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need some ideas for buys names please...

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bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 15:44

Dh doesn't like ANY names I suggest and we are therefore finding it hard to agree. Baby is due in 10 weeks time so would like to have a few potentials at the ready.
To give you and idea... I like:
Lachlan - Dh says we are not using the same name as Rupert Murdoch's son!
Malachi - DH thinks i've lost it.
Leon - a friend has used it already for their son
Max - both of us quite like but don't like maxamillion or maxwell - prefer maximus but not sure...
Freddie - but don't like frederick
Xavier - a friend has used already
Luca - DH says it reminds him of the suzanne vega song about domestic abuse!
Fabio - DH thinks I've lost it.
Oscar - Friend has used already.
George - DH not keen
Leo - used in family already

Please help me think of some nice names - have trawled the boards and various websites and not able to find anything we both like.
(Oh and it needs to go with DS1's name which is Dylan)
I await inspiration.....

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bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 15:45

Sorry meant Boys names not Buys names!

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tiredteddy · 11/07/2012 15:46

You could just use Max it is a name in its own right and doesn't need a longer version. It goes well with Dylan too I think!

quoteunquote · 11/07/2012 15:51

I really like Malachi, DS has a really lovely friend with that name.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_(given_name)Rory?

diddl · 11/07/2012 15:53

Felix,
Rufus,
Silas?

bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 15:58

Thanks for the speedy responses!
I think Max goes with Dylan too, I would just like to have a few options so that when he arrives we can pick a name because its the right one not just because it's the only one we agree on - IYKWIM
Love Malachi - but have had lots of wrinkled noses when I have mentioned it to people :)
Anymore ideas out there???

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bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 16:00

Like both Felix and Rufus but they have also been rejected - as cat and dog's names!
Not sure I'm that into Silas...
More ideas please please please....

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amck5700 · 11/07/2012 16:03

Alec/Alex
Gethin
Jonah
fergus

GnocchiNineDoors · 11/07/2012 16:03

Fwiw I love Max. what has your dh suggested?

Travis
Rex
Joe
Ted / Edward

amck5700 · 11/07/2012 16:04

Miles
Nathan
Emit

WhereMyMilk · 11/07/2012 16:05

Alexander
Benjamin
Seth
Noah
Henry

bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 16:11

DH doesn't really come up with any suggestions. Oh he did mention James but then went off it. He's a bit stuck on Max. I just really want some more potential names at the ready.
We both like Teddy also but not liking Edward. Ahh its driving me a bit mad!
Thanks for the suggestions - please keep em coming....

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VolAuVent · 11/07/2012 16:17

How about Alfred with Freddie for short?

I like Malachi, Freddie, Xavier and George best from your list, and Max/Maximus is quite nice too.

Dylan and...

James
Harrison
Luke
Ciaran
Nicholas
Saul

bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 16:27

Ohh hadn't thought of Alfred for Freddie!

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badtime · 11/07/2012 16:36

Malachy instead of Malachi?
Sounds a bit less religious/old fashioned.

I like Maxim better than Maximus.

Freddie could be Alfred, Wilfred or Manfred?

bigroundbump · 11/07/2012 16:39

Ha Manfred makes me laugh - isn't that the name of the Mammoth in Ice Age?
Maxim is nice.
Any ideas for long versions of Teddy??

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GnocchiNineDoors · 11/07/2012 16:50

Well, im a person who would put nicknames on BC so would put Ted on BC.

Theodore?

VolAuVent · 11/07/2012 18:21

Teddy...

Edwin, Edmund, Edward, Theodore

or if you're feeling more "adventurous" there's Theodoric, Tedman, Edgar or Tedric!!

melliebobs · 11/07/2012 18:24

I ended up having a dd 18wk ago but potential boy names for us were

Jesse (which I now can't have if we have a DS as Dd is called Nancy)
Arlo
Silas
Stanley
Beau

CarriMarie · 11/07/2012 18:49

I think Max goes well with Dylan, and maybe you could give him a longer middle name to balance things out ? Or what about Marcus or Caleb ?

pigletpower · 11/07/2012 19:12

We have a Dexter,any good?

zxcv123 · 11/07/2012 23:29

Jago
Max (just Max)
Hugo
Ned
Toby
Bruno
Reuben
Lucas

bigroundbump · 12/07/2012 18:06

Hmmm Dexter, Reuben, Toby and Arlo are all nice - three are taken already by friends however.
Thanks for all the suggestions it's really helpful. Any more for anymore?...

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Junebridemummy · 12/07/2012 23:40

Dashiell. Dash for short. Even the people who think its made up love it and the other boys are dead jealous.

bigroundbump · 13/07/2012 08:40

:) @ Dash.
My little niece suggested Bolt for DS1.

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tattbag · 13/07/2012 08:46

i liked Rowan and Elliot - but had a girl and a husband who didn't agree!

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