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Baby boy help name!

32 replies

PinkOrchard · 30/04/2026 14:11

Hi all, I'm nearly 30 weeks pregnant with baby number 2 and my DH and I are struggling with baby boy names, so thought I'd come here to look for inspiration.

We've got an 18 month old DD, so it's our first boy. She has a fairly standard name - think Emily / Sophie / Jessica etc so into quite classic names. We've also got an Italian sounding surname (but not Italian).

Names we liked but not 100% sure on or can't use for various reasons; Noah, Leo, Lucas, Alex etc.

Not a fan of the Archie/Arthur/Reggie/Alfie names that seem to be popular at the moment (nothing wrong with them, just not our taste).

Grateful for any suggestions! We were useless with the first one as well but at least had a list of 5/6 names we liked and just waited to meet her before deciding, but we've have 0 at this point! Thanks in advance!

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timoteigirl · 01/08/2026 14:16

Daniel
Chester
Alexander
Maxwell
Patrick
Joseph
Gavin

Ljzjta · 01/08/2026 11:58

Toby, Rueben, Ralph, Louie, Max, Harry

Bellybellas · 09/05/2026 08:17

Sebastian
Quentin
Christopher

Thursday5pmisginoclock · 08/05/2026 11:30

And @PinkOrchard your shortlist now?

CeciliaMars · 01/05/2026 20:14

Rory? Henry? Sebastian? Joe? Sam? That was my boys’ list but I had all girls!

BoswellTheScribe · 01/05/2026 20:08

Guy
Nathan
Heath
Jacob
Percy
Jesse
Reuben
Rory
Thomas
Daniel
Patrick

LoudPlumDog · 01/05/2026 13:49

Adrian
Victor
Tobias
Quentin
Nathaniel
Oscar
Jasper
Lincoln
Theodore
Francis
Heath
Christian
Logan
Ryan
Jacob
Christopher
Regan
Lionel
Eric

LoudPlumDog · 01/05/2026 13:45

Elias
Benjamin
Fraser
Adam
Angus
Alexander
Nicholas
William
Sebastian
Owen
Cameron
Ewan
Jeremy
Jonah

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · 30/04/2026 22:25

Theo
Nathaniel
Dominic
Rowan
Zachary
Ewan
Daniel
Owen
Harry

Giraffehaver · 30/04/2026 22:21

Joseph

Daniel

Laurie

Peter

Eggybreadwithnuts · 30/04/2026 22:09

Lucas is lovely 💙

shoopshoopdedoo · 30/04/2026 22:04

I love Leo and Alex(ander) from your options. I also really like James, George, John and Nicholas.

sunglassestohidebehind · 30/04/2026 21:52

I have a Sebastian and Spencer. I never chose them my ex (first boy) and my husband my second. Even though at the time I was not keen on the nane Sebastian, I now love it. He's Seb most of the time. Also hus muddle name is Gabriel

Ljzjta · 30/04/2026 21:12

My short list boy names were Louis, Finlay, Reuben, Elliot, Toby and Max
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youalright · 30/04/2026 19:55

Luca
Oakley
Austin
Riley

lemoncurdcupcake · 30/04/2026 19:50

Otis, Remy, Hugo, Caleb

Thursday5pmisginoclock · 30/04/2026 18:30

Bertie
Eddie
Evan
Freddie
Jack
Joshua
Leo
Louis
Ode
Oliver
Ralph
Rafferty
Ryan
Riley
Rohan
Roman
Ted
Tommy
Stanley
Wilfred

Mumofgirls2017 · 30/04/2026 16:22

Louis
Arthur
Theo
Rory
Finn
Max
Oscar
Rowan
Joshua
Henry
Daniel
Toby

BoswellTheScribe · 30/04/2026 16:19

Ben
George
Charlie
Ewan
Edward
Robert
James
Peter
Matthew
Richard
Toby
Andrew
Rupert

Cocktailsandcheese · 30/04/2026 16:06

We had similar girls names on our list. Our boys name shortlist was James, Charlie, George, Oliver, Harry.

ArtemisNutella · 30/04/2026 16:00

Christopher
William
Nicholas
Julian
Marcus
Nathaniel
Aidan
Louis
Benjamin

RobinStrike · 30/04/2026 15:48

Classics not much used but due a comeback
David
Paul
Jonathan

Dellmouse · 30/04/2026 15:34

Due a little girl in 4 weeks - Emily and Sophie are both names we are deciding between.

The boys names on our shortlist were George, James, Henry, Max and Jack.

We also liked (but couldn’t use) Liam, Jacob, Joshua, Thomas.

NancyJoan · 30/04/2026 15:24

Isaac
Theo
Jonah
Jude
Rowan
Benedict
Samuel

Twinsmamma · 30/04/2026 15:13

Hugo, Henry, Dillon, all very strong names from childhood to adulthood 👌🏽

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