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Help! Save a poor boy from being called Jocelyn...

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 08:31

DC2 not due for ages, but DH and I can't find ANY boy's name we can agree on. Girls' names not a problem (we had the opposite dilemma with DS).

DH's sole contribution is Jocelyn . Or Evelyn (though I think he may be joking on that one). Or Offa (he is definitely taking the piss there).

We had thought of James, but common shortening + surname is frankly comic. DH has vetoed John, Michael, Edward and we've used William and Joseph already. Help!

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seeker · 26/04/2008 09:20

Ohh, hristopher. I like Christopher.

Please not Percy - particularly when you've already got a William.......

seeker · 26/04/2008 09:20

Ohh, hristopher. I like Christopher.

Please not Percy - particularly when you've already got a William.......

PuppyMonkey · 26/04/2008 09:20

Jasper

seeker · 26/04/2008 09:19

Timothy, Dominic, Thomas, Patrick, Samuel, Henry, George, Charles.......or....Hilary?

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 09:17

now Robert is on the list and could be shortened to Robin

it's DEF a possibility

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cheesesarnie · 26/04/2008 09:17

i love albert

cheesesarnie · 26/04/2008 09:16

thomas
oliver
robin

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 09:16

Albert

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 09:15

Ah, the problem there (and one of the probs with Jocelyn) is that I have a lisp, so am avoiding S names as far as possible

DH suggested shortening Jocelyn to Joss but the idea of me shouting JOTH to an escaping toddler is a bit much...

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Astrophe · 26/04/2008 09:13

Oh, and I love Jesse, which has similar sounds to Jocelyn, but IMHO is far nicer.

Astrophe · 26/04/2008 09:12

I quite like Albert (Albie/Bertie) and Alfred (Alfie/Freddie) and Oscar along your thee of 'classics'.

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 09:07

Wesley and Wilberforce have also been ruled out

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 09:02

Henry we like but we have a William already so though it would be a bit reminiscent. Keep them coming

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ABQ · 26/04/2008 08:46

Do you actually like Percy?

My DH's beloved grandfather was called Percy, so I'm getting a lot of pressure from him to name soon to be expected DS Percy.

I don't mind the name too much, but I think it might be rather cruel.

I quite like Jocelyn.

How about
Noah?
Luke?
Henry?
Charles?

Greensleeves · 26/04/2008 08:42

Offa is COOL

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EffiePerine · 26/04/2008 08:34

Percy I rather like, but don't think Dh is keen.

(He is picky as well as odd)

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SmugColditz · 26/04/2008 08:33

Jonathan?

Christopher?

Lloyd?

Percival?

Daniel?

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