Boys names, 'normal' please.

[DetectivePotato]

I am pregnant with DC2. I have a DS and we have used our boys name. Really struggling with another.

I like Harry, DH isn't quite so sure but I may be able to persuade him.

There are names that are ok but I don't love them.

Can't have names in the family (according to DH) so out is Daniel, Callum, Matthew, Sam, James. All names that I like!

I like traditional 'normal' names. None of this Benedict/Cassius stuff (appologies to anyone who likes these or who has named their DS's these names but they are just not for me).

I also don't care how common it is. If I like it, I will use it (apart from Jack, far too many).

I think I also read a Harold and Howard on this thread oh and Richard. I mean Harold! Really!!! I totally get what you mean about names on here, there's a lot of snobbery at times about over used names, Jack, Harry etc but some of the names people come up with on here are hilarious.

Ps - I know 2 oscars but funnily enough there is no Jack in my sons class. Must go on area.

haha totaly charleyboo.
yes they do detective. whatever name i pick for a girl im having grace as middle name. my mum had amelia chose when she was preg 2. i like it cause its really pretty and girly

A bleaching is a local term for a beating. Working hard and being polite makes you a target for teasing and sometimes much worse. One of DS1's school friends was beaten unconscious outside the school gates because she was a "snob" i.e. hard working, relatively nicely spoken etc. DS1 also took a very great of stick, verbal and physical, as well as having his stuff stolen, his work trashed etc, because he was a very high achiever.

Ds3 had to be removed from school partly because the bullying he suffered because of his reading and writing issues was so severe.

AS I say, you have to live in a place like this to understand how it is.

Lawrence
John
Leon
George

This thread just shows what different tastes we all have.

What one of us considers 'normal' others consider dull and others again too unusual .

Without knowing someone's background and taste, it is very difficult to offer helfpul name suggestions.

stressedHEmum, that is really sad to hear . Is there any way you could move out of the area and/or get your children in a different school?

stressedHEmum . Thats awful!

Rachel I guess names I consider 'normal' are the bland, boring ones like Ben, Harry etc.

Would not consider Harold, Richard or Howard but like people said its hard to know what I consider 'normal'.

Can't move, sadly. DS1 is in 3rd year at uni now, in a very different area, ao no problem there and the other 4 are all HE, now, so we miss the worst of that kind of thing.

We don't have the same sort of school set up in Scotland as they do in England. Kids go to their local school for the most part, so no choices, really. Anyway, all the secondary schools are much the same in this area. They all have their own community police officers, whose job is to work in the school. We just have to deal with all the neds and street violence, drink and rugs that surround us. No one here goes out alone after dark.

You have to be quite careful about names, unless you ant to use one of the jayden/kyro/kenzie/k'tln(honestly) type names. Definitely no Marcus/Caspar/Octavia/Arabella type names here. I really wanted a Gabriel, a Lachlann, an Oisin and a Taliesin, but couldn't have any of them.

K'tln is Caitlin a la our town.

Aaron
Neil
Owen
Elliot
Zachary
Leon
Jason
Evan
Jeffrey
Scott
Joel
Saul
Martin
Timothy
Ross
Gavin
Damian
Liam
Justin
Rhys
Aidan
Declan

Sorry, PMSL at the thought of baby Jeffrey.

And the others? :)

Ummm, sorry not my taste.

I am bloody fussy though but thanks for the suggestions.

LOL, I was left with the next level away from being very traditional, as all the most traditional ones have been mentioned already :) Hope you find something you like.

Thanks. I think Alexander, Benjamin and Harry are good starts. I am always looking for more though.

Detectivepotato I should have added Josh and Jacob to my list if i'd thought a bit more.

The two brothers of Joshuas I know are called Ryan and Matthew - not much help to you really.

Luke? I know quite a few Lukes.
Charlie?

Paul

Baby Jeffrey, psml too!! And Martin???!! Hehehe

If you want a common name, how about looking at top 10 most popular names (2008):

1 JACK
2 OLIVER
3 THOMAS
4 HARRY
5 JOSHUA
6 ALFIE
7 CHARLIE
8 DANIEL
9 JAMES
10 WILLIAM

Not necessarily a common name, just not one that sounds made up or is going to sound daft when they are 25 and a company executive etc. Can you imagine, 'Managing Director Mungo/Lionheart' (got them from that worse names thread).

Ok out of that top 10 list, not Jack, cousins baby called that and that is one name I have heard of far too many. Got a Joshua, Daniel and James are in the family so they are out. Don't like Alfie and I can't have Charlie for a personal reason. Oliver, Thomas and William are ok names, i just don't love them.

But thanks for the suggestions anyway.

I know of a baby Geoffrey ! aged about 1. His mum is very cool. Honestly.

Is it your baby VS?

NO! I wouldn't pick it myself. But tbh I think it goes well with Finley and, it is a little bit less predictable at the same time.

Actually, I think she spells it Jeffrey, which is less moooby than Geoffrey.

I can actually imagine a Mungo Lionheart as Managing Director and would remember his name much more easily than a Jack Smith Managing Director, for example.

But I do understand your viewpoint - I guess we all have different tastes.