Final 5!

[AlongCameHolly]

Hi all

DH and I have finally narrowed it down to 5 names. Middle name will either be William or Jack depending which first name we chose

Alexander
Adam
Thomas/Tommy
Timothy
Jonah. We know this is a bit of a marmite name. We both like Joe, but not too keen on Joseph and feel joe by itself is a bit "incomplete". I've loved Jonah for a few years now and it's really grown on DH.

Thanks in advance for any input :) x

I love Alexander, but Alexandra is my favourite girls name. My DS (James) is 7 weeks now, and DH and I have decided to keep Alex in case next DC is a girl. We only want 2 DC's though so will almost definitely use Alexander if we have another boy!
Your whole list is really nice...good taste!

I think Timothy is lovely..never hear of it these days but can see it starting to rise again in popularity.
I actually really like Jonah, also prefer it to Joseph.
Tommy is also lovely but I don't really like Thomas or just Tom! And can't imagine an adult Tommy.
Adam is lovely too...bad connections for me (horrible ex) but it's a nice name!! You have a tough choice a head of you...if it were me I'd go for Alexander. Jonah would be my second choice.

I'm on the totally loving Jonah side. Jonah William is a wonderful strong name.

All the other names are good, they're a bit interchangeable, I don't have preferences between any of them, they're all classic typical names. Nothing your son will stand out for having, and all he can grow into a man with.

Good list. Have you considered waiting until he's born and seeing what "fits"?

Alexander is my favourite with a soft spot for Timothy which I agree is underused at the moment.

My least favourite is Adam.

Jonah by miles

My fave is Adam because I have one.
Alexander next, Jonah is ok.
Dislike the others.

Alexander or Thomas

I like them all so I'm not much help

I love love love Jonah but do not like Joe so personally would not use it for that reason. But since you like Joe then it would be a great name for you!

I love Alexander.

Jonah is quite nice - I think it would grow on me.

Not keen on the others.

Are you not bothered by the associations of Jonah? Shame, because it's a lovely name.

Timothy is fab- I haven't met a Tim under about 45, so unusual. Ditto Adam.

I would go for Timothy.

I like Jonah. However any of the others are 1000 times better than Timothy!

Love Jonah

Like Alexander too, but not as much as Jonah!

I love Jonah but the bad luck/destroyer connections really put me off.

Thomas would be my favourite off your list.

Timmy is my least favourite.

Adam

timothy and joseph are the ones i like least. just too dated although i know they are classics, alexander and adam are my favourites- a lot of adams and alex s that are my age (early 30s) and i when im at toddler groupe and i hear these names, still love them.

Jonah William is a name that commands respect.

Ooh, I like all of those

In order of preference:

Alexander
Adam
Timothy
Jonah
Thomas

Of your list I only like Jonah, it's lovely. I also like Judah.

Anything but Jonah, sorry. Too whiney.

I have an Adam and have only ever had strongly positive comments. Unlike most well-known boys' names, we never meet any others.

I really like Adam. Quite uncommon now I think. And versatile - would suit all sorts of boys / men iyswim.

I should add - Adam is always top 50, even top 20, yet we hardly ever encounter any. It's uncanny

I instantly thought Jonah out of those. Alexander is good too.

Adam, depends where you live. There's more Adams than Olivers in dc's school. We live in a Muslim area, so some are Muslim and some are not.

Thomas! All the Toms I know are lovely!

Love Alexander
Like Thomas
Quite like Jonah
Dislike Adam
Really dislike Timothy

Love Adam and am rather fond of Timothy. Hate Jonah.