need boy's name, not sure about what we've picked???

[carlyx]

hi, i'm 34 weeks pregnant with a lil boy and me and my partner decided for a boy we would call him brandon, long before i even got pregnant! my partner still loves it but i'm wavering. i still really like it but unsure if it's "the one". the kind of names we like are not old fasioned but not wierd. the kind of name thats just regular but not really common "like brandon", can any one suggest anything? also second name is liu (pronounced loo) so needs to go with that. thanks 4 the help! :)

Giving siblings the same initial on purpose is naff, especially when you have to alter a name to fit! Like bloody Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian.

OP Basically 'K' names which are usually 'C' names are a bit shit. They look wrong and naff and a bit like the parents can't spell.

Kameron? Kallum? Kolin?

Have to agree with EricNorthmansMistress, changing a C for a K is just daft.

Brendan? An Irish name that isn't overly used atm.

I like Brendan, with an E. Or Kieran, another Irish name that's easy to pronounce.

How about Jackson or Harrison? Ronan?

I love Troy

I like both Brennan and Brendan. I know two brothers named Brockton and Brodie.

I think Brandon Liu sounds good together.
Brendan Liu would also work well imo. Or how about Bradley, although that doesn't go well with Liu imo.

We all have different tastes and the OP has not asked for opinions on her name choice but asked for alternative suggestions along the same lines.

My little boy is called Theo and his big sister is calle Eden - Eden can also be a boy's name apparently, spelt Edan. I like names that can't be shortened and are a little bit different!

Carlyx, my family working class too but parents intentionally gave my sister and I very smart, classic names. I cannot tell you how useful that has been career-wise. I have been told on more than one occasion that I got an interview because I sounded 'right' for the firm. I was particularly thinking of a load of CVs that came in recently for a director level position. Really surprised but interested that Alex, Seb etc sound toffee nosed to you. To me, those names just conjure up image of smart professional man with good manners. I think it's too easy to blight a child's chances by giving them a "modern" name that may mean that certain doors in life will be forever shut to them - you would probably be horrified by my children's names but I wanted them to look just as appropriate on their peg at nursery as on their business card when they Managing Director of ICI :o

I think Alex has a lot going for it, especially if it's short for Alexander. Alec, not short for anything, has the same vibe imo. The X puts it in fashion but it's not trendy as Felix is. I think it's one of those names that fits in anywhere. Doesn't sound bad with Liu either.

I agree with Bluebell that the ramifications of a name can be far reaching. It's the first thing about you that many people will see, and maybe the only thing.

It hasn't stopped Condoleezza from doing very well in life . Or Cheryl Cole for that matter.

I think Condoleeza is the exception that proves the rule though.

Or "Beyoncé".

mathanxiety - you spelt Condoleezza wrong! Tsk tsk. :o

Jaypers, so I did.

If you are serious Bluebell123 about the fact you select CVs based on names more than experience and you are genuinely responsible for any form of recruiting then shame on you. Do you also ask for a passport photo to check they've got the right hair colour, suitably non- offensive features and aren't too lardy for your firm?

C and B, my point is that competition is so intense for our children entering the workplace anyway (a partner at one of the major accountancy firms told me the other day that they go back to primary school age when sifting applicants for graduate training because applicants have all got A Stars, A's, Firsts, done DofE, gap yeared at a Nepalese orphanage etc). They are looking for anything at all that distinguishes a candidate from the others.

Why on earth would anyone saddle a child with a chavvy name, how is that going to be helpful exactly? If you worked at a smart City firm, were recruiting and received a CV from a Chardonnay, can you honestly say you wouldn't judge?

Absolute bollocks!!!!! The name theory and recruitment was blown out of the water years ago, if your talking about the city, it is made up from people all around the world with differing names. As someone working in recruitment I (don't actually know anyone who takes much notice of a name) look to see previous experience first. Obviously there may well still be some dinosaur companies who would turn down a perfect candidate because of their name but thank god very few.

"if the CV of a man called Brandon turned up on my desk, I would put it on the bottom of the pile"

Well, you would miss out some fantastic candidates then . I have worked in the Finance industry in the City and there are lots of Americans, Germans, French, Spaniards, Russians, Asians with ALL sorts of names.

And no, I don't have a Brandon, in fact my ds has a name that is regarded as very 'posh' (which I don't really see nor care about), but I really think such attitudes are old fashioned/British and do not reflect happens in global companies nowadays.

I can honestly say that whilst I might have preconceptions about the type of background a Chardonnay may come from, if their experience was right a name would in no way influence my opinion on whether to interview them or not. If it did I would frankly consider myself as unsuitable for a role in HR as someone who discriminates against women or avoids names that sound a little bit foreign.

In my opinion the people who tell you that a Lexi will never be a High Court Judge or a Hayden will never be a Surgeon are rarely in any of those positions themselves. Cherie Blair seems to have done ok despite the type of name that I have no doubt would have sent her CV to the bottom of your archaic pile. What it seems you are insinuating by saying that you would discriminate against a Brandon is that you feel their background and parenting (which might appear to be, in your words, 'chavvy') has a bearing on their skills or ability to do a job and that, in my opinion, is totally and utterly wrong.

Bhh and sbd, is v interesting to read your comments and I would admit that I would view an American Brandon in a different light to a British one, so that is a fair point and I stand corrected.

We definitely have experiences of different organisations in the City. I know some very snotty recruitment professionals who have admitted to writing MHARA across CV's - this charmingly stands for May Have a Regional Accent, let alone judging what the candidate is actually called.

Are you wanting Bs?

Brodie -[can be for boy or girl].
Conrad - for a more unusual C.

My kids have quite traditional names so not good at this!

Can I just say how ironic I find it that I am being abused for saying that names DO matter. Half the threads on Mumsnet seem to be someone asking if people consider potential baby names "chavvy"! Why does anyone care what their baby's name implies, if, according to at least three posters above, it isn't at all relevant?

Bluebell, it wasnt about the judging of names, I personally couldn't give a toss what anyone calls their child (we all have likes/dislikes, I've read here that my dcs names are boring and unimaginative, top ten names, couldn't care less, I love them) but I was riled by the implication that 'saddling' your child with a 'chavvy' name would mean that they would be judged when submitting a CV, I disagree, and my experience has been that most employers wouldn't reject a good candidate on names now.

Although I do agree now that youngsters have to 'shine' ie doe etc, to get a look in now.

This is totally irrelevant but I have to chuck it into the mix. Forget your name potentially putting off an employer - a friend told me today that her husband's firm have been so inundated with high-achieving graduate CV's that one of the partners has decided any CV that lists 'badminton' as an interest is going in the bin!!!

Eden is traditionally a boy's name (until "The Bold and the Beautiful" had a female character called that in the 1980s - they also had a male Cruz (traditional Spanish girl's name, one of the appelations of Mary)).

How about: Eden, Ellis, Elliott, Dominic, Victor, Leland, Leighton, Josiah, Ezekial (nn Zico), Sascha, Marco, Dante?