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What baby boy names did you love but didnt use?

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Rodneyyoudipstick · 23/03/2023 09:28

What baby names did you love but didn't use? Do you wish you did?

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greatpotential · 17/08/2023 05:57

Morris
Alec
Austin
Robin

95percentcocoa · 31/03/2023 23:48

Arlo
William

iamnottoofatiamjusttooshort · 24/03/2023 20:33

Noah

CornflakesOnTheSolesOfHerShoes · 24/03/2023 20:03

@Sugarfree23 - absolutely, though he’s currently massively into the Simpsons so he quite fancies the idea that he could have been a Bart!

brogueish · 24/03/2023 19:58

Fabian
Florian
Christopher (Kit)
Otto
Adam
Greg (Gregory)
Jim (James)

Rebelmcstreettuff · 24/03/2023 19:50

Gabriel,have always loved the name but DH didn't like it.

NoUseNumber31 · 24/03/2023 19:39

Vincent was the next name if we had another boy but she is a girl!
No more babies for us but it's a great name.

WingingIt101 · 24/03/2023 19:35

Only had girls but my boy list was

Sebastian
Arlo
Kit
Rafferty

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 24/03/2023 19:34

Alfie.

I'd have used it if dd was a ds.

Just think it's a lovely boys name.

areweonabreak · 24/03/2023 19:31

I had twin girls (and we didn’t find out what we were having to had to have all options)

I struggled so much with boys names but my favourites were Gabriel, Alexander, Jerry & Albert

nowaworriedmum · 24/03/2023 19:31

3ormorecharacters · 24/03/2023 19:27

I love Joseph and we nearly got to use it until I reminded him that his ex wife was a Jo 😂

Also liked Toby and Matthew but DH vetoed. We've ended up with a Welsh name which was the only one we agreed on, I like it but four months in am already annoyed at having to constantly explain now to spell / pronounce it...

Is it Bryn?

IhearyouClemFandango · 24/03/2023 19:30

Christopher (Kit)
Edward (Ned/Ted)
Robin

COPPER3 · 24/03/2023 19:28

Seth
Seamus (Shay) for short

Love these names..3 boys and I didn't chose as DH didn't like, plus would not have gone with our surname.

DiaryofWimpyMumm · 24/03/2023 19:28

Ethan

My mum said it sounded too close to ethane gas.

We are in Scotland she's English it sounds nothing like Ethane. But I like his name it's been mentioned a few times on this thread

3ormorecharacters · 24/03/2023 19:27

I love Joseph and we nearly got to use it until I reminded him that his ex wife was a Jo 😂

Also liked Toby and Matthew but DH vetoed. We've ended up with a Welsh name which was the only one we agreed on, I like it but four months in am already annoyed at having to constantly explain now to spell / pronounce it...

Ilovemydoggie · 24/03/2023 19:24

Rufus

Phoebo · 24/03/2023 19:24

Hamish, Liam, Kiian,

Kam610 · 24/03/2023 19:23

For us it was between Alexander (in Scotland the NN is Sandy) and George. We chose George in the end which we don't regret at all. I also loved Jasper, as we had our honeymoon in the Canadian Rockies and conceived when we were there, but DH wasn't keen on the name.

Paesano · 24/03/2023 19:21

Calum
Angus
Aidan
Fergus
Eddie

QueryQueen · 24/03/2023 19:18

@HuggingtheHRT we have similar taste.

Ivan and Patrick vetoed by dh, but we used another from your list :)

If i had a ds now, I would like to use Peter or John also.

44and63 · 24/03/2023 19:18

Marcus
Noah

Sugarfree23 · 24/03/2023 19:15

CornflakesOnTheSolesOfHerShoes · 24/03/2023 13:45

Gabriel, Daniel, Isaac, Reuben, Jacob, Bartholomew

Variously vetoed by DH, already in use by friends/family, baggsied by my sister (who then didn’t use it) or we chickened out (that was Bartholomew).

We went with an alternative Old Testament option!

I bet your kid is glad that you never landed them with Bartholomew would take them forever to learn to write it.
Even the local St Bartholomew's church gets shortened to St Bart's

Starwind74 · 24/03/2023 19:13

Aled
Nathan
Oliver

LilacSloth · 24/03/2023 19:12

I liked these but DH didn't:
Nicholas (thought Nico would be a cute)
Luke
Seth
Zach
Dominic (didn't particularly like Dom and could only think of Raab and Cummings)!