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If it's a boy...I simply have not found a name I love!

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FlirtyThirty · 29/06/2012 11:23

So, second baby due and struggling to think of a possible boy's name!

The boys names that like are:
Alexander
Cameron
James
Michael
Zachary

...one is my DS1 name and so obviously not suitable for use for DS2!! ;-)
And for various reasons I can't use any of them for next baby (e.g. other close family members have them)...so can anyone suggest similar names??

We have Scottish roots and a 'Mac' surname, though are not completely wedded to having a Scottish first name...

Any suggestions as I'm quite struggling to find a boy's name that I really love!

Any help appreciated!

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cece · 29/06/2012 11:27

Mark
Sandy/Sasha
Kieron
Gregory
Rory
Paul
Andrew
Jonathan
Tom

Any good? I was the same with boys, my 2 boys names are in there, but I reallys struggled to find ones we agree on.

Stellan · 29/06/2012 11:50

If you cannot find a name that you love, pick a name that you (and your son) can live with. Something fairly ordinary, easy to spell and pronounce, and unlikely to provoke a strong reaction either way would probably be best. The good news is that I'd put all of the names you're considering in that category. As you can't use them, I'd branch out and start considering top 100 names like:

Matthew
Thomas
Peter
Oliver
Luke
Oscar
Leo
William
Joshua
George
James
Daniel
Jacob
Ethan
Samuel
Joseph
Noah
Benjmain
Henry
Isaac
Sebastian
Adam
Reuben
Gabriel
Arthur
Frederick
Stanley

If you're looking for a Scottish name, the obvious contenders are:
Alistair/Alasdair
Iain
Aidan
Rory
Callum
Fraser
Euan
Scott
Douglas
Bruce
Stuart/Stewart
Graeme/Graham
Erskine
Fergus
Hamish

But maybe you could also consider less traditional/common choices like Stirling, Boyd, Logan, Arran, Torquil, Brodie, Clark, Munro, Reid and Ross too.

It's hard to gauge what your style is but here are some 'classic Scottish'-type choices you could also think about using: Christopher, Clement, Francis, Gabriel, Hugo, Peter, Theodore, Rupert, Nathan, Nathaniel, Ralph, Robin.

BringBack1996 · 29/06/2012 11:50

Fraser? It was on our list for DS2 but in the end we went with James. Jude is also in a similar vein IMO, or maybe Angus?

cloggs142 · 29/06/2012 13:56

I have a jude william. Love the name. Dps name is seth caleb...thought that was quite nice too. Lol. Some of the ones on our list were:
Reuben
Domonic
Myles
Henry
Theo
Nathaniel
Jacob
Oliver
Noah

:-)

cloggs142 · 29/06/2012 13:57

Also had alexander and zachary but theyre a no no :-(

Littlecherublegs · 29/06/2012 13:59

Noah
Jacob
Leo
Angus
Drew
Christian
Adam
William
Louis
Simon
Daniel
Marcus
Elijah

bouncysmiley · 29/06/2012 20:07

Idris or Ezra

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