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James, Teddy, Freddy?

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PlumGoose · 26/08/2024 06:21

Read sooo many of these threads and finally writing my own and hoping for help.
Found out we are having a boy and been stuck on names ever since! Getting close to due date and nervous we don’t have a name…we had a shortlist of 3 but not convinced on any:
like James but really dislike Jay and my manager is also called James!
like Teddy (Ted?) but really dislike Ed/Eddie and not sure how well it ages otherwise
like Freddy (ish) but had an awful grandfather called Fred and would hate it to be seen as a tribute.

any thoughts or other names to consider? No H names please due to surname. Thank you in advance hoping for some inspiration.

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spanieleyes · 26/08/2024 06:54

I have a James. He was a Jamie growing up and became a James after university! I liked the fact that there were plenty of options he could use as he went through life, who knows, he might be a Jimmy when he retires!

Moreteaandchocolate · 26/08/2024 06:52

I don’t think it matters that James is your boss’s name - it’s such a classic and commonly used name for all generations that it wouldn’t put me off.

I like Edward nn Ted - and I think Ted will likely seem fine for an adult of this generation as it’s so commonly used. However, he might well choose to go by Eddie later on, so it’s a risk.

It sounds like Freddie/ Fred wouldn’t work because of your negative family associations.

Do you like
George
Jacob / Jake
Joseph
Thomas
Arthur
Sebastian / Seb
Luke
Matthew
Adam
Louis
Lewis
Ellis
Daniel
Samuel
Alexander
Jonathan
Nicholas
Max
Zachary
Benjamin
Evan

RosesAndHellebores · 26/08/2024 06:50

So, it's James or Edward then? Both are lovely. Other names of the genre:

William (Will)
George
Thomas
Alexander

NOTANUM · 26/08/2024 06:40

Please don’t take this the wrong way but where I live, every second dog is called either Freddie or Teddy (and is a poodle mix).
I like James - classic and simple - but there are a lot of them If that matters.
What about Stan or Ned?

PopsTots · 26/08/2024 06:40

Love James, I had a 3 year old one, haven't met another little James yet and Iv never met a James that gets shortened to Jay.
Don't mind Freddie but Iv met millions of them which puts me off, not keen on Teddy.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 26/08/2024 06:37

James is classic. Could be Jamie as a child to distance namewise from your boss?
Theo or Theodore rather than Edward would negate Ed/Eddie & could still be nn Teddy. But I think it is quite popular.
Not keen on Freddy.

A few suggestions:-
Peter
Matthew
Nathan
Aaron
Toby
George
Jack
Colby
Euan
Caleb
Andrew
Rowan
Rory
Martin
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