Rate my boys names please!

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12 weeks pg with DC3. Girls name probably sorted. Boys much harder!

Thoughts please on:

Gabriel
Seth
Franklin
Dawson
Wyatt
Henry

Thanks in advance (I can handle honesty at this stage!)

Gabriel - s'all right
Seth - s'all right
Franklin - bloody turtle
Dawson - hate
Wyatt - hate
Henry - like - was one of our choices but we went with something else instead
Malachy - not really keen
Seamus/ Shay - if you're going to do it, use Seamus and call him Shay as nn
Auden - not keen
Josiah - s'all right
Jonah - s'all right

:)

Nope not Irish but lots of Celtic family history!

Seth
Seamus / Shay
Henry

Lots of Gabriel and Gabes at my school - never heard of them being confused as girls.

Gabriel and Henry. Maybe Seth.

Seth is fab, Gabriel is pretty great, Henry or Seamus would be doable if there was a fight (but dull)

The rest (both lists) are pretty bad, Dawson, Wyatt, Josiah and Malachy especially.

I love Josiah and Seamus.

Love Auden! Seth is quite nice too if a bit more well-used.

Bear in mind you're on week 12 and have the ability to change your mind once, twice, thrice throughout pregnancy.

Of your list, I like Gabriel and Seamus.

Please excuse me if you know this already:

Shay and Seamus are separate names.

Seamus is the Irish and Scottish version of James

Shay is an English pronounciation of the Irish name Seaghdha www.behindthename.com/name/se10aghdha.

The Scottish version (in the English language) is Shaw.

Love Gabriel. Don't like any of the others. Really dislike Seth, Dawson and Wyatt.

Henry only from me

Gabriel and Henry.

I only like Seth

I have 2 sons and both their names are in your list!

Gabriel and Seth are lovely. Seamus is quite nice if you have Irish connections.

Dawson is not really a name is it?

Love Seamus and Seoras (Gaelic for George). Malachy and Henry are fine too. In fairness though my top choice for my son was Elvis! Archie is now 3!!!

Adore frankie and seth

I only like Gabriel from your lists.

We had Seth on our list for ds - also had Saul, Eli and Warwick if that's any use!
DH went off Seth 'in case he has a lisp' which has to be the worst reason for vetoing a name but ended up not using it anyway...(used one of the others though)

Gabriel is the best boys name ever. Fact.
Sorry DS2 and 3.

Gabriel- Nice
Seth- OK
Franklin- No
Dawson- No.
Wyatt- i hate this. Not a fan of surnames as firstnames anyway but I find the sound really unappealing.
Henry- Nice. Yes, it's fairly popular at the moment but it's a classic.
Malachy- Nice
Seamus/ Shay- Love this. I like Seamus with Shay as a nn.
Auden- don't like and I find it pretentious
Josiah- Nice
Jonah- I love this. I also love the variant Jonas/

Love Josiah and Jonah!

Wyatt.
But, then, I'm another who considered Elvis!

Am really sorry, but Shay isn't the usual short form of Seamus. It's a completely separate name.
You can use it if you like, of course .Am honestly not being critical, just sharing information.

The usual shortening for Seamus = James is 'Shemmie' = Jimmie.

Chay, which can sound very similar to Shay, is a nickname for Charles.

In fairness to the OP, she didn't say Shay was a nickname for Seamus did she? She just wrote Seamus/Shay. Which some people do with different names on their list which they think of as having similar sounds.