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Traditional boys names

20 replies

NewJobNewLife · 25/07/2014 15:22

I have quite a conservative taste in names, and am really struggling to name DS2, expected in a few months.

For various reasons, all the boys names I love would cause a problem. If I list the ones I can't use, could you suggest other names I might like?

I love but can't use:

Peter
James
David
Alexander
William
Stephen
Robert
Daniel
Alistair

Any ideas?

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squoosh · 25/07/2014 15:26

Henry
Matthew
Edward
Michael
John
Andrew
Nicholas
Charles

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/07/2014 15:30

Elliot
Miles
Joe
Guy
Anthony
Lawrence
Steven

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/07/2014 15:32

Christopher
Jonathan
Samuel
Edgar
Giles
Marcus
Mark
Alan
Martin
Robin

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/07/2014 15:34

Oliver
Jack
Brian
Frederick

hefner · 25/07/2014 15:43

Thomas
Matthew
Jonathan
Paul
Benjamin
Duncan

florascotia · 25/07/2014 17:05

Patrick, Gregor/Gregory, Edmund, John, George, Joseph, Arthur, Swithin, Wystan, Gareth, Benedict, Phillip, Donald, Albert, Adam, Luke, Hugh, Martin

ButterflyOfFreedom · 25/07/2014 17:15

Sorry for any repeats:

Patrick
Quentin
Richard
Thomas
Owen
Andrew
Stephen
Francis
George
Henry
Julian
Victor
Neil
Graham
Anthony
Michael
Simon
Ian
Christian
Samuel
Gareth
Nicholas
Dominic

NunsArePeopleTooDougal · 25/07/2014 20:31

Laurence, Frederick, Martin, Richard

NewJobNewLife · 25/07/2014 21:39

There are some great ideas here, thank you :)

I think Owen, Andrew and Matthew are forerunners so far, though Edmund and Benedict might also grow on me.

I found it really hard to think of names other than the ones I love but can't really use, so your lists have been great :)

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florascotia · 26/07/2014 21:15

Glad you like Edmund! There is also Edwin and Edgar, of course. And what about Roland - great chivalric history!

CountBapula · 26/07/2014 21:16

Leo
Henry
Elliott

ralinax294 · 27/07/2014 16:47

George
Matthew
Charles
Edward
Samuel
Joseph
Oliver
Richard
Michael
Henry
Andrew
Nicholas
Thomas
Patrick

Diorella · 27/07/2014 16:50

Marcus
Patrick
Frederick
Richard
Gregory
Thomas
George
Leo
Dominic

twinjocks · 27/07/2014 17:49

Robert

Aciderwouldbenice · 27/07/2014 17:51

I love Emmett but can't use it

Surfsup1 · 29/07/2014 05:11

Peter - Paul?
James - Joshua?
David - Jonathan?
Alexander - Christopher?
William - Henry?
Stephen - Thomas?
Robert - Richard?
Daniel - Nathan?
Alistair - Cameron?

Lookingforfocus · 02/08/2014 17:26

Gabriel
Michael

Halfpint76 · 09/08/2014 19:20

Adam? Don't hear of many Adams these days but it's a nice classi name

Linguaphile · 09/08/2014 21:01

Timothy?

honeybeeridiculous · 09/08/2014 22:05

Ernest
Paul
Arthur
Edwin
Albert
Jonathan
Louis
Congratulations Thanks

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