Boys names, 'normal' please.

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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 it's a bit depressing that everyone thinks their offspring is going to be subjected to a life of corporate boredom... What about a zoo keeper/pop star/tree surgeon called Mungo Lionheart? Brilliant!

Actually Mungo Lionheart would suit a popstar.

I couldn't name a single tree surgeon though, can anyone (who isn't married to one).

Really!! I have never met a tree surgeon or anyone who knows one. I feel I have led a sheltered life now.

A friend of mine works for the ministry of horitculture. Not sure what the exact name is. Is that practically a tree-surgeon??

It does make me laugh Mumsnet, I dont know how many threads I have read where people have said (mainly about girls names), 'how can a Poppy, Daisy, Millie, Rosie, Lola etc ever be taken seriously and be a lawyer etc', but of course a Mungo Lionheart can be an MD! Seriously

I know at least 3 tree surgeons (though they all do other stuff too).

That reminds me that Edward shortened to Ted or Ed is an exceptionally nice name and definitely 'normal', and even more positively has the option of Teddy for a baby/toddler which is overwhelmingly cute IMO.

I have to say that I am now almost tempted to have another baby (with sex selection, of course), simply so that I can name him Mungo Lionheart.

CharlieBoo, we are saying this about Mungo Lionheart in response the this comment by the op:

"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'?"

And we are saying, yes we can imagine Managing Director Mungo Lionheart. And I happen to think it is a very cool name indeed .

Personally I still can't see it. His staff would rip the shit out of him. Unless he looks like a lion, in my head he looks very lion like.

I can't see a Mungo / Lionheart (Lionheart, FFS) getting anywhere beyond the tills of McDonalds, tbh. Unless he changed his name.

Which, if was called Mungo or Lionheart, I would. And disown my family for sheer stupidity at the same time.

Can't see anything wrong with Mungo personally. I think it's Scottish and means 'beloved'.

And the Mungo I know happens to be quite succesfull and as far as I know has no intention of disowning his family .

This thread just shows how different our tastes and expectations are!

I think especially with the lack of jobs available at the moment, if two individuals applied for the a job, both with fantastic educational backgrounds, the one with the more normal name would be much more likely to leave the interview employed.

And whilst Mungo might be a normal Scottish name, it sounds too much like Mango to avoid a hell of a lot of teasing at school...

But hey, he could always be friends with Lionheart, I guess

"I can't see a Mungo / Lionheart getting anywhere beyond the tills of McDonalds, tbh. Unless he changed his name"

I hope you don't pass these views on to your children. Let them judge others by who they are, not their name, please.

Have you finished patronising me, tammytoby? I'm perfectly entitled to my opinion. As will be my child(ren).

Mungo sounds like Mango? And in your children's school that would lead to a "hell of a lot of teasing"?

I can think of much more teaseworthy names e.g. William (Willy) or Gabriel (Gayboy) etc which are much more likely to get teased by silly schoolchildren that I certainly wouldn't mind an association with a Mango!

SirBoob, I'm sorry if I sound patronising, I do not mean to. I just honestly wished we were all a bit more open minded about different names, be they culturally different or just less common .

I am in Cork, which seems to have its own name laws. Under 18's I know include Roy (after Roy Keane, local hero and beloved of taxi drivers), two Erics, Ivan, Martin, Bernard, Leonard, Graham and Gregg. The most frequently used amongst acquaintances are Aidan, Daire, Evan, Michael and Eoin. Having said that, my ds who is 18 and wants to make a fortune in big business, wishes I had called him Wolf, which I mentioned I toyed with for 5 minutes. He reckons 'Wolf' and a firm handshake would help.

I was bullied for my name. Not crazily different, but stood out from the numerous calls of Emma, Jessica, Lily, Sam and Dan etc in the school ground. I was called "Erection" and asked if I wanted to have sex to cackles of laughter from the age of five.

So yes, it would be nice if everyone was more accepting of different names, but the fact is they're not. And before anyone asks, I live in a relatively nice area, in a supposedly open minded part of the country... But you have to be realistic.

And if you honestly think its okay to call your child "Lionheart" then you might as well stick a "Kick Me" sign on their back from the minute they are put in their first baby grow, tbh!

I knew (of) a tree surgeon, boyfriend of a former colleague. Think his name was Derek.

That's no help is it?

Came across my first Hector this avvo, of course at a National Trust property!

OP how about names like Connor, Billy, Andrew?

How about Conrad?

It's a good name and it means brave / bold ruler / counsel.

I think it's a normal name and it isn't widely used. it's very unlikely your boy will meet another child at school called Conrad.