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Baby number 1 due in 5 weeks. Not knowing the sex is not the issue. All along I have had a name picked out for a girl (my maiden name) I love it as a name and that it is a family connection. For a boy we initially thought of dh mothers maiden name, Mackenzie. At times I love this name and other times all I can think of is the clothing brand. We have also suggested Lucas which at the mo I love more, dh suggested it but our surname begins with L. And he thinks the aliteration sounds funny. Which would you choose? Or is it best to wait till the big day and see if our bump is a boy and see which one suits more??

Darcy is a unisex name no?
I like Mackenzie. We all have rooted associations with some names. But in th end I think most can be replaced (Adolph, Jesus, blanket, come to mind as exceptions). So once people get to know you lovely son he will be the reference for his name.

Surnames used as first names are all awful, IMO. Don't do it OP!!! Don't like Darcy much as a name either (sorry )

Lucas definitely.

I know a lovely little Darcey

I definitely think of McKenzie as a girl's name. My godson is Macnamara - he is named after his grandmother's maiden name - goes by Mac.

My grandmother was Scottish and my dad has her maiden name as a middle name.

As the prefix "Mac" means "son of", it seems strange to give a girl that type of name...

Regardless of that, Mackenzie does come across as very US teen TV. It does work as a middle name though.

Lucas is classic and cool.

I am going against the trend and saying I prefer Mackenzie to Lucas by miles! I can however picture him being called Mack - which I openly admit to liking too!

Can't say I like Lucas at all.

Somehow I feel that when you see your little one you will know which names work.

Mackenzie would be shortened to Kenzie straight away!

Mackenzie is more used as a girls name currently also.

Prefer Luca to Lucas also

Luca Mackenzie L......

Love Darcey

Oh and I vote for wait and see what he looks like... My daughter looked nothing like our top name and we changed it, her name suits her totally (though I imagine she'd have grown into either, it just didn't feel right when she didn't look like at all like we imagined a Felicity!!!)

If you like the nn "Mac" but have gone off MacKenzie, how about Cormac as an alternative?

I agree that MacKenzie has rather unfortunate associations; and it's much more commonly a girl's name anyway.

Lucas is lovely, but if you have a surname beginning with L, make sure it still sounds OK if he ends up being called Luke / Loo / Luca / Louis.

Lucas is lovely,Mackenzie is awful.

Lucas every time!

I would avoid Mackenzie because it is usually used as a girl's name in the US.

I'm american and know so many MacKenzies who are girls. :) It's not so popular now...they're all about 10+.

I say go for Lucas Mackenzie. It's nice! :)

I don't like Mackenzie. I do like Lucas though.

I like both names but prefer Lucas.

To be honest I'm only commenting to giggle at the irony of a PP saying Mackenzie sounded like some horrible American teen from One Tree Hill when the lead character in that programme was called Lucas...

Lancelottie Your post reminded me so much of my DS when he started Reception. He made friends with a little boy called Mackenzie but there was a little girl with the sane name in the class, and literally every time he mentioned his friend for about a year, he referred to him as 'Mackenzie - the-boy-Mackenzie-not-the-girl-Mackenzie.' I was quite relieved when 'the girl Mackenzie' moved schools!

Forgot to say - I like both names but Lucas is more classic and alliteration shouldn't matter hugely. My DS has an alliterative name, which we agonised about, but it flows well and we so rarely say it in full out loud that it really doesn't matter.

Call him Mack or Cormac if a boy, would be my advise.

Mack is a great name, but I am biased.

Lucas is lovely but then I'm biased as there is one sitting next to me eating chocolate biscuits
Also like Darcy!