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I don't love any boy names

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RiotC · 04/07/2023 21:18

So DS is Kit. Love his name, thought of it quite early on and it always stuck and he's 5 now.
Next DS is on the way and I'm just not loving any names
Names I like but close family have them so I can't:
Ezra
Jesse
Jake
Wren
Names I like but have been vetoed by DP:
Jude
Oscar
Patrick
Names we both liked but just aren't quite right:
Ash
Aiden
Cillian

Any ideas. I'm Irish and have a very common Irish surname (and everyone has my surname double barrelled)
We do live in England though so whilst I could go a bit Irish, I want everyone to be able to pronounce it.
Equally partner is English and I'm happy with an Englishy name too or one that doesn't scream either like Kit!

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RiotC · 04/07/2023 22:04

Definitely doesn't have to be Irish just an option. My first name definitely isn't as my 80s Irish parents didn't want us to sound "too Irish" whatever that means! (Then called my younger siblings really Irish names and I was jealous!

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LetsDoTheTango · 04/07/2023 22:04

I love Kit! It was on our list too.

Our DS is Torin. I fell in love with the name after seeing it on a baby name website when I was about six months pregnant. I was a bit worried it was too 'out there' but we took the plunge and now more than a year on, we can't imagine him being called anything else.

Congratulations and best of luck with your new baby 😘

cheapskatemum · 04/07/2023 21:40

Shea

wellingtonsandwaffles · 04/07/2023 21:35

some of the ones you like are biblical, all are short. How about

  • Jonah
  • Noah
  • Micah
  • Zeb (Zebedee)
  • Saul
  • Adam
  • Asher / Ash
  • Eijah / Eli
  • Elis
  • Cyrus
  • Jed / Josiah

Irish names I like

  • Killian
  • Finn
Lamelie · 04/07/2023 21:33

Bede
Idris
Max
Otto
Alexander (Alex, Sasha, Sandy)

NuffSaidSam · 04/07/2023 21:32

I like lots on your list.

Ivo
Judah
Sebastian
Blaise
Leon
Jonah
Blake
Henry
Inigo
Eden
Remy

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RiotC · 04/07/2023 21:31

Oooh Laurie. Love it. Reminds me of Little Women.

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LacieLane · 04/07/2023 21:30

Asher (a biblical name - close to a choice you both nearly love😀)

EezyOozy · 04/07/2023 21:30

Oops sorry not Irish at all

EezyOozy · 04/07/2023 21:28

Gabriel

Bathtimebubble · 04/07/2023 21:27

I like Kit a lot.

I also like Casper and Laurie

NellietheNumpty · 04/07/2023 21:26

Chad
Max
Conrad
Amos
Saul

Livingfortheweekends · 04/07/2023 21:24

Asa

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RiotC · 04/07/2023 21:23

Oh I like Finn, I bet it's on DPs No list!
To make it worse we are both teachers so there are a lot of names that just have too much association with someone we teach!

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BeverlyHa · 04/07/2023 21:21

Mark, John, Michael

goingmadnow · 04/07/2023 21:21

I love Casey for a boy

ell32 · 04/07/2023 21:19

My friend is Irish and her son is Finn! 😁