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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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ourflagmeansdeath · 24/03/2023 19:00

I also went through a phase where if I ever had a son born in August I'd name him August Leo because it could be his star sign too...glad I never did that!! 😂

ourflagmeansdeath · 24/03/2023 18:59

I loved the names:
Luca - We don't have Italian heritage
Nico - DH said it seemed like a girl's name 😪
August - DH said it didn't work as he wasn't born in August...
Cassius - Too Roman for DH
Ezra - Too biblical for DH (I am actually glad I didn't use this because of PLL)
Leo - The star sign bothered him
Rory - He hated it (I'm glad I didn't use this because Gilmore Girls got very popular and I didn't want people thinking he was a girl)

He loved traditional names and so we eventually got to the names Alexander and James. And so my son is now called Alexander with the middle name James. 😊I don't wish I used any old names as even though I do love them all still I can't imagine my boy as anything but an Alex!!

MajorCarolDanvers · 24/03/2023 18:58

Lauren, Kirsten, Andrea

James, Alexander, Michael

HuggingtheHRT · 24/03/2023 18:53

Seth
Ivor
Lawrence

All vetoed by DH

Also Patrick, which didn't work with our surnames.

whenthelightsgoout26 · 24/03/2023 17:29

If our daughters were boys, they would have been Maximilian and Jasper. Our son is Jenson.

pottydimley · 24/03/2023 17:26

At my granddaughter's school concert this week there was a boy called Fox (forget the surname) which I really like- I thought I'd never heard of it being used as a name before, but wasn't someone in the X Files called Fox?

ReadtheReviews · 24/03/2023 16:52

I didnt have a boy so didnt get to use
River
Jesse
Ralphie
Huck
Tate

Cairnmum · 24/03/2023 16:50

I loved Ivo but ended up with a George! I also loved Jude

stormelf · 24/03/2023 16:47

Tyr - worried about pronounciation issues
Leofric - same as above
Leif - would've been third child's name if a boy

SpringBlossomJoy · 24/03/2023 16:44

Algenon

FetlocksBlowing · 24/03/2023 16:19

Larry (still think it's very cute but when I met my DS he wasn't a Larry 🤷🏻‍♀️)
Edward - no good as she was a girl 😊

BridieConvert · 24/03/2023 16:12

Fraser
Angus
Nathan
Liam

I had girls so they were never used!

Lulu1919 · 24/03/2023 15:51

My daughter was going to be Elliot if a boy ..she's 30 now !!

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 24/03/2023 15:27

Magnus.
We are not Scottish or Icelandic.

PracticallyFlooredZero · 24/03/2023 13:51

Felix. Loved and still love this. DH insists it’s a cat’s name 😡

Also loved but didn’t use Theo, Zachary and Leo.

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!

Nalupa · 24/03/2023 13:20

Isidore
Nikolai

Anothernewname13 · 24/03/2023 13:18

Reuben was my number 1 but DH wouldn’t let me 🙄
Roman and Freddie I really liked but just couldn’t commit to using. Glad I went with my little boy’s name instead

Caszekey · 24/03/2023 13:09

Jareth
Tobias

Gideon
Atticus
Ignatius
Fabian

Ladyofthelake53 · 24/03/2023 02:24

Jarad
Ned
Tobias
Jude

Sugarfree23 · 24/03/2023 00:13

I loved lots of boys names
David
Alexander
James

notangelinajolie · 24/03/2023 00:13

Jack. Always Jack. But had 3 daughters so no Jack.
It’s funny but I’ve totally moved on from Jack. It’s far to late for me to have and more children but now my absolute favourite boy name that will never be used is Maximilian.

Sugarfree23 · 24/03/2023 00:09

Pillowtalkkkkk · 23/03/2023 10:22

Rufus! Loved it. Still love it.

But when DS was a tiny newborn and DH leaned over his cot in the hospital and said, “Baby Rufus. Hello Roo,” I didn’t like the nickname Roo at all, and it made me like the name Rufus less! So we went with something else.

Get a dog - I know a big labardoodle called Rufus - ruf bit makes it a fab dogs name.

RosaCaramella · 24/03/2023 00:06

Ruaridh
River

for my son.

Now also really wish I’d included my Dad’s name and husband’s name as middle names.

Bbq1 · 23/03/2023 23:26

Jolyon