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Name to go with surname?

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SurnameStruggles · 07/05/2024 19:14

Just found out we are having a baby boy in October and we are struggling for a name!! Our main issue is getting something to match our surname - Ives.

I don’t want anything really popular so top 20 are off the cards really, and I feel like one syllable or S ending names don’t work with the last name.

Any ideas would be massively appreciated!

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DuchessOfSausage · 07/05/2024 19:51

Robbin' knives?
I feel a bit of a party pooper but I'm sure something will go nicely.

What names do you like @SurnameStruggles .

cherryassam · 07/05/2024 19:47

I hadn’t even heard that until you mentioned it @DuchessOfSausage and now it’s all I can hear with the -n names… ignore my suggestion of Robin 😅

DuchessOfSausage · 07/05/2024 19:45

-n Ives sounds like Knives.

Aquamarine1029 · 07/05/2024 19:43

Maxwell Ives
Camden Ives
Hayden Ives
Hudson Ives
Winston Ives
Everett Ives
Jackson Ives
Franklin Ives

ClipClopperDontStopper · 07/05/2024 19:40

Clive

Or if not Clive:

Tristan
Jonathan
Fraser
Osian
Elliot

cherryassam · 07/05/2024 19:40

Just some ideas:

Alastair
Benjamin
Caleb
Callum
Casper
Christopher
Elliot
Gabriel
Fraser
Hector
Nathaniel
Owen
Reuben
Robin
Rowan
Samuel
Spencer

stopringingme · 07/05/2024 19:40

William
Daniel
Luke
Marcus
Harvey
Charles
Jason
Jasper
Hugo
Liam
Robert
Felix
Fergus
Phillip
Peter
Benjamin
Bruno
Patrick
Henry
Jago
Jake
Julian

DuchessOfSausage · 07/05/2024 19:38

It's a nice surname.
I'd avoid names ending in -er, and ones ending in an -a sound.
Noah Ives might sound like No Arrives, Cooper Ives like Coop Arrives.
George Ives sounds like Jaw Jives etc. Jude Ives like Ju Dives etc.

Sebastian would work.

user1984455 · 07/05/2024 19:36

Definitely not Saint! 😂 Sorry only joking 🙃 I wouldn't have a name starting with P either as his initials will be Pi

Lewis Ives
Leo Ives
Max Ives

Do you like retro names? Classic? I used to watch TV credits for ideas 🤣

bravotango · 07/05/2024 19:36

Oliver
Dylan
William
Jasper
Julian
Gustaf

Ivan! 😁 Great name btw, we're a single syllable/vowel surname family too and had a similar dilemma