Baby boy names... Jacob, Isaac, Joel, Joshua, Barnaby, Zachary...?

[lovemakespeace]

Hello,

We like all the above names but none are quite fitting the bill for a (potential) DS. I am 40+3 today!! We thought we had one but now not so sure.

Can anyone help us out with other ideas?? We are bit stuck! Not good for over emotional hormonal pregnant lady ;)

Doesn't have to be biblical btw, although I know a lot of those are.

Reuben
Jesse
Caleb
Toby
Gabriel
Alexander

I think Francis is due a revival.

They are all very 'now' - is that what you are after?

Ooh I like Reuben...quite like the fact that it could become Ben as we like Benjamin but probably do lean towards something a bit more unusual.

My first DS name is on there so good guessing!

Not sure about whether we like 'now', we would dismiss some of the classics based on popularity so maybe...

I REALLY appreciate your help :)

My husband thinks this sounds like we are done now...we aren't! V grateful for any more suggestions :)

Jeremy
Ellis
Benedict
Edmund

Hmm having a debate here now... We both quite like Elias...nn Eli.

My husband thinks people would call him Elly, which we don't like, whereas Eee-lie we like a lot. I'm not convinced people would go quickly to Elly as it is a girls name.

What do you think?

Sebastian, Hugh, Owen, Monty, Abel, Justin, Sylvester, Ivor, Jasper.

Elly-as or El-eye-as?

Nicknames often just develop weirdly and not to plan!

I rather like Jasper...

I can't see the Elly/Ellie thing myself.

Elijah?

Illias?

If you pronounce it Ee-lie-us than I don't see people calling him Ellie.

Eli is a great name.

Ah I totally disagree and think Eli is a horrible whiny sound!

Just suggested Jonas on another thread - alternative to Jacob?

Noah?

Some great ideas :) Causing some discussion here. So frustrating we almost like the same ones but not quite!!

Elijah was already on the list, but I think it might be a bit of mouthful. I really like Jonas, husband not so sure. Husband likes Jasper, I'm not so sure.

Gaaarrgh!! Had no problems with first son ;)

Thanks again for your help.

Jonah

I like Elijah and don't think he'd get called Elly from that.

Noah
Rowan
Jasper
Dominic
Nathaniel
Christian
Anthony
Marcus
Xavier
Jared

We both like Micah.... do you think any way of avoiding Mike as a nn??

Not sure if it's possible to totally avoid a nn you don't like unless you are really stern with everyone who dares .

Just a few more I thought of:

Jerome, Fergus, Orson, Marlowe, Jerimiah, Jonty, Magnus, Nilo, Guy, Barney.

Abel? Max? Leo? Jason? Ivan? Rowan? Silas? Nathaniel? Oscar? Oliver? Ralph? Dexter?

I like Barnaby!!

Think we are going to go for Micah James (and ourselves use nn Mikey). Quite excited about it! Also like our girls name too a lot which we had before DS so will be very happy either way. Maybe it will turn out to be boy/girl twins despite the evidence so far (like 3 scans and numerous mw visits!!)

Thanks a lot for all your help.