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different...but not ridiculous boys' names?

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motherbeyond · 18/03/2010 13:05

title says it all really.i've picked my girls name,but we just cannot agree on a boys.

austin
hugo
paddy
quinn (love this but already have a fin!)
milo (not sure though)
oisin

are some of the ones bandied about,but dh says no to them all.
we've got a few weeks left before dc3 arrives,and i'm worried i'll be pressured into picking a name i don't love because i ran out of time !help....please!

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Aviendha · 21/03/2010 16:31

Just spooted you have chosen Peter is a great name!

Aviendha · 21/03/2010 16:31

Conrad
Magnus
Lief
Soren
any good?

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motherbeyond · 21/03/2010 16:02

i like patrick...but think may have to concede and go with peter...my dh's grandad's name thanks for all your suggestions

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mathanxiety · 20/03/2010 17:59

Ruadhan?
Rowan?
Rohan?

You could have Patrick as a mn for any of the above.

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motherbeyond · 20/03/2010 17:32

hmmm shay,wouldn't work in my accent!

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OhDearYoda · 20/03/2010 15:17

Love Shay

Claire236 · 20/03/2010 15:11

My youngest son is called Shay which is both Celtic & unusual. Was declared chavvy on here but that appears to be the case with every name thread I've ever looked at.

ChristianaTheSeventh · 20/03/2010 15:05

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motherbeyond · 20/03/2010 14:45

sooooo,any middle names to go with rhoan gallagher?!!!

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motherbeyond · 20/03/2010 07:32

i think we're going to go with rohan,or rhoan or some variation.it's the only one he actually seems to quite like

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kitsmummy · 19/03/2010 21:51

What about Kit?

Cadelaide · 19/03/2010 19:04

Fin and Quinn would be somewhat hilarious.

laughalot · 19/03/2010 19:04

sorry my keys are getting stuck

laughalot · 19/03/2010 19:03

reece, corey, robbie, cole, ralfie, ewan, owen, nyle, thomas or you could go for the option of the little boy in my ds class whos new baby brother has been called smirnoffand no im not lying i started a thread a few weeks ago on it. Why the hell would yo all it smirnoff

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motherbeyond · 19/03/2010 18:35

he's just in from work and i've read out the list...he said "nope" to every one!
dinahrod COSMO?!!!!

oohhh,he's just come in and said maybe to rohan...and i quite like that too

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DinahRod · 19/03/2010 16:42

Poppy, Fin & Artur/Arthur/Arty

Poppy, Fin & Angus

Poppy, Fin & Cosmo

Poppy, Fin & Rowan

Poppy, Finn & Euan

Poppy, Fin & Colm

Poppy, Fin & Innis

Poppy, Finn & Ioan

laughalot · 19/03/2010 16:20

Or archie, alec, evan

laughalot · 19/03/2010 16:17

Aidan

pogleswife · 19/03/2010 16:14

How about something 'different' in the sense that it's unusual at the moment but a well known name so not 'out there'? Thinking of Steven - don't know any young ones, but a good name and Steve or Stevie really cool. ( think Steve McQueen )
Others along same lines: Richard , Duncan, Philip, Martin, ...

LittleMissWorryHead · 19/03/2010 15:33

Arlo.

Done

littledawley · 19/03/2010 15:28

Tadhg is such a great name!!

mathanxiety · 19/03/2010 15:25

Ruadhan (pr ROO-awn)
Raftery NOT RAFFERTY (the blind poet Antaine O Raifteiri - Raftery - was known as the last of the wandering bards)
Roland

schroedingersdodo · 19/03/2010 12:09

motherbeyond I so sympathize with you!

I want something not very popular for my DS as well, and I never like the suggestions I'm given!

I saw that someone mentioned Joachim, and there's a reasonable chance my son will be called that. I like Emil and Milo, but I plan to have an Emilia someday, so both are out for now.

If you have a name you absolutely love, you can tell your DH it's your one suggestion - maybe he will get used to that eventually. It can work if he has no strong preference so far. Did he suggest any names?

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motherbeyond · 19/03/2010 07:55

yes,i wasn't suggesting quim as a name!i told my brother that i liked the name quin and he said,eyw,it sounds like quim... and told me that's what it meant.

i like a few of the suggestions,but have just read them out to dh over brekkie,and he said no to all.....driving me mad

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