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Right come on then Mumsnetters, find a name for my son (shock)

230 replies

sweetkitty · 18/01/2010 18:05

Never thought I would ever need a boys name, bit after the shock of Saturdays scan we need one.

Nothing is jumping out at me, so anyone want a try.

Here's our criteria:

  1. Surname is one Syllable and starts with R, quite harsh sounding so need a name with at least 2 syllables so things like Jack are our

  2. Cannot have a name starting with R

  3. This child will be growing up in Scotland so more erm poncey upper class names will have him might as well having "beat me up" stamped across his forehead so names like Quentin, Augustus, Apollo, Cosmo etc are out

  4. I like traditional strong boys names, not keen on your more "modern" names i.e, anything with unusual spelling or starting with a K IYSWIM

  5. And of course blooming friends and family have pinched all the good ones.

So you see we have a job on our hands!

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Megglevache · 19/01/2010 12:08

OOOh OOOOh SweetKitty one of mine
That's a first!

To be fair, I like every single name on your list although you cannot move around here for Callums, Lewis's (?)and Jacks.

arolf · 19/01/2010 12:04

problem with nathan in scotland is (the one we knew anyway), if they're chubby, it turns into 'nae thin'

Oliver is a great name though

sweetkitty · 19/01/2010 11:44

I like:

Nathan
Oliver
Thomas
Jack
Andrew
Joseph
Lewis
Callum
Louis
Fraser
Blair

Realising that my boys names are a lot more traditional than my girls.

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sweetkitty · 19/01/2010 11:41

StressedHEMum - I was brought up in the 3 Towns and live somewhere quite similar now so I know exactly what you mean, hence names that are lovely but more suited to middle England will not really do up here.

So far am liking:

Elliot (still favourite but don't know see above)
Daniel
Matthew

Can't have anything starting with R or a small name like Jack, Zac, Joe etc

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littledawley · 19/01/2010 09:59

What are the names that you love that your friends have used? (Just to get an idea of what you like)

Megglevache · 19/01/2010 09:54

lots of great biblical names on here

CaptainNancy · 19/01/2010 09:42

Theodore
Christopher
Duncan
Innes
Evan
Milo

stressedHEmum · 19/01/2010 09:34

Bibilical sort of names. What about Reuben, Zachary, Benjamin, paul, James, David, Matthew, Caleb.

SAdly, all the best biblical names would get a boy a bit of a hard time round here, so I am loathe to suggest them. I know one Reuben, one Caleb and a couple of Zacs, though. Maybe its just where I live.

Aubergines · 19/01/2010 09:13

Or Aaron, Barnabus, Nicholas or Marcus.

Aubergines · 19/01/2010 09:09

If your girls all have Hebrew biblical names I would stick to that theme. What about Reuben, Elias, Saul or Jacob?

Megglevache · 19/01/2010 08:58

Sebastien
Theodore
Leon
Elliot
Matthias?

sweetkitty · 19/01/2010 08:17

Oh why is this SO hard, you would think after 3 girls I would have always had a boys name in reserve.

Dizzy - I was waiting on you lol your girls name is safe remember it's not my surname on FB he will be having, I wish it were in a way my surname goes with anything unlike DP's!

My girls all have Hebrew biblical names with 3 syllables each, I'm not that keen on giving him a Gaelic very Scottish name if the other 2 don't have one IYSWIM but wouldn't rule it out.

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mathanxiety · 19/01/2010 06:08

Douglas
Graham
Malcolm
Alasdair
Arran
Donald
Bruce
Colman
Ian
Ezra
Eli
Thomas
Timothy
J onah
Jude
Jonas
Calvin
Felix
Noah
Jasper
Casper
Theodore

livefortoday · 19/01/2010 00:58

able
byron
caleb
dale
eli
florian
gabriel
hugo
issac
jacob
kilian
leonard
myles
noah
o liver
petro
quentin
rapheal
stefan
tobias
victor
xander
zackery

solo · 19/01/2010 00:35

Angus. Angus. Angus. Unless your surname is Ross. Angus Ross...no. But something like Angus Rowe...nice.

marriedtoagoodun · 19/01/2010 00:22

Monty (Montgomery)
Sebastian (Seb or Bas)

Tickle · 19/01/2010 00:17

Hi SK - haven't been on here in years so it's lovely to see you're joining the mum of 4 club - congratulations!

Can't remember what your girls are called, but my 4 always seem to be paired up, so people talk about DD1 and DS1, and DD2 and DS2. So make sure the name rolls along with that of your DD3

Like thisisyesterdays
Lucas
and Silas

xxx

TheFallenMadonna · 18/01/2010 23:58

Patrick
Alastair
Alec (but not Alex!)

Quattrocento · 18/01/2010 23:53

Hamish

MamaMimi · 18/01/2010 23:46

Cameron?

Megglevache · 18/01/2010 23:40

Haimish
Maxwell
Alec
Angus
David
Peter
Oscar

lockets · 18/01/2010 23:37

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stressedHEmum · 18/01/2010 23:30

Blair
Lachlann
Aonghas
Caimbeul
Innes
Gregor
MacKenzie
Iain
Stuart
Gary
Jamie
Gordon
Nia ill

I know how hard it can be to find a decent boys name that won't get them a kicking up here or a big sign pinned on them that says "Big Jesse!"

rasputin · 18/01/2010 23:25

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Heated · 18/01/2010 23:20

I think with your criteria which is strong, not old man, nothing to "modern" or "poncey" that you are bound to know at least one other, since those criteria are what most other people use too. You might get some variation in your choice of nn and of course your own child will make that name totally unique

Finn
Patrick (Paddy)
Gregory
Adam
Christopher (Kit)
Lachlain
Daniel
Robert
Stuart
Duncan
Jack
Fred
Keir
James
John
Alex
Nick
Niall
E d
Huw
Ethan
Banquo