To ask for help naming my baby??!

[Amgelima]

My husband and I picked out a name for our son and a few days after he was born DH said he didn't think the name fit. So now we are back to the drawing board!

We have two other children with classic children's names and a surname that has two syllables.

Names we narrowed down to are

Arthur (husband no longer likes this one!)

Jonathan

David

Andrew

Feedback and suggestions welcome.

David

I like Andrew. We have just used David as a middle name.

*I just see Jon, Dave and Andy! Names which are a bit old fashioned these days but not in a Nice classic kind of way.

What about Roger, Geoffrey or Alan?*

Roger and Geoffrey definitely aren't old fashioned in a classic nice way. I imagine a palaeontology lecturer sat with his legs crossed reading the Guardian with a thinly checked shirt and wipsy grey beard when I think of these names! Alan is my Grandad's name so will always have a special place in my heart but the first two should stay in the early 20th century

I like Jonathan and think it's a criminally underused name. Love Dave, but not David. But I'm with the majority who find Alexander a lovely, old fashioned name, and also Joseph. Christopher is my brothers name, and he's 26 now and has never been shortened to Chris ever surprisingly. His friends use a different nickname and we all stick to Christopher, it's a great name.

From your short list Andrew or Jonathan. Not from your short list but mentioned above Alexander

Out of those I like Jonathan the best followed by Andrew. Not too keen on the others.
Other suggestions:
William
George
Benjamin
Samuel
Frances
Adrian
Charles

Of your list I'd go for jonathan. Solid name, lots of good short options.

David/Andrew are great names but more of our generation than the current one.

I can't abide Arthur. Just a personal thing but I've always hated it.

Arthur - massively overused and a bit of an obvious attempt to join an upper class that you aren't part of.

Jonathan - very 1980s. if you call him this, buy him a massive moblie phone and a snazzy jumper ASAP. Also, he'll just be called Jon for the rest of his life anyway so you may as well shorten it from the start and prevent him having to clarify it for all official occasions later.

David - are you Welsh? if not, steer clear of this one as it's far too common and rather boring.

Andrew - To be honest I just think of Prince Andrew and his grabbiness, and I think the name is pretty overused.

These names are all a bit boring in my opinion. Why not try to give your child a name he doesn't always have to share with 20 other children in his class? I like:

Brandon
Theodore
Balthazar
Gideon
Titus
Cason
Jax

Andrew. Underused these days but a classic. Biased as was my dear late dad's name.

So according to penisbeakerfan (love the user name) 'Arthur'

is a bit of an obvious attempt to join an upper class that you aren't part of

But Gideon and Balthazar are not?

Jonathon is the only one I'd pick from your list, the others are a bit dated.

Oh god. Don't call a poor defenceless baby Balthazar.

Arthur - massively overused and a bit of an obvious attempt to join an upper class that you aren't part of.

Arthur? Exclusively upper class? No it’s not. What are you blithering on about?

Simon
Joseph
William
Thomas
Samuel
Stephen
Philip
Anthony

They re all quite 'safe', but Jonathan is my favourite

Andrew and David are my favourites from your list.

I like David.

My current favourites for boys are Alexander and Luke.

I just see Jon, Dave and Andy! Names which are a bit old fashioned these days but not in a Nice classic kind of way.

What about Roger, Geoffrey or Alan?

WHAAAT??? This is a joke right?

If it helps, I correctly predicted what my neighbours would call their third child based on the names of the other two...

Arthur - nice

Jonathan - v nice

David - my favourite from the four

Andrew -nice

Dominic

sigh - I like Gabriel, but my husband thinks boys at school would just call the kid "Gay" for short because kids suck.

Many of my favourite names seem to be out because the first initial combined with our last name spells a rude word and that would 100% end up being their nickname. Think G.Ash or P. Rick or something. Nightmare.

So advice is to try and forsee the rude nicknames. Never unknowingly name your child "And Droopy Cock" or something. 😂

Cason

Is this a typo?

I love Jonathan.

John? More classy than Jonathan, I think.

Callum
Elijah
Cameron