HELP! It's a boy

[douglasbaby]

We've just found out that we're expecting a boy this September, which is great but DH and I can not decide on a boy's name. So much so we don't even have a short list.

Our main issue with boy's names is that the baby's last name will be Douglas and we want a name that is definitely a first name, not a last name. For example, no James because is it James Douglas or Douglas James?

I call upon the wisdom of MN. All suggestions gratefully received.

Congratulations on your forth coming DS Do you want a traditional /classic name, or a modern /more unusual name?

I would say that we lean to the more traditional names, but I wouldn't discount something more unusual provided it had some sort of meaning and was easy to pronounce and spell.

My father's family, being Danish has a lot of unusual names- like Frode, Mogens, Mads, and even a Thor! But these don't really work in English......

William.
Rory.
Leon.
Jonathan.
Robert.
Harry.
Henry.

Gareth
Jake
Alfie
Caleb
Kris

Alexander
Arthur
Atticus
Caspar
Cassius
Charles
Edmund
Edward
Humphrey
Leonard
Magnus
Olivier
Phineaus
Rafe
Reuben
Sebastian
Seth
Theodore
Wilf

Thor Douglas, umm. Think he would be remembered

I think it needs more than one syllable

Patrick
Matthew
Casper
Isaac
Karl

Ignore me - one syllable the suggests Karl ....

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