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Favourite boy names!

33 replies

raaraaooh · 02/06/2025 20:20

Please list your favourite boy names!

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LiveshipParagon · 06/06/2025 10:21

James

It's my all-time favourite by a long way, I've never met a James I didn't like 🥰

smileymylie25 · 06/06/2025 07:39

Reuben
Tommy
Finn
Liam

JillyGiraffe · 06/06/2025 04:41

Benjamin
Edward
Thomas
Oliver
Max

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/06/2025 01:33

Gabriel.
Patrick.
Oscar.
James.
Conrad.
Alex.
Vincent.
Maurice
Ezekiel.
Otis.
Casper.
Rex.
Xavier.
Cooper.
Wilbur.
Malachi.
Cedric.
Ethan.
Derry.
Coleby.
Richard.
Thomas.
Nathan.
Elliot.
Dexter.
Alan.
Finbar.
Horace.
Jensen.
Millen.
Roman.
Jude
Axel.
Clark.
Kevin
Paul.
Francis
Duke.
Ben.
Shay.
Logan

Corallie · 03/06/2025 19:47

Why are these names much nicer and more memorable than the overused top 10 names? Are parents not brave enough to use these?

mummysmagicmedicine · 03/06/2025 18:53

Kit
Atlas
Rupert
Cohen
Atticus
Ralph
Rufus
Navy
Roman
Huxley
Magnus
Hugo
Felix
Brooks
Blake

DemonsandMosquitoes · 03/06/2025 12:45

Adam
Luke
Benjamin
William
Elias
Dominic
Edward
Evan
James
Isaac

lurkerchan · 03/06/2025 12:35

Lucian
Florin
Hollis
Archer
Cedar
August

LaLaLaLavaChChChChicken · 03/06/2025 01:09

Sawyer
William
James
Clayton
Alexander
Neo
Calvin

Corallie · 02/06/2025 23:17

Marcus
Quentin
Christopher
Reuben

AnneMarieW · 02/06/2025 22:21

I love lots of names but my can’t-go-wrong list is always:

William
Alexander
Thomas
James

All timeless classics that have never left the Top 50 (or Top 100 in Alexander’s case), so won’t date or give away social background etc. They are also very international and used in many languages as is (or at least well recognised in James case) so generally travel well; and apart from Thomas they also have multiple diminutive options if he wants the choice.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 02/06/2025 21:53

Nicholas
Simon
Alexander
Didier

SunComeBack · 02/06/2025 21:51

David
Harry
Jack
Paul
Luke
Joshua

manicpixieschemegirl · 02/06/2025 21:49

Rory
Laith
Patrick
Keir

Mumofgirls2017 · 02/06/2025 21:48

Kit
teddy
caspian
rex
magnus
torin
jasper
henry
river
casper
frederick
phoenix
cosmo

MaryTheTurtle · 02/06/2025 21:41

Daniel and Jackson are my top
I don’t like Nathaniel but that’s because it’s a mix of Nathan and Daniel

orangetriangle · 02/06/2025 21:39

Teddy
Milo
Hugo
Theo
Jasper

Pinkseashellsonthesand · 02/06/2025 21:39

Shay
Kit
Benjamin
Declan
Ronan
Finn
Sasha ( Alexander)

AliBaliBee1234 · 02/06/2025 21:36

Brodie, Liam, Lewis, Blake, Owen.

That was my list ^

pasanda · 02/06/2025 21:34

Leo
james
Oliver
Sam

Moreteaandchocolate · 02/06/2025 21:34

George
Toby
Edward / Ted
Arthur
Max
Luke
Zack
Harry

Derrymum123 · 02/06/2025 21:27

Patrick
Malachi
John
Séamus
Gabriel
John-Paul

RosesAndHellebores · 02/06/2025 21:25

Magnus
Gawain
Louis

Berlinlover · 02/06/2025 21:24

Alexander
George
Blake

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 02/06/2025 21:24

Patrick
John
Josiah
Jerome
Matthias

They do sound like patriarchal Christians from Tennessee mind you, except for Patrick