Gawain,Lysander,Rafe, DH hates them all,what do you think?

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I like these but Dh laughs like a drain at all of them.
I like Noah as well,he grunts at that but has not said no.Only thing is i already know 2 children called Noah.
Although will probably end up with another girl anyway

No, no, no. I'm sorry but your dh is right. They sound like you want to sound rather dashing and as if you may zip off to a polo match at any moment. Sorry but no.

Hector is brilliant. So is Lucas.

I agree with ur dh ... altough i was tinkn of noah myself ... love the name :)

Hector is not Arthurian, it is Greek

Like Lysander

Oooh I like Lysander, and Orlando.

Listen to your dh.

Hector is a dogs name in this house so def out of the running.
I like Finley,Issac, Noah,Louis and Orlando.
I shall not tell Dh you all agree with him in regard to my other faves as he will be annoyingly smug about it

Lysander is DS2s middle name, I love it. Note though that it's his middle name. As much as I love classical Greek names (and DCs are half Greek Cypriot, so they were chosen for a reason) I wouldn't use this one as first name.

Try throwing Ptolemy at him, all of a sudden Orlando's gonna seem fairly run of the mill. For me though it fails the all-important "would I be embarrassed to shout it in the playground" test.

Would you really want to be a 7 year old boy called Lysander or Gawain? Honestly?

Finlay, Louis and Isaac are much better.

Your dh is a man of good sense.

I know a Lysander, he's 18 and goes to private school. He has 5 middle names and was born in Hong Kong. That is all.

I've written vast essays on Gawain and the Green Knight but considering that it took me a good lot of research to figure out how it's pronounced (which is pretty ugly anyway), I think others would struggle.

Rafe. Rape. Rafe. Rape.

Noah and Orlando are nice but twee.

Yes but boys names are all so samey these days i know loads of boys called Archie, Oliver,Jack,Freddie etc.I do like those names but DD3 has 3 friends called Archie,it can get very complicated.

They're horrendous! Your DH is right.

Sorry :(

I like Noah but I'm with your DH on the others!

I congratulate you on your lovely and sensible DH

john simpson the BBC journalist youngest son is called rafe must be 5 now i think but personally i think gawain is awful

I like Noah and Rafe but not keen on the others.

I like Orlando, Lysander & Rafe.

I'm with your DH too I'm afraid. Your child will not thank you for choosing any of those!

Bumping this

Um, I think they are a bit OTT although Rafe not so much. I love Noah, but then my DS2 is Noah so I would do :)

Rafe is ok not massively keen on the others love Noah but yes popular

I actually like Lysander, but I must be honest, I'm not sure I would actually name a child that. If you wanted to have xander as a nickname, then you could perhaps get away with it but it is a very flouncy name, and I think it might be hard for a lot of boys to live with.

I don't like Rafe AT ALL or Gawain.

Boys names are so hard though. My OH and I have a rubbish book of boys names and 80% are surnames.

My son's name is Rafe and he is a darling I get compliments all the time.

I am expecting baby number 2 and thought about Lysander (to stick with play's theme). but we have chickened out.

Not keen on Gawain.