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Oh Gawd! Please help. Baby 5 weeks old and still no name...

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 20:42

Please give your opinions on the following for a boy:

Dara
Bran
Gabriel
Patrick
Felix
Hugh
Niall

That's our longlist, but please suggest other similarish options!

TIA

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 22:32

Had to help DP cook an authentic curry - still not ready!

I will show him this thread and I think we will go for Patrick - it has been near the no.1 spot all along.

'New baby' as we've been calling him could carry the name well, too, so yes, he does look like a Patrick.

DP thinks you have to see the baby first to be sure of what to call it.

Hmm, quite 'manly' sounding! (As opposed to Gabriel and Dara which DP thinks are too soft).

Thanks all.

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jellybeans · 15/05/2009 21:53

Dara...not keen
Bran...not keen
Gabriel...not keen
Patrick.....OK, hate Pat though
Felix..OK
Hugh...dislike
Niall...love it

I like Niall best. Great name. Unusual but not weird.

Patrick is nice but all the ones I know get Pat.

I also like Nathan, Ryan and Sean.

frAKKINPannikin · 15/05/2009 21:38

Does he look at all like a Patrick?

screamingabdab · 15/05/2009 21:35

Right theboyneedsaname Off to bed now.

Will check in again in the morning. Night all!

MmeLindt · 15/05/2009 21:34

thisboy
I am in Switzerland, we have 3 days to register the birth. Often the hospitals do it for you but you can take the full 3 days (ha!) to consider then register yourself.

Patrick is a name that travels well, it is easily understood in other languages.

screamingabdab · 15/05/2009 21:29

Have you decided then ..?. (no pressure)

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 21:28

Have a good night, screamingabdab!

I hear in Switzerland that you have to give the baby a name whilst in hospital!

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scottishmummy · 15/05/2009 21:27

i feel your pain we discounted many of names but did have the imperative of wanting name chosen for birth

thing about a name is you may love it some one else will hate it.no matter how much thought,reflection and rumination you put into it

so have you just used "baby" all this time?

BumShuffler · 15/05/2009 21:26

Ooo I know really hot Niall and love the name so that would be my favourite. But Patrick is a fantastic name and goes perfectly with Sean.

Plus Patch is just so cute and cool at the same time

norktasticninja · 15/05/2009 21:24

Patrick is great

I'm in the Netherlands - we only get 3 days (yup 3 days) to register...

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 21:24

Thanks for all the positive Patrick comments.

I like the 'rugged and interesting' one in particular - that will me m'boy!

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screamingabdab · 15/05/2009 21:23

Yes, he is the nicest man I've ever met. He is a fantastic father. He is pretty handsome too. He is good with his hands.

Not Pat, I agree. I always call him Patrick, but to other friends he is Paddy.

Oh, and we are BOTH off to bed

Wonderstuff · 15/05/2009 21:21

Can I just add that I know a Patrick and he is really lovely which makes me like the name more.

MmeLindt · 15/05/2009 21:21

Patrick Sean is lovely. Sounds rugged and interesting.

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 21:20

!!!

Is your Patrick a cool fella too? (Although off to bed now? On a Friday night?)

Do you call him Pat though? Not keen on that.

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screamingabdab · 15/05/2009 21:18

YES !!

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 21:17

Patrick Sean does sound pretty good, doesn't it? No one seems to hate it either.

Like option of Paddy (think Paddy Ashdown quite a cool chap!)

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TheFallenMadonna · 15/05/2009 21:16

Patrick.

screamingabdab · 15/05/2009 21:15

Patrick, Patrick, Patrick

Send my DH to bed feeing happy, please

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theboyneedsaname · 15/05/2009 21:14

Already have a Finn, so no to Fintan (and we took 6 weeks to name him too!).

Scottishmummy - we think naming a child is such a responsibility that we want to get it right, that and we are both procratinators! I guess you have more pressure - don't you get two or three weeks to register?

Tadhg is lovely but I know it would never get pronounced properly here.

DP thinks Dara too girly too. Prefer this spelling though.

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chatname · 15/05/2009 21:11

I really like Patrick.

There was a girl called Dara at my convent school (didn't like her much)

frAKKINPannikin · 15/05/2009 21:10

Dara Sean - Hmm, it's okay
Bran Sean - No way
Gabriel Sean - Quite nice actually
Patrick Sean - Definitely like it
Felix Sean - Also nice
Hugh Sean - No way, sounds like a sheep
Niall Sean - Not as nice as the others

I'd rank Patrick, Gabriel then Felix with Sean.

SoupDragon · 15/05/2009 21:08

I've got an Aidan

SoupDragon · 15/05/2009 21:08

The reason I don't like Dara is because it looks like a girl's name. The spelling Darragh is OK though (although there will be spelling issues).

pippylongstockings · 15/05/2009 21:06

I really like Felix.
Think boys names are much harder, our DS1 was just called Boyboy for 6 weeks then we called him the name we first thought of.

If it's irish names - Tadhg is my nephew's name?