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Boys name choices - help!

34 replies

Zeduk · 20/07/2025 13:19

Struggling with name choice, what do people think of:

Arlo
Zach
Zander
Aidan
Kieran
Theo
Sebastian

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Berlinlover · 20/07/2025 15:40

I love Aidan and my grandad was called Kieran so I’ve always loved the name.

BootballJoy · 20/07/2025 15:39

Aidan and Sebastian are my favourites, although Sebastian is very popular and I don't like Seb. I'd probably go Aidan Sebastian as first and middle.

WickWood · 20/07/2025 15:15

My baby is Sebastian and I adore the name and Seb, we get compliments all the time.

I did love Theo/Theodore too but just felt it was way too popular, but i do love the name.

I like Xander but I personally worried that people would pronounce it wrong and I found it a bit clunky to say.

Arlo is cute!

girljulian · 20/07/2025 13:58

I love Aidan but I grew up in the north east where it’s quite common! Good strong name. Kieran is nice too. The others are all a bit trendy for me and will date, I think.

Moreteaandchocolate · 20/07/2025 13:54

Love Zach and Sebastian - would use these myself 100% - perfect combination of traditional, not dated or trendy and not overused.

Zander, Aidan and Kieran are also good names - I like Aidan best.

Arlo is a bit trendy to me.

Theo is too overused for me.

hlc123 · 20/07/2025 13:49

Love Arlo, Aidan and Kieron, and your other choices are nice. Theo is quite popular in my area at the moment.

Makingpeace · 20/07/2025 13:31

Personally I prefer the spelling Xander to Zander. But I'm not really a fan of any of them as names TBH, except maybe Sebastian.

This reads like my EYFS class register this year 😂

Theoldwoman · 20/07/2025 13:22

Love Theo and Sebastian

Melsy88 · 20/07/2025 13:22

Arlo - Nice
Zach - Not keen
Zander -Nice as a short form of Alexander. Not keen as own name
Aiden - Not keen
Kieran - Not keen
Theo - Love
Sebastian - Nice

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