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Help! Our favourite boys' name has just been 'stolen', we need a new one!

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cupcakefairy · 27/01/2010 13:09

I'm 24 weeks pregnant, don't know if it's a boy or girl but we have loads of girl names we like...and NO boy names.

We finally settled on Jude about 3 weeks ago and have both grown to love it, now some friends just named their baby boy Jude yesterday I'm devastated- we didn't know any before that. I know we could still use it but we feel it's just too close and we have soooo many mutual friends it would just be too weird. So gutted about it.

Before coming up with Jude I just couldn't get excited about the idea of having a boy, now I'm back to that again...our potential ds needs a name otherwise I fear I might be disappointed if it's not a girl

The only other name we both like is John but it seems boring now. I love Benedict & Theodore but dh doesn't, and Ralph but it doesn't go with our surname...HELP!

We want something strong, not too common but not too 'out there'...anyone?

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cupcakefairy · 27/01/2010 19:06

Wow, thanks so much all for your replies. Some really great suggestions here...amazingly we can't use over half of them because they're either a) in dh's family (he has a huge family) or b) recently been used by friends with babies..(yes, even Evan, Reuben, Elijah and Rufus)

I know I'm only 24 weeks, and MIL thinks we should still use it but I just feel a bit like a copycat.

The suggestion of Vincent is interesting as that's what I was gonna be called if I was a boy! It's gone on the list incase it grows on us

Others we've put on the list (with dh's scrutiny) Jerome, Leo, Jesse, Gabriel.
Thanks for all the positive comments about John too I do really love it.

Hi Lion I really like Dominic but dh is Tom so we couldn't really have Tom and Dom - there's always a reason not to use nice names, grr!

flimflam again, really like Jed but it totally reminds me of the freaky stalker in Enduring Love by Ian McEwan so is a no-go!

Panic sorry it happened to you too, sucks doesn't it! Harriet is on our short list for a girl

Ambassador is totally swaying me though

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TheFallenMadonna · 27/01/2010 18:55

Although if you really love Jude I'd go for that. For DS I'd not have comtemplated another name I think, no matter how many there were running around.

TheFallenMadonna · 27/01/2010 18:54

That's what she's doing I think scottishmummy...

Patrick
Alec (as opposed to Alex - oddly, I like one but not the other)

scottishmummy · 27/01/2010 18:49

your name easnt stolen.get over it.it is popular and in common domain

so go pick another

boodleboot · 27/01/2010 18:37

What about Francis? underused and very nice IMO....Fran for short

audley · 27/01/2010 17:08

Jesse
saul
Rafe
Kit
Jerome?

Cadelaide · 27/01/2010 17:06

Anyone said Julius?

That's a top name, and pretty unusual.

Bucharest · 27/01/2010 17:04

You're only 24 weeks though, are you sure that in what is effectively, another 4 months, no-one would bat an eyelid that you used the same name as a friend?

audley · 27/01/2010 17:01

Poor you, I'd be very upset .
Jude was on my shortlist for DS 1 along with Felix, Barnaby, George, Milo...but Jude has an air of maturity and a cool factor that they don't have. Will think and get back

chardom · 27/01/2010 16:27

My son is Dominic which is not too common but I also like

Tristan
Tario
Milo

bourboncreme · 27/01/2010 15:38

Love Ivo what about

Guy
Max
Gus
Edmund
Leo

IsThatTheTime · 27/01/2010 15:37

Lake
Palmer
Engelbert

arsesandoldlace · 27/01/2010 15:31

pmsl @ Ambassador & Beaulieu

Fergus
Jonathon
Jonah
Seth
Emmerson

Hullygully · 27/01/2010 15:19

Rochester
Ambassador
Beaulieu
Fitzwilliam
Abercrombie
Nigel

snice · 27/01/2010 15:19

Joel or Jethro maybe?

annasmami · 27/01/2010 15:16

Jude is lovely - what a shame...

I love

Quentin
Tobias
Lucas

doubleexpresso · 27/01/2010 14:55

Rory. Theo. Marcus. Joe. Bruno.

GothDetective · 27/01/2010 14:20

Jonty

Washersaurus · 27/01/2010 14:18

I've always liked the name Brock, but in a random twist of fate, DH now has a friend with the same name so I can never use it...well, not without seeming a bit weird anyway.

piratecat · 27/01/2010 14:13

Joseph
Ivan
Sebastian
Justin

Cicatrice · 27/01/2010 14:12

John is a good name. No trouble with spelling either!

Iain is gaelic for John if you wanted to take that route.

snurgy · 27/01/2010 14:10

I know quite a few Judes. Their brothers are Oscar, Finlay, Luca, Joshua and Sonny.

Any good?

everylittlebeat · 27/01/2010 14:07

John's good - and pretty unusual these days.

PanicMode · 27/01/2010 14:06

Poor you - that happened when my DD arrived - my best friend named her DD Harriet just before mine arrived and she's DS1's godmother, so we see them all the time and I couldn't use it (it was total coincidence as we hadn't told her what we were thinking).

I have a Theo(dore), and a Rufus and we had considered Ralph (pron. Rafe) for number 4. I adore Benedict, but DH thinks it would be shortened to Ben which he says is too boring.

Have a look on my "help name DC4 thread" (I don't know how to link to it - sorry) as there were some great suggestions on there - even though we still haven't managed to agree on one.

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