot of twee names about which may suit a diddy baby it wouldn’t suit a 15 stone rugby player/barrister/etc.

1. Oliver - love it, nice and classic, named my DS Oliver!
2. Alexander - really like and loads of nickname opportunities, a very close second
3. Thomas - lovely but dislike Tom/Tommy nicknames
4. Charlie - it’s alright, Charles is nicer
5. Finlay - hate Finlay but love Finn
6. Liam - seems cheap to me

Liam is a chavvy name. Sorry.

I have an Oliver Joseph, Finley Alexander, and Charlie. I really like Henry and Riley for our next little guy. I like Tommy, but don't love Thomas. My brother's name is Will so I'm saving all forms of that for him just in case.

Finlay / Fin
Alexander
Thomas
Oliver

Not keen on Charlie or Liam

I was the one with the DH who didn't like Thomas!

We ended up with a quote unusual Irish name. I'm Irish.

Other names on our list were Sebastian, Marcus and Nathaniel. DH also liked Max but I didn't like it. I liked William, but he wasn't keen on that either

What about Flynn?