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If you're a young mum and you have a son... What's his name?

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RL20 · 02/02/2015 16:12

I want to hear what young mums have called their sons!
I know I will probably get people asking why only young mums and older mums can obviously pick the same names. I'm just trying to find a way of seeing different boys names through the generations. I'm 22 and expecting a baby boy and struggling so much with boys names.
So far I only like Max, Theo, and my favourite - Freddie.
I don't like really cutesy names but also not a huge fan old names such as Tom, Ben or Jack.
I wish I wasn't so picky but I'm finding boys names a lot harder to choose than when we were thinking of girls names a a while back!

Whatever the name, write it here!

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RL20 · 02/02/2015 16:13
  • as older mums. Not "and older mums" Grin
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Heels99 · 02/02/2015 16:14

The names you like are lovely. I am an older mum though. Avoid all kaydens/Jayden's they are names people stereotype for younger mums.

afreshstartplease · 02/02/2015 16:14

I am 27 but had my first dc at 20 and 21

One of them has one of the names on your list

He has friends with the other two names

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RL20 · 02/02/2015 16:30

Heels yes I have to agree, I don't fall into that "category" as I'm not a fan of Kaydens or Jaydens and know quite a few. This is probably why I'm finding it so difficult to pick a name as a lot of girls my age have chosen names I don't necessarily like so I'm really having to think outside the box.
Afresh, how strange! What are his other friends names?! Ha ha.

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afreshstartplease · 02/02/2015 16:33

He has friends named

Finley
Finlay
Luke
Lucas
Harry

He could have been called Connor or Mason himself if i had gotten my own Way

GlitzAndGigglesx · 02/02/2015 16:35

My dsis wanted Theo for her son but has used it as a middle name. We're both 22 and I like Jayden but would never use it as it's very stereotypical and overused

Hurr1cane · 02/02/2015 16:35

I was 19 when I had DS and he has a very normal name. My friend who is 40 has a son the same age as mine with the same name

ImNotWhoYouThinkIam · 02/02/2015 16:36

I had ds1 at 19. His name is Dominic.

I had Ds2 at 22 . He's Joshua.

I'm not a fan of Jayden/Kayden etc although lots of my friends who had babies at a similar age used names of that 'type' iyswim.

DinoRAUR · 02/02/2015 16:52

I had DS when I was 19 (22 now) and his name is Lucas. Friends have called their boys:

Oscar
Jacob
Christopher
James
Cody

I do know a Tyler, Jayden and a Kayden too but I'm not a fan as they're so popular with people from a bad crowd around here please don't flame me.

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Butterflowers · 02/02/2015 17:04

I was 22 when I had my ds, his name is Levi. He's 16 now and I still love his name......though he once told me he didn't like having such an unusual name and wished he was called something different.

BlueberryWafer · 02/02/2015 17:07

I was 21 when I had ds - his name is Archie. I will be 23 when my next child is born, if this one is a boy he will 99% be called Joshua, however Elijah is also in the running.

LetticeKnollys · 02/02/2015 17:18

Zachary

Names I liked but my OH vetoed were Alexander, Edward, Thomas and Luke, so fairly traditional.

I like Theo the best from your list! Freddie is ok, but I'd go with Frederick on his birth certificate so that he doesn't feel out of place when he runs for Prime Minister.

HRMC87 · 02/02/2015 19:44

My sister is a young mum, my nephew is Kyson. I really didn't like it at first but now I love it, probably because I love him :)

duzzlightyearsmum · 02/02/2015 19:47

I was 20 (23 now) when I had DS he is called Jacob.

We also considered:
Joshua
Andrew
Michael (his middle name)

DancingLola · 02/02/2015 19:49

I was 23 when I had DS1 & he is Samuel. Other friends who had their sons around my age or younger have:

Reece
Cameron
Charlie
Brandon
Bradley
Matthew

Shamazeballs · 02/02/2015 19:49

I had a DS at 20. He's Jack.
Another one at 24. He's charlie.

I liked Max, Loki (ds1 would've suited this!), Jude, Henry, Archie and Ralph.

Tisiphone · 02/02/2015 19:49

A friend has a Max and a Theo. She was 39 and 43 when they were born.

Ems1812 · 02/02/2015 19:52

I had my DS at 21 & he is Harry :)

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 02/02/2015 20:32

I know a max born to a 43 year old too. I know lots of mums of all different ages and haven't noticed a different 'style' of name dependant on the age of the mum. I know a 20 year old with a William, and a 22 year old with a Henry.

TheyLearnedFromBrian · 03/02/2015 12:34

The three names you mention are all lovely - interesting yet not too faddy and made up - traditional but slightly less usual than the top choices, all easy to spell too. Go for one of those! Freddie is ace - would you have Frederick?

CheerfulYank · 03/02/2015 12:37

I was 24 when I decided DS would be called Sam (he's Samuel but we rarely use it.) Almost eight years on and it suits him down to the ground. :)

I think your three names are nice. I like Max best but they're all good.

notonyourninny · 03/02/2015 12:41

I hasmy first dc at 23, a girl, she would have been Harry.

YokoUhOh · 03/02/2015 12:43

I'm an older mum (than you) with a Freddie (full name Alfred). It's a very sweet name, and he can be Alf or Fred when he's an old man ;)

ROARmeow · 03/02/2015 12:53

I had DC1 in my early 20s. His name is Adam.