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What baby boy names did you love but didnt use?

108 replies

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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Apollonia1 · 23/03/2023 23:24

Benjamin
Theodore
Tristan

Flidina · 23/03/2023 22:35

I loved Rafferty, and Orin, but went with a family name

Mxflamingnoravera · 23/03/2023 22:32

Alexei

seratoninmoonbeams · 23/03/2023 14:27

I have two teenage DS but they would've both been Violet had they been girls. Would still pick it now.

OfMark87 · 23/03/2023 14:26

tealandteal · 23/03/2023 09:30

I loved Roman but it didn’t go with our surname (also ends in an).

I did put it on a post here and a mumsnetter said she was using it for her baby so that’s lovely.

This was also the name I picked out and when he was born he just didn't look like a Roman 😭

Stickycurrantbun · 23/03/2023 14:24

Arthur
Sidney

Avariceagain · 23/03/2023 14:19

Fabian 😍 DH was having none of it though 🤣

nowaworriedmum · 23/03/2023 14:02

Nate

Ikeatears · 23/03/2023 13:50

Lewis and Samuel.
It was between Lucas and Lewis and we chose the former
Samuel was going to be a middle name but I casually suggested dh's name as the middle name and he was so enthusiastic (I didn't think he would be) that I didn't have the heart to veto it. Still prefer Samuel though...

roarfeckingroarr · 23/03/2023 13:21

Lysander
Ptolemy
Cosmo

DS is Arthur. It suits him perfectly.

CoolCalmCollected · 23/03/2023 13:13

Nelson (he's 8 now and I can see he would've rocked this name)
Curtis
Nathaniel (nn Nate)
Harris
Miles
Isaac
Isiah
Elijah
Ezekiel (nn Zeke)
Levi
Samson
Gabriel

I found the baby name book we had while I was expecting my first and these were all the ones I had highlighted. I can only think the pregnancy hormones were running wild. Anyway, my husband had a viscerally bad reaction to most of the above names, so we went with a perfectly pleasant, not too common, timeless name.

pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 23/03/2023 12:47

Dc3 might have been a Zebedee, but I wasn’t sure if we were cool enough to carry that off. As it turned out she was a she, so it made no difference!

Lelivre · 23/03/2023 12:42

Gabriel

ladygindiva · 23/03/2023 12:40

Joel
Edward
Alexander
Patrick
Nathaniel

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 23/03/2023 12:31

Thomas.

It's still my absolute favourite boys name.

Sebastian- because I hate Seb.

IsAGirlMumma · 23/03/2023 12:28

Austin

Caszekey · 23/03/2023 12:28

RudsyFarmer · 23/03/2023 10:43

Gabriel
Cassius
Caspian
Maximus
Oberon
Emmanuel

So basically long, pretentious names 🤣

I see your names and raise you
Balthazar and Thaddeus. I'm not sure I'll ever really get over the regret even tho I love their actual names. I have a Castiel but I sometimes think we should have had Atticus and Cassius 🤣

fairtrauchled · 23/03/2023 12:24

Fraser
Lewis
Blair

OddshoesOddsocks · 23/03/2023 12:23

Another Atticus here!

also Cassius, Arlo and Kevin.

dp thought they were all jokes then suggested Isambard.

we were set on Chester for dc3 but realised it clashes with dd2 (Francesca)….. luckily irrelevant and all 3 were girls!

Snoopystick · 23/03/2023 12:21

Had a bit of a list and some same as PPs; Gabriel, Noah, Raphael, Miles, Elliott

BadgeronaMoped · 23/03/2023 12:18

Thomas, Peter and Daniel.

Bree82 · 23/03/2023 12:16

Sebastian/sen/sebby/bastiaN
Phoenix
felix
Riley
jasper

BrainOnFire · 23/03/2023 12:15

Adam - doesn't work with our surname
Alistair - couldn't use for family reasons
William - DH vetoed
Joshua - my friend used it just before us
Sebastian - DH vetoed

Timetochangetheoil · 23/03/2023 12:12

MooseBreath · 23/03/2023 10:08

Gerard "Gerry"
Gilbert "Gill"
Linus
Atticus
Odhran

DH vetoed all of these except Atticus, which he responded to with "Twatticus, Fatticus, Who-datticus". Then had the nerve to ask last week why we didn't use the name for DS2 because he really loves it.

😂😂 well that would have cemented Atticus as a firm favourite for me!

Timetochangetheoil · 23/03/2023 12:10

Rockingcloggs · 23/03/2023 10:18

I really really wanted a Jimmy but got a George instead!

Well George Bailey was arguably Jimmy Stewart’s best character so a decent compromise!

I had girls but my top boy names were:

Hugo
Woody
Vincent
George

Also loved

Spike
Buster
Rex
Kit
Fletcher

but would never have the nerve to use them as they do admittedly sound like a pack of dogs 😂