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Boy name help please...............

47 replies

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:12

Recently found out I'm pregnant, and I'm obsessed with finding a boy name and tbh I have been sort of looking since I had my 2yo DS.

I spent so much time stressing over boys names in the last pregnancy and of course he turned out to be a boy, so we settled for a name we liked but didn't love, but we love it now as he has grown into it.

So I want to get on the ball now. I find boys names really hard, but added to that OH likes conventional normal names, think Thomas, Patrick & Daniel. Which are actually quite popular here.

I like unusual (in Northern Ireland) but not unheard of or made up names. Names I like but don't love are:
Oscar
Rhys
Lucas
Cole
Finlay
Oisin (my least favourite)

OH only likes Oisin, we're Irish so to him it's a normal common name.

I've found myself wishing it's a girl so we don't have to go through the stress again.

Btw Girls names are
Georgia
Charlotte
(We both love these)

Please give me some options, bearing in mind it can't be anything too whacky, but just something ever so slightly different.

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:28

Colm
Conal
Ciar
Hayden
Miles
Ellis
Rory
Fraser

SJisontheway · 26/07/2013 23:32

If Irish names are fair game how about
Phelim
Cillian
Manus

Hashtagwhatever · 26/07/2013 23:33

Sean
Stephen
Rory
Jack
Joseph

chubbychipmonk · 26/07/2013 23:38

Daniel

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:41

Like Conal but our friends just named their baby Conall. All the other Irish names are very common here so sort of want to stay away from Irish names.

Also like Jack and Daniel but every other baby is called those around here.

Keep em coming!

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:45

Ralph
Caleb
Jonah
Edgar
Craig
Gregor
Elliot
Innes
Murray
Leighton
Emerson

soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:47

Joshua
Felix
Lloyd
Finn
Jasper
Simon
Ewan
Ivan

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:48

Like Jonah but will never get it past DH, therein lies the problem, we have completely different taste in boy names!

Where do we go from here, any suggestions?

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:49

Logan
Rowan
Leo
Leon
Marcus
Fergus
Magnus

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:49

Love Finn, but best friends wee boys called that, could have got him convinced on it too! Sad

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:50

yes, but with Jonah, he can call him Joe - very normal and maybe to his taste?

bridgetsmum · 26/07/2013 23:50

Declan

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:50

Love Rowan/Rohan soon but it rhymes with DS's name!! Grin

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:51

what is your Son called or don't you want to say?

soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:52

Dylan?

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:52

Oooh u may be onto something soon

Declan was the only name he came up with in the last pregnancy, it's a running joke now as he plucked it out of the air as I was putting pressure on him to pick something.

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funnymummy2931 · 26/07/2013 23:54

Roan Smile

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:54

Cohan - we like pd it because it's different without being crazy. Even though he gets called Conan a lot!

Dylan always sound American to me, and it's not even, but your on the right track soon uncommon but not crazy!

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:56

Cohan is lovely - maybe we are getting somewhere but i'm running out of ideas :0

Mandos1 · 26/07/2013 23:58

Really like Jonah/Joe soon , I met one last wk as was like ooooooo, but told hubs and he kind of turned his nose up. I feel if I got a name I loved I could probably convince him but I just need to get that name.

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soontobeslendergirl · 26/07/2013 23:59

Casey
Torin
Adrian
Kerr
Austin
Jay
Robin

Mandos1 · 27/07/2013 00:04

Too wacky apart from Adrian which is v common here. But your sort of on the right path, I like names that are uncommon but everyone still knows them or knows how to spell them soon

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soontobeslendergirl · 27/07/2013 00:04

Blair
Ross
Gareth
Callum
Aaron

soontobeslendergirl · 27/07/2013 00:06

Ooh this is hard :)

Gavin
Andrew
Josh
Jake
Alfred

soontobeslendergirl · 27/07/2013 00:08

Oliver
Martin
Grant
Douglas

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