HELP!! Baby boy names!

Elle20244 · 2024-02-20T13:40:57+00:00

Hello All! I need help desperately. I am pregnant with baby no.3. We don't know what we are having. We have our girls name picked out, that is no problem. We are in desperate need of a boys name that we both love. We already have 2 children, a boy named Frederick who goes by Fred and our little girl Evelina. Some names we love but are not sure on to give an idea of our 'style'- Ziggy Osmond/Ozzy Elwood/ Woody Rudy Sonny It really needs to be unique, I love Fred's name but there is 4 in his class so we opted for a more unusual choice in Evelina and so far haven't come across another. I feel like I have been through every baby list, forum, youtube videos and book going and nothing seems to fit. Please help!

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Twelve8Ts · 25/02/2024 22:36

Some people on here are just looking for an argument!
I wonder if some of the parents commenting actually have children at school age who hear the variety of names there are now, or actually have jobs where are offices full of names, from around the world. If you think in 20 years a child called Ziggy won’t get a job, what rock are you living under?

Buddy
Hayes
Ford
Wilder
Milo
Jagger
Lockie (Lachlan)

mathanxiety · 25/02/2024 04:30

I was going to suggest Sigmund instead of Ziggy.
Also, Montague instead of Montgomery.

I think you need a name that's slightly northern or eastern European to go with Frederick and Evalina. Or a classic name that's unusual.

Casimir
Ivo
Viggo
Ansel
Roald
Henrik
Florian
Stanislas
Rasmus
Alaric
Laszlo
Cosmo
Ignatius
Orlando
Fabian
Maxim
Ludovic
Nicodemus
Jolyon
Ferdinand
Anton
Ambrose
Titus
Merit
Clement
Lorenzo
Jago
Beckett
Constantine
August
Maximilian
Alonzo
Moritz
Atlas

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 22:17

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 19:21

Where?

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Really?
Devon

MaryGreenhill · 24/02/2024 20:11

Ivor
Ernest
Clarence
Jude
Batholomew
Malachi
Phineas
Cornelias

Whiskeypowers · 24/02/2024 20:09

Clement
Jerome
Bay
Florian
Joel
Etienne
Viggo

DuchessOfSausage · 24/02/2024 20:04

Elwood makes me think of Legally Blonde

Maireas · 24/02/2024 19:27

I'm not keen on Sonny because you may as well call him Boy, but your choice.
Sigmund is a great name, though.
Cuthbert
Wilbur
Zebulun
Neville
Raymond
Lysander

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 19:21

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 18:15

@PeridotSparkle no, Romily is also a male name, I know two!

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Notlongtogo2 · 24/02/2024 18:39

How about a name that has two e’s like Frederick and Evelina?

Jeffrey
Emmett
Jesse
Emerson
Bennett
Spencer

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 18:15

@PeridotSparkle no, Romily is also a male name, I know two!

Apollo365 · 24/02/2024 18:01

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 18:00

@Apollo365 it was in response to someone suggesting Oxford 🙄🤣

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PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 18:00

@Apollo365 it was in response to someone suggesting Oxford 🙄🤣

Apollo365 · 24/02/2024 17:58

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:35

Swindon?

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Hopefully joking, either that or you haven’t visited Swindon 😬😅

ohmyohmy123 · 21/02/2024 22:51

From your list I like Elwood - different nickname options too for him to choose. El, woody, woods, ells, ed etc.

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:35

Elspethelf · 21/02/2024 04:46

I love your list OP, including Ziggy. I gave my son an unusual name because my husband and I loved it and it’s no issue. In fact, I feel baby announcements these days are more likely to be names I’ve never heard used before.

I like Osmond and Sonny from your list. How about Oxford/Ox, Leonard/Lenny or Sidney/Sid?

Swindon?

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:31

Twoshoesnewshoes · 20/02/2024 13:55

We had Elwood on our list too 😊

how about
Django
Rufus
Storm
Halo
Romilly
Gabriel
Joel

Romilly is a girl's name.

