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Help me narrow down my 5th son's name. Yes, 5th

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Duckyneedsaclean · 13/09/2026 07:53

I have a (not very) shortlist, brothers have pretty classic names, starting J,D,A,C and probably want to avoid those initials unless I love the name.

Michael
Elijah/Eli
Levi
Ernest
Leo
Dominic
Francis
Gabriel
Miles/Milo
Vincent

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YourAmusedOpalBird · 13/09/2026 11:24

My husband is a Michael but has always been Mick. And I love it

bittertwisted · 13/09/2026 11:24

Gabriel, it’s my DS3 middle name, I love Gabe too. And congratulations, I love my boy world

Whoops75 · 13/09/2026 11:21

Theo is nice and a different initial

Dominic is my favourite from the list .

RandomUsernameHere · 13/09/2026 11:19

Gabriel is absolutely lovely and my favourite of those. Least favourite is Elijah and Levi just makes me think straight away of Levi Bellfield, sorry.

Chefpig · 13/09/2026 11:17

sugarapplelane · 13/09/2026 10:37

How about Nicholas? Traditional, not popular at the moment, but really nice. Goes well well with Anthony

Nicholas is lovely. The one I know is a grown man, but he's bloody amazing and really lovely.

HeatwaveHoratio · 13/09/2026 11:03

Wow, how exciting. From the description of your existing initials I wonder if we cross over but I would put Matthew, Ben(jamin) and Owen to your list,

mumumental · 13/09/2026 11:00

Miles but not a stylised spelling.

viques · 13/09/2026 10:49

I have been taken back to a long ago holiday when we unfortunately camped near a Gabriel. All we, and the rest of the site, heard for two weeks was

“G aaaaaa b r i ellll!”

Michael is a lovely classic name that will see him through life. He
can be a Michael, a Mick, a Mike, a Mikey, or a Micky, what ever he wants to be.

That’s the one I would go for unless your surname is Jackson, in which case swerve!

Ineffable23 · 13/09/2026 10:42

I would go with Michael, Patrick, Peter, Samuel or Francis from the ones I have read on here so far. I don't think most of the rest on your list have the same vibes as your other boys.

permanently · 13/09/2026 10:39

Ernie

HangryBrickShark · 13/09/2026 10:38

WhatNextImScared · 13/09/2026 10:21

Question? As a name?!

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The name was Quentin! 🤣🤣

sugarapplelane · 13/09/2026 10:37

How about Nicholas? Traditional, not popular at the moment, but really nice. Goes well well with Anthony

user293948849167 · 13/09/2026 10:34

Michael - lovely, unusual for babies these days too
Elijah - ok but not my favourite
Levi - like it
Ernest - nice but maybe a bit faddy
Leo - love it
Dominic - no
Francis - like
Gabriel - ok but quite popular
Miles/Milo- not my taste but not horrible either
Vincent - like

I’d pick Michael from your list

Mrfoxesfavouritesocks · 13/09/2026 10:32

I have 5 boys too! My boys names not in your initials are Franklin, Ellis

Chefpig · 13/09/2026 10:31

Duckyneedsaclean · 13/09/2026 07:53

I have a (not very) shortlist, brothers have pretty classic names, starting J,D,A,C and probably want to avoid those initials unless I love the name.

Michael
Elijah/Eli
Levi
Ernest
Leo
Dominic
Francis
Gabriel
Miles/Milo
Vincent

Elijah and Gabriel are beautiful and classic.

Mammyloveswine · 13/09/2026 10:30

Elijah is beautiful! I’m biased though as have one! We do know a few Eli’s mind!

Gabriel I love and I love Gabe as a nn!

Daniel one of my favourite boys names too but don’t like Dan/Danny!

Joshua would go nice with your set, as would Adam
or Anthony!

Congratulations!

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Duckyneedsaclean · 13/09/2026 10:26

ProtestantTraybakeQueen · 13/09/2026 09:28

I know you 😂congratulations.

Patrick or Dominic are perfect IMO.

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Mosaic80 · 13/09/2026 10:26

Michael is my favourite by a mile 😍. Considered it for my second but had a DD and it would have made an unfortunate name pairing with my DS!

TrojanDonkey · 13/09/2026 10:24

I really dislike the name Francis, it’s just so meh, wet.

I love Elijah, Leo and Milo.

ThatSereneCat · 13/09/2026 10:23

Wilfrid, Barnabas?

I love Gabriel and Francis

WhatNextImScared · 13/09/2026 10:22

Quinn is great

WhatNextImScared · 13/09/2026 10:21

HangryBrickShark · 13/09/2026 10:19

Eli.

Question and quincy mean five btw

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Question? As a name?!

WhatNextImScared · 13/09/2026 10:21

its a great list but I find Michael boring and Dominic posh and domineering (comes from “classic Dom” perhaps) - all the rest are lovely

I would pick Elijah or Levi probably

HangryBrickShark · 13/09/2026 10:19

Duckyneedsaclean · 13/09/2026 07:53

I have a (not very) shortlist, brothers have pretty classic names, starting J,D,A,C and probably want to avoid those initials unless I love the name.

Michael
Elijah/Eli
Levi
Ernest
Leo
Dominic
Francis
Gabriel
Miles/Milo
Vincent

Eli.

Question and quincy mean five btw

LOCOJDS · 13/09/2026 10:19

I love Michael, just a classic name

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