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My 3rd boy has no name!

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Cherylynne · 15/03/2009 13:32

Help I've just had a 3rd boy and can't get ANY name inspiration to go with Iain and Sam. Please can I have any of your great ideas and suggestions as we are totally totally stumped!!!

Cheryl

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Floatylight · 27/03/2009 22:10

Ethan

Concordia · 27/03/2009 22:03

My DS has a fairly common name and at least it means that on starting pre-school at 2 1/2 he learnt his surname fairly quickly. I wasn't pleased to see the others but it was an unexpected benefit.
I think Adam is a good choice for you. Like the name Ben too. Agree you should take your time in choosing.

LittleMissWorryHead · 24/03/2009 14:11

My Ben is one of 5 in his class! And he goes to a really small school....

I don't think it bothers him THAT much, but he has taken to writing Ben M on everything instead of just Ben. I keep telling myself it won't really matter once he leaves school.

He wants us to change his name to Charlie, he goes on about it constantly, but I think thats because I went on so much about ds2's name

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DoThisDoThat · 24/03/2009 13:12

Congratulations. Three DS is fab!

How about:

James
Benedict
Dominic
Finlay
Gregor
Logan
Neil
Alexander
Adam
Will
Robbie

Al l my DS and their little friends names are in there somewhere, along with my spare ones for a DS4.

lljkk · 19/03/2009 20:00

Mark.
Goes well with OP's other choices.

Peachy · 19/03/2009 17:44

I thought you might be Scottish from the choice of Iain, haven't seen that (actually nice) name used anywhere else in years.

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Cherylynne · 19/03/2009 16:17

Thanks everyone - funnily enough peachy - grandparents live in Stirling!
Still haven't persuaded hubby to choose (agreement was after 2nd that since I chose both DS1 and DS2 it was entirely his choice!) He's such a procrastinator!

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shoobidoo · 19/03/2009 14:27

Ben would be too common/popular/boring for me too....

Nathan is nice and a little more unique.

Peachy · 19/03/2009 14:24

NA pmsl, where did you copy that list from?Surely its not stream of consciousness posting?

Peachy · 19/03/2009 14:23

We have a Sam. Other names (first and middle) in his 3 brothers are:

Stirling (that would go well with Ianin but nt if you live too close to the city), Godfrey, Max, Sebastian, George, Harold, Jarvis and Griffith (in no particular order).

nappyaddict · 19/03/2009 14:19

I prefer Nate to Nathan as it's a bit more unusual.

Leannabanana · 17/03/2009 21:04

have you plumped for anything yet?

GossipMonger · 16/03/2009 19:04

It isnt that it is a bad thing to have a very popular name. I would consider ds2 to have a popular name but in Reception at school there are 6 Bens!!

It would annoy me to be the Mum of

Ben C or Ben D or Benjamin P...........

Smilewearingthin · 16/03/2009 19:01

No suggestions about names but just to say that my third child (boy) didn't have a name at birth, nor the next day, nor the next day, nor the next day ... and was under so much pressure by the seventh day that DH and I 'plumped' for a name that neither of us really liked. The mist cleared at around four weeks and we were able to come up with a name what we (OK, that I) really liked. So we changed his name officially and it was really easy. Anyway, my advice is to do nothing for a while you have time and wait for the post-birth miasma to clear a little!

[For what it's worth, we considered Ben too, but discounted it in the end cos too popular -- my reason being as described by nappyaddict. Not sure about Nathan. But then I worked with a real plonker by that name.]

nappyaddict · 16/03/2009 16:13

FWR - At school I always hated being so and so E cos I wasn't the only one in my year.

ZurichMum · 16/03/2009 15:02

I have a daughter Lilian Molly Puskas and am thinking of Helena or Miriam for number two. The name has to work in German, French, English and ...... Hungarian ...

Any comments

EyeballsintheSky · 16/03/2009 15:00

Nathan is lovely. I really like Dominic but DH doesn't

FilledWithRage · 16/03/2009 14:58

(Why) is it a bad thing if a name is popular?

Fimbo · 16/03/2009 14:49

Adam or Louis

GossipMonger · 16/03/2009 14:48

Iain Sam and Nathan sound nice together.

Ben is lovely but soooooo popular.

Simon?
Benedict?
Felix?

secondbump · 16/03/2009 14:03

Nathan is lovely!

Ben is a little boring/common but ok.

nappyaddict · 16/03/2009 13:26

Love Nathan. Not that popular surprisingly (unlike Ben)

MrsSeanBean · 16/03/2009 13:23

Jonathan
James
Angus
Louis

Can't top nappy's list sorry! Ben is especially nice. Hope you reach a decision.

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Cherylynne · 16/03/2009 13:20

Thanks - we are maybe (commitment phobes!) thinking of Ben or Nathan?

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