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help me decide luke or ethan

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mustsleep · 29/07/2008 19:29

right i have 7 weeks or less (i hope) until baby day and we have finally agreed on two names that we both like

ethan and luke

thoughts please and which would you go for and suggestions for middle names would be appreciated

i do not loove either name but a name that dh and i both like has been awfulto find so it is between these

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SilentTerror · 15/08/2008 18:20

Sorry,hadn't caught up!
Alexander is great,is my DS's name!
William nice.

SilentTerror · 15/08/2008 18:19

Luke definitely.
Works well as a teenager too,sounds cool!

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mustsleep · 15/08/2008 11:51

hi sorry this had disappeared of my threads list

my name starts with an L and dhs with an M

good point gararin ds can not always pronounce his w's and his th's

i think luke and ethan are well out of the running now

we are between

freddie (none of our families like it!!)

william (shortened to will) this seems to be the fave with everyone apart from dh

and that's it at the mo just cannot decide and prob will end up with neither

am now due in three weeks on monday!! and have no name !!!!

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greenday · 15/08/2008 11:23

Already know of 3 Ethans born within the same year. For that (and apart from it being a lovely name too) .. I would go for Luke.

gagarin · 15/08/2008 11:17

The key thing is - can you/do you (and all the family) say your "th" sounds?

Because if you don't Ethan is forever going to be Efan.

Which is a nice name - but awfully common in some parts of the country (retreats to pedant's corner)

LuLuBai · 15/08/2008 11:13

I far prefer Freddie to either Luke or Ethan (tbh I don't like either of those two). It really isn't up to your relatives so I would say best not to discuss with them and just to present them with a name once baby is born!). I actually find Reg rather appealing in a retro way but maybe that is pregnancy brain on my part(last night I went to bed thinking Magnus would be a good name for a boy )

CuppaTeaJanice · 15/08/2008 11:00

That seems to be the trouble with boys names - all the half decent ones are incredibly popular. Much easier with girls.

What about Luca?

themildmanneredjanitor · 15/08/2008 10:48

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CuckooChocolateOrange · 15/08/2008 10:42

Ethan more popular I think, so I'd go for Luke. Both are OK names but I wouldn't say either set me alight

BUT I prefer Lucas to Luke and I prefer Nathan to Ethan!!

Marcus has something of Luke and is not popular at all. Wdyt? a roman classic over a bible name?

Mamazon · 15/08/2008 10:39

Mustsleep - does your name begin with an M? does your partners begin with an M?

my cousin and his partner are due around teh same time and two of their final names are Luke and Ethan too.

themildmanneredjanitor · 15/08/2008 10:38

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clairebear88 · 15/08/2008 10:37

Hi

I think Luke and Ethan are nice names even though slightly popular. I have the list below as we seem to have similiar taste

Ryan
Samuel
Liam
Charles (Charlie)
Fredrick (Freddy)
Ethan
Callum

We are not even pg yet but already considering names and people are happy to put their pennys worth in ( positive or negative )
Just have a little peek at him once his here and im sure a name will pop in there

Ineedsomesleep · 08/08/2008 19:55

Thank goodness you've gone off these 2, they are awful and they would probably be in a class with about 5 or 6 other boys all named the same.

Alexander is lovely as is Freddie, but I may be biased as my Grandad was Frederick John.

Stuff the MIL, name your child the name you love.

When DD was a few days old my Mum said "well, I suppose you can't choose the names they give to your Grandchildren" It only made me love the name more as she had give my sister and I the most popular names for that year.

Really don't like Brody, tend to like more traditional names, especially for boys.

Tas1 · 08/08/2008 19:29

Ethan, Ethan, Ethan
I loooooovvvvveeeee this name.

JuneBugJen · 08/08/2008 17:51

like both of them

ajm200 · 08/08/2008 17:48

Our son was supposed to be called Luke but when the midwife asked if we'd chosen a name DH suddenly piped up with Callum and it stuck. It means Dove and he's a very gentle considerate child so Callum really suits him even if it is very common now.

nickeldime · 08/08/2008 17:42

Ethan's getting too popular, so I'd go for Luke. Both are trendy names, from the surge in popularity in the last decade:
Ethan boy name
Luke boy name

yama · 30/07/2008 14:12

Yes, boys names can be hard. What about Michael?

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mustsleep · 30/07/2008 14:05

oh i don't know didn't really love them to start with and then the more i think about them i think do i really want to call my child this

ds and dd do not have ultra trendy names or anything just want something that fits with their names that dh and i both like

see we both quite liked freddie but mil hates it and so does my mum and dad and sister so that went out of the window

i really like charlie but dh hates it and he likes brody which i think is awful

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yama · 30/07/2008 14:00

What about Ethan Reg? Reg as a middle name.

Why have you gone off Ethan and Luke?

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mustsleep · 30/07/2008 13:52

no no

now dh hass suggested Reg!! athough this was my grandad's name think it may be taking the name revival a little far!!

have completely gone off luke and ethan now

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muggglewump · 30/07/2008 12:29

Luke.
I know an Ethan though, he's not yet two and has an earring, it doesn't give me great assicoations with the name (not to do with the child you understnd, I'm just trying to avoid using the C word)

yama · 30/07/2008 12:23

Luke.

What about an old family name for a middle name? Or dh's middle name?

ByTheSea · 30/07/2008 12:21

Luke

TwoBigNorks · 30/07/2008 12:15

Luke

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