If you could choose just one boys name as your all time favourite- what would it be?

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We are really stuck on a name for DS2. We already have DS1 who is Joseph, we loved this name from day one and never ever had any doubts throughout the pregnancy and when he was born it just 'fit' and suited him perfectly. I think I love his name so much that thinking of another I like as much is impossible!

Currently names we like but don't LOVE are:
Thomas
Henry
Oliver

All fairly traditional and popular names but my question is if you could pick just ONE boys name, unusual, popular or traditional, what would it be??

oh come on Jesus and Gabriel

are the bapists up or something

Gabriel is great, baptist or not.

I love Sebastian, Julian and Hugo.

I love my first sons name (Elijah/Eli) but ds2 has got my favourite name of all time, it just took ages to win dh 'round to it - Amos. Love, love, love it!

Sorry, I see I was supposed to pick just one. And it must be my all-time favourite, which I cannot do as I am too fickle and indecisive. But I still really love Rory after 19 years of having a DS called it, whereas I have gorn orf the name of my second child, and blow hot and cold with the third one.

Jude from me too - and it would go perfect with Joseph...

And its a very cool name, IMO of course :)

DS1 is also Joseph - I loved it when we picked it 19 years ago and I still love it now although he is known to his friends as Joe. DS2 is Jack which we picked despite its popularity at the time because it is a strong family name on both sides.

Digging around in my own family history revealed the name Samson which cropped up time and again. I love it and had I known this at the time of DS2's birth, I may well have given him this name instead. DS2 tells me he is very pleased I didn't.

I don't think they will thank you when older and a letter comes for Mr J Smith and they haven't a clue which it is for.

Sorry-in reply to having Joseph and Jude.

Jonathan

Finlay and Angus

You can't make me pick one, that's too mean!

Angus, or Gray, or Ralph. I like Felix too. And Adam. And Alexander and Patrick.

OK, OK, one name... nnnyuhhh... I'll go with Angus, I've loved it for the longest, and am most likely to get it with Scottish DP

Raif/Raife/Ralph actually means Wolf. I love it.

Just did a search function to see how many times my 3 sons names are mentioned on here.

Alot!

I bet Jesus is mentioned more

Actually I came very close to calling DS Gabriel, I do really love it. Just didn't want him to have to deal with pathetic "Gay" nicknames. Shame as its a beautiful name.

Love Owen, Fraser and Jacob. My 3 ds name.

Mungo, but we have a cat called Mungo so that's been ruled out as a boy's name.

DS is Sander, and it really suits him.

I also love Ivor (my grandfather's name), but DH doesn't

Michael
Samuel
Daniel

Our Ds is Daniel, because we already have 3 Michaels in the family, and Samuel really did not work with our initials - I could not subject him to that.

We've also got a Freddie (named after his late grandfather). If DD had been a boy then she would probably have been Rufus Heath.

David. It has always been a favourite of mine since long before I had children but neither of my sons is called David I don't like Dave though.

Ive 5 ds and still love their names
Dylan
Kiefer
Ryan
Logan
Zak
They maybe not to everyones taste but i love them,and everyone of them suits them could not imagine them being called anything else.

exoticfruits "I don't think they will thank you when older and a letter comes for Mr J Smith and they haven't a clue which it is for"

We all have the initial J and same surname. Very confusing when post arrives!