How about:

Spike
Xavier
Balthazar
Heath
Sylvan
River
Rufus
Otis
Dexter
Xander
Caspian
Melvin

dustcollective · 21/02/2024 12:53

Arlo is everywhere though!

mihele · 21/02/2024 12:37

Ziggy and Sonny are not as uncommon as people seem to think.

Ocean
Banks
Arlo

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Elle20244 · 21/02/2024 12:10

auspreg · 21/02/2024 11:59

Love love love Ziggy! It's been top 3 on my name list for years! Would actually love it for a girl (but think boy is perfect too!). But unfortunately Ziggy doesn't go too well with my husbands surname. If it flowed well, our child would most likely be Ziggy.

Also don't understand the poster who was so triggered by Ziggy 😂 it's a very normal name and has been around longer than I have! I'm in my 30's and there was a Ziggy a couple of years older than me, and I grew up in a very small cosy village! 😂

I don't have any suggestions for you OP, but I love your DS and DD names!! And I know exactly what you mean about wanting a unique name- not a made up non-name name, just a not over-used known name! I get it! ☺️

Thank you! It's so weird how triggered people get about others choices😂

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Elle20244 · 21/02/2024 12:08

dustcollective · 21/02/2024 11:31

I get you OP. My child has a unique name as I didn't want others in his class (my brother James had 7 school friends called James!) However my child's name is not "yoonique" in the sense that it's 'zany' - it's just not commonly used. It's actually fairly classic in its origins.

I looked at the ONS survey and saw that only 2 babies in England were called this the year he was born (so only 1 other child). Could you do this for last year, and scroll down to find names least used?

This is a great idea! Thank you!!

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auspreg · 21/02/2024 11:59

Love love love Ziggy! It's been top 3 on my name list for years! Would actually love it for a girl (but think boy is perfect too!). But unfortunately Ziggy doesn't go too well with my husbands surname. If it flowed well, our child would most likely be Ziggy.

Also don't understand the poster who was so triggered by Ziggy 😂 it's a very normal name and has been around longer than I have! I'm in my 30's and there was a Ziggy a couple of years older than me, and I grew up in a very small cosy village! 😂

I don't have any suggestions for you OP, but I love your DS and DD names!! And I know exactly what you mean about wanting a unique name- not a made up non-name name, just a not over-used known name! I get it! ☺️

dustcollective · 21/02/2024 11:31

I get you OP. My child has a unique name as I didn't want others in his class (my brother James had 7 school friends called James!) However my child's name is not "yoonique" in the sense that it's 'zany' - it's just not commonly used. It's actually fairly classic in its origins.

I looked at the ONS survey and saw that only 2 babies in England were called this the year he was born (so only 1 other child). Could you do this for last year, and scroll down to find names least used?

YourWinter · 21/02/2024 11:28

I don’t think any of the names on your list work for grown men, however cute they are on kids (and I don’t think any of them are cute either, except Woody, perhaps).

Ludo
Rocco
Ivo
Angus (Gus)
Nico

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Elle20244 · 21/02/2024 11:24

pontipinemum · 21/02/2024 10:28

Osmond/Ozzy
Elwood/ Woody

I think both of these would work. Although I did think of Elle Woods from legally blonde but I'm very sure an early 00s romcom will not be much of an issue for a baby born in 2024 😂

I don't like Ziggy, Rudy or Sonny compared to your other children's name they feel full enough

Laurance is a great name, it's been used in my family already for this generation so we wouldn't but there are a few going back.

I love Benedict but DH didn't

Orson
Atlas

There isn't a lot you can do about you DD being shortened in future. I had a friend in school 'Annabelle' we called her Anna her mum would correct us every time. She wanted to be called Anna at school, so that's what we called her. Usually forgot around her mum and got corrected again. In a very stern voice, 30s now and still Anna!

That was my thoughts that's why we won't use those names and I just can't settle on Elwood or osmond just yet.

No danger of my DD going to Evie, it's my nieces name, on the odd occasion she does get anything shorter it's Lina and I'm okay with that, not a name you come across 4 times on the register aha!

Love your ideas, thank you!

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Onelife2024 · 21/02/2024 11:08

Love pp idea of Austin with Ozzy for short