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What's the nicest boys name you ever heard?

218 replies

Smilesarecontagious · 10/03/2023 21:41

What's the nicest boys name you ever heard?
Did you use it wish you used it it or a saving it for the future?

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Ifulikepinacoladas · 10/03/2023 23:45

Joe, used it and love it still 15 years on.

KnickerlessParsons · 10/03/2023 23:43

Meredydd. Or David.

cpphelp · 10/03/2023 23:43

WhatWhereWhenHowWhy · 10/03/2023 23:12

Ambrose

Is your son Ambrose by any chance? I have a friend who's nephew is called Ambrose and I'd never heard it before

cpphelp · 10/03/2023 23:41

Sebastian

cpphelp · 10/03/2023 23:41

I also second/third..... James

cpphelp · 10/03/2023 23:39

Ellis

DramaAlpaca · 10/03/2023 23:29

James

Anskl · 10/03/2023 23:27

Unlike girls' names, I struggle to pinpoint one boy's name that I loved the most.

My favourites, in no particular order: Reuben, Astile, Clement, Wren, Jasper, Noah, Jude, Elias, Rafferty, Gabriel.

DH's favorites: Brandon, Brett, Cedric, Frederick, Hector, Kubo, Linus, Quinn, Ragnar - I don't even like any of these, let alone love.

It's just as well we had a girl and aren't planning on having any more...

MaraScottie · 10/03/2023 23:16

Ronan

Thady (though wasn't allowed to use this one)

cocksstrideintheevening · 10/03/2023 23:13

Hugo ffs!

cocksstrideintheevening · 10/03/2023 23:13

Hingis, I know it's marmite but I love it.

WhatWhereWhenHowWhy · 10/03/2023 23:12

Ambrose

MrsRosieBrew · 10/03/2023 23:04

AliceTheeCamel · 10/03/2023 22:29

Etienne

Also my favourite. I didn’t use it, bit too French but such an excellent name.

Reddahlias · 10/03/2023 23:04

Quentin and Raphael

lozrox90 · 10/03/2023 23:04

Lachlan, which I called our first DS. I always adored the name Nathan too but was the name of one of my exes which ruined it slightly 😂

Mumofgirls2017 · 10/03/2023 23:03

Caspian 💙

Irecan · 10/03/2023 23:03

Odhran -dh is silent
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NanOfEight · 10/03/2023 23:03

Grian - pronouced Gree-an

DoNutSweatTheSmallStuff · 10/03/2023 22:59

Nathan

Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 10/03/2023 22:53

Raphael.

Twoinapod · 10/03/2023 22:52

Esca or Emrys. I love them both.

Slimjimtobe · 10/03/2023 22:50

I love names like James - timeless
don’t want to out my own kids names

I also love the name Hugh and Emmet

Timeforsinging81 · 10/03/2023 22:48

Gabriel, as mentioned above, is also a favourite of mine. If I ever had a DS3 that'd be his name.

Timeforsinging81 · 10/03/2023 22:46

Rowan. Loved it during my first, miscarried pregnancy and couldn't bring myself to use it for my first living child. DS2 has the name and it suits him perfectly. I don't know how, but I knew it would be his name even before he was conceived ♥️

Aldith · 10/03/2023 22:45

Amyas

followed by

Ambrose
Howard
Ian
John
Douglas