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Help with 1 week old baby boy - NO NAME!

137 replies

armt · 11/05/2025 14:48

Help please
i’m in tears every day about this but he has no name. Im desperate to settle but i cannot find a name we like.

We have 100 girl names but nothing for a boy.

we do not like “traditional common” names such as Chris, Tom, Harry, Nick, Ben.

we do not like names like Otto, Otis, Arlo.

we have a little girl called Aria (was not popular when we chose it) if this little one was a girl he would have been Otillie or Delilah.

we liked Jude but I’ve now met so so many baby Jude’s I just feel lost….

we quite liked Ellis but DH thinks it’s girly sounding. Also quite liked Dylan and Quin for a while but now it sounds so…. Over used?

urgh

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Where2GoNext · 11/05/2025 15:12

My favourites for a boy when we had our second were Isaac, Eli and Asher. Accidentally all old testament 🤣 We had a girl. And for what it's worth, we went with a top 5 name but actually haven't come across another of the same name yet and I go to a lot of toddler groups. Plus I have an older child and there's none in their year group either. So don't let popularity put you off a name!

Whoarethoseguys · 11/05/2025 15:06

Rowan
Elliot
Elias
Isaac
Joel
Hayden
Dexter
Nathaniel
Theodore
Leo
Greg
Felix
Jeremy
Hugo
Seth
Silas
Gabriel (Gabe)

BootballJoy · 11/05/2025 15:05

Congrats on your new arrival!

Based on the latest name stats I can find, your preferred girl's names Delilah and Ottilie are 44 and 83 most popular, so both top 100 names.

The boy's name at 44 is Hudson and 83 is Elliot - Dylan is 64 so in the middle- not that popular really?

I'd go for Dylan if you like it.

Quinn is not at all popular for a boy, a bit more popular for a girl.

Or something like Duncan, Ewan, Magnus, Conrad, Alistair, Cormac, Tristan, Robin, Rex which are less popular.

Maybe try the Kinder app if you haven't already?

diggermama · 11/05/2025 15:04

It’s so tricky! We really struggled with boys names too!

Elias, Elliott or Eli
Julian
Felix
Caspian
Hugo
Orson
Leo
Lucian
Rowan or Roman
Milo or Miles
Finn
Noel
Joel
Jasper

MissyB1 · 11/05/2025 15:01

Joel
Conrad
Conal
Joseph
Patrick

LoudPlumDog · 11/05/2025 15:01

Aria and Torin
Aria and Ayrton
Aria and Wade
Aria and Vance
Aria and Trey
Aria and Quade
Aria and Dane
Aria and Eric
Aria and Heath
Aria and Zane
Aria and Christian
Aria and Kane
Aria and Levi
Aria and Weston
Aria and Blair
Aria and Jesse
Aria and Ewan
Aria and Fraser
Aria and Logan
Aria and Uriah
Aria and Jonas
Aria and Kingston
Aria and Timothy
Aria and Kai
Aria and Regan

user593 · 11/05/2025 15:01

We waited with both our boys until the six week limit to name them. That gave us time to try out a few names before deciding. We also had a ton of girls names, no boys names, and ended up having two boys. Try not to panic! I do like Dylan though.

I’d say it wasn’t until week 4-5 with DC2 I thought ‘yes, that’s the one!’. With DC1 we were still deciding on the drive to register.

Original poster
armt · 11/05/2025 14:59

SkaneTos · 11/05/2025 14:56

Congratulations!

Don't cry. I'm sure you will find a name for your son very soon.

Both Jude and Dylan are good names!
I think the name Jude is quite popular now, yes.
But I don't think the name Dylan is over used right now?

Any names in your family trees that you like?

Edited

Thank you @SkaneTos. I’m just not sold on any name it’s such an odd feeling. Nothing going “yes that’s the one!”
family names are very… Nick, Ben etc.
There Is Edwin but we don’t like Ed at all!

OP posts:
GoldenRosebee · 11/05/2025 14:58

Declan
Oscar
Finn
Leo
Arthur
Elias
Nathan
Jory
Freddie/Frederick
Toby

SkaneTos · 11/05/2025 14:56

Congratulations!

Don't cry. I'm sure you will find a name for your son very soon.

Both Jude and Dylan are good names!
I think the name Jude is quite popular now, yes.
But I don't think the name Dylan is over used right now?

Any names in your family trees that you like?

Enko · 11/05/2025 14:54

Emrys
Conrad
Carradoc
Piers
Niles
Barnaby
Ranier
Cecil
Vincent
Walter
Duncan
Alistair

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 11/05/2025 14:51

Declan

My son is Oscar and he has a wee friend called Declan and I always thought it's a cool name but not "out there".

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