DH's Boys Names...!

[Highlandgirl]

After months of trying to get DH to pick boys names, last night I finally got him to go over the baby name stats for England, Wales and Scotland and pick some names..!

Out of 200 names, he picked a whopping 4.. YES 4.... James, Jamie, Harry and Cameron.

Cameron - Shocked the hell out of me, I've suggested Hamish and it was poopooed..! Not sure if it flows with our surname or if I really like it.

Harry - Very common (i.e over used) but really like it. However my nemesis has a boy called Harry and I'm not sure if I can use it. But do I really care, not like I have any contact with her?? Maybe Henry instead.

James and Jamie - are okay, but I'm looking for something along the lines of.....Lawrence, Charlie or Toby. I really want to be brave and pick...Oscar, Kit, Orlando or Tristan but I think this won't happen as I'll chicken out..

If it helps both DH and I have quite classic names (think of Kings and Queens) We have a 3 syllable surname starting with "M".

Apologizes if you have commented before but with DC due in 8 weeks (eeekk) I'd like some form of short list and we are utterly stuck and the only names we can agree on are Jamie or Hugh.

Any suggestions would be brilliant, good or bad. Thank you.

Happy New Year

Oh, the other one we liked was Hugo.

I remembered we discounted Hugh in the end because our surname begins with S, and Hugh S... comes out sounding like my maiden name (Hughes). If you don't want to use your brother's name, it could be different enough to be an alternative?

Ohhh ladies thank you for your feedback....!!

1percent Kit - different but not outlandish...! Very well put!

Really LOVE Hamish but DH doesn't like it....booo.

Cece Toby the Labrador...I'll remember that.

Hugh might be heading to the top of the list...does it matter that it's my brother's name??

My brother has the same name as our Uncle, so not really. It was always very clear that he wasn't named after him, but that it was our parents favourite name anyway.

Hugh is a fab name, but like I said, I'd have to use Hugo to go with our name.

Slowly going off Jamie..but James is okay.

Signing over Orlando and Lawrence...do they need to be boys who are tall, big rugger buggers types to carry it off..??

DH is coming round to Tristan and Kit..!

I wonder if I can change his mind and get Hamish on the list too.

What about Harris instead of Harry?
Hamish and Hugh are both good, what about Fergus?

I love Kit, and it would work very well with a three syllable surname.

Thank you AnnOnimous now worried that it's not a 'proper' name. Someone else made a comment on another thread.

Avaj not keen on Harris...but it's a good suggestion. Fergus..might be hard pushed since I can't get DH to agree on Hamish...!!!