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HELP! Unique boys names!

226 replies

Claudius123 · 21/08/2019 11:11

I absolutely love the name Reuben but my friends little boy has this name :( Is there anything similar anyone can think of? I quite like Arlo but i'm hearing it a lot now too. I find out what I'm having in a few weeks and if its a boy i'm totally stumped! I already have a little girl, i have so many girls names to use but not one for a boy!

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Troels · 21/08/2019 11:23

Seth
Amos
Gabriel
Rafi

RuggerHug · 21/08/2019 11:25

Why is unique your priority? Find a name you both like and a person can live with and go with that? Ok I understand not wanting the same as your friend/relation but odds are your child is not going to be the only one with any particular name no matter what you choose.

Claudius123 · 21/08/2019 11:28

@RuggerHug unique isn't my priority, i just haven't liked anything i have heard as of yet. I didn't know what we were having the first time, if it was a boy we literally didn't have one name we were settled on.

OP posts:
pinkyredrose · 21/08/2019 11:31

If you like Reuben then use it, what's the problem?

BizzzzyBee · 21/08/2019 11:32

My DS has a fairly common name but an unusual nickname. Is that something you’d consider?

BeanBag7 · 21/08/2019 11:32

Similar style to Reuben

Eben
Simeon
Noam
Icarus
Enoch
Micah

ThePhoenixRises · 21/08/2019 11:33

Rufus

Yogurtcoveredricecake · 21/08/2019 11:38

Colin. Gary. Norman.

Unless you're baby is a 50 year old man, they are all unique.

mummyof2boys30 · 21/08/2019 11:40

Reuben was a name we had considered
Also liked Harrison, Jackson, Logan, Jaden, Jenson

PumpkinP · 21/08/2019 11:42

Don’t use Reuben if your friends child is already called it, it is not ok to use the same name as your friends child despite what people on mn say.

SequinedTortoise · 21/08/2019 11:43

Nico
Fergus
Ludo
Rollo

Thehop · 21/08/2019 11:43

There are lots of reubens around at the moment....it’s a really nice name and that wouldn’t stop me using it if I loved it.

Aprillygirl · 21/08/2019 11:45

John.

Aisforharlot · 21/08/2019 11:46

yogurt
Grin
Or Keith.

GreyHare · 21/08/2019 11:46

@sequinedtortoise surely those are dogs names?

SayOohLaLa · 21/08/2019 11:46

How about Ivo or Roman?

SirJamesTalbotAndHisSpeculum · 21/08/2019 11:46

Don’t use Reuben if your friends child is already called it, it is not ok to use the same name as your friends child despite what people on mn say

I don't think that's true. If you want to use a name it's irrelevant if a child's friend already has the name, surely?

tequilasunrises · 21/08/2019 11:48

I think if you’ve always liked Rueben but your friend went first you should use it. If you only realised you liked it after her Rueben was born you shouldn’t.

Sooo

Ethan
Finn
Bram
Noah
Thomas
Max
Owen

ImNotYourGranny · 21/08/2019 11:48

Rowan?

Hundredacrewoods · 21/08/2019 11:48

Will you regret not using Reuben if you and your friend drift apart?

PumpkinP · 21/08/2019 11:49

It’s weird and plain rude to use the same name as a friend or family members child. Pick your own, I mean there’s millions to choose from Hmm . Only on mn would people think this was ok.

Seeingadistance · 21/08/2019 11:50

Gary

Aprillygirl · 21/08/2019 11:50

I am always surprised how everyone wants so much to be different, just not quite enough to think up this unique name themselves Confused.

70sWitch · 21/08/2019 11:50

Balonz?

Oh come on. SOMEONE had to say it. Grin

Dizzywizz · 21/08/2019 11:54

Jago
Ezra

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