Fenella ' s a fella.

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Can't sleep. You lovely lot helped me choose Fenella Ruth for my baby. At the scan today I discovered she was a he. There hasn't been a boy baby in my DH ' S family since he was born 34 years ago. He has 3 younger sisters and they all have girls as do his cousins. MIL"joked" today we may need a DNA test. (COW) Our other DD is Melissa and I have no idea at all for a boy's name as I got brainwashed into thinking we couldn't have a boy. Please could you help? DH immediately said Donavan which I hate. I think I want 3 syllables with a GOOD nn not Don ha ha!

Finn, or Findlay?
Donovan is great!
Dominic?

Solomon
Sebastian
Barnaby
Jefferson
Gabriel
Gideon
Dominic

Benedict
Jeremy
Raphael
Jonathan

(If she asks about DNA test again, smile sweetly and ask if she had one after your DH was born)

Ooh, that was an inadvisable comment from your MIL!

Some ideas:
Fenton
Adair
Alasdair /Alastair
Darien/Darian
Dorian
Alexander
Dashiel
Rafferty
Sulivan
Dewey

Christopher

Diarmuid sounds like Fenella's brother

Levison
Ferdinand .

"We don't have girls in our family" said mil, just before we told her we were expecting a girl.

Benedict?

Family runs to girls too - I have 2 boys!

How about Conrad?

Thanks for the suggestions...and support re MIL! DH only wants Donovan so he can call him The Don. ??
I like all of your ideas AuntieStella. Is Jonathan too old fashioned and is Jonty ok as a nn? Can't get used to this baby being a bou.

Or even a boy!

I love Gabriel and Jonathan best out of those suggested so far, especially to go with Melissa.

Melissa and Jonty

Melissa and Gabe.

Both great.

Nathaniel nn Nate I love this name!
Also:
Isaac
Joseph
Michael
Sebastian
Maxwell

Thanks Hmm they're my favourites too! My MIL on phone today "Darling I hope I didn't upset you with my little comment. Too early for names but I do like Tristan." Er no.

Gregory?

Jonathan is a great name.

Sullivan?

Jonathan's nice though, you can do a lot with Jonathan.

Benedict
Sebastian
Dominic
Laurence
Samuel

Theodore means long awaited, nice subtle link there, can be nn to Theo or Teddy, Ted.

It doesn't mean that literally - it means gift of God in Greek.

Jonathan is a terrific name and so is Gabriel. If you're planning to shorten it I would go for Jonathan.

Love Nathaniel, Dominic, and Sebastian.

Anthony
Zachary
Simeon
Elliot
Frederick
Gregory
Benjamin
Josiah
Maximus

Jonathan and jonty are great.

Thanks so much for the help. Looks like it'll be Jonathan nn Jonty.

Arf at Fenton. Seriously? After the Youtube video, Fenton will always be a badly behaved dog