Ewan?

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Thoughts on Ewan George? Younger brother of William Charles. Our surname is a single syllable, British surname, starts with C.

I like it, however, George, William and Charles all have a theme (regal or English-sounding).

Would you look at other names within this context?

Henry
Alexander
Victor
Phillip
Edward

A name I love, similar to Ewan, is Evan. But again, like the combo you have anyway.

Euan is a more pleasant spelling, I think.

My dyslexic husband can't get his head around the Euan spelling, FATE! I like both ways.

MrsGently, thanks. We had a little boy who we lost at 21 weeks last year, who was called Alexander, so that name has been used, and my brother is Henry so that is out too. Edward is on our list, nn Teddy. (or is that odd? The only Ted I know is short for Theodore). I've got another 18 weeks to go so still time to decide!

I like Evan too, DH doesn't, sadly! He is being very difficult this time - it's hard when we've named two boys already!

I love the name Evan and it was going to be my choice. I regret not using it.

I like Ewan and have one of my own!

My dyslexic husband can't get his head around the Euan spelling

Its the same sound as Euro (the currency), just with "an" at the end.

I'm biased on the "right" way to spell Euan though. .

I also have a Ted/Teddy. Theodore though, but I do like Edward, it gives the option of Ed, Eddie etc.

I like Euan George. Sturdy, sensible, classic.

I also like Louis and love, love, love Jonty (nn for Jonathon, or on its own)

Oh, Spainel, I'm so, so sorry .

Ewan is a fine spelling. Iwan, of course is another, or Owen as a slight deviation in pronunciation (can you tell I'm Welsh ).

Ewan is fab, good choice. DS's middle name.

I'm not allowed to use Evan, my partner thinks I only want to name our boy after (the absolutely gorgeous) Evan Peters. So someone needs to use it, fill the world will lovely little Evan's .

FATE, I agree with you, but DH won't be persuaded on it! I wasn't sure if people would assume a Teddy was Theodore, but it can be either I think? I like Theodore too, but a good friend has a Theo so it's off limits.

MrsGently, thank you, but don't feel bad - you didn't know. I am English but do like a lot Welsh names. When I was pregnant with DS1 I met an absolutely beautiful little Seren, and fell in love with the name - if he had a been a girl, I wanted to use it. I think it would have been odd in an East Midlands accent though! There are some fab Welsh names.

See, Seren is one name I don't like - but that's mostly because where I grew up it wasn't considered a 'nice name'. I appreciate it comes over differently elsewhere though. There are some lovely Welsh names, but my English partner cannot roll his 'r's, so it limits our choices. Language is a funny thing!

When I hear Teddy, I don't instantly jump to Theodore. Again, may be to do with upbringing, I knew an Edward but no Theo's. It's a really nice name, very versatile as well, when he gets older and is trying out 'cool' versions of his name.

That's interesting MrsGently! When you're not from an area, you just don't have a frame of reference for a name, do you? It's like I like the name Elodie, but someone told me it's actually a very dated 80s name in France (not sure if that's true or not! I still like it!).

Right, I have a few ideas to talk to DH about later. We are struggling so much this time!

I have a Euan. He is now 25 but the name suited him as a baby, a toddler, a schoolboy and through to adulthood. He likes his name too! We also have a single syllable surname starting with C.

Love Ewan, it was on my shortlist for DS (as was William incidentally). I don't think the fact that it isn't a "royal" name is a problem. Names don't have to be from the same background.

My lovely grandad was an Edward known as Ted. I've known one Theodore known as Ted but most have been known as Theo, so if I had to guess what a young Ted's full name was, Edward would be the more obvious one for me.

I love it. At the moment it's number one on our list but I change my mind most days, we keep coming back to Ewan though. It's pretty uncommon in Ireland where we live too, not sure how common it is in Britain. I presume there's quite a few in Scotland.

Thanks. I think it's number one for us, too. I'm in the East Midlands and have never met another little Ewan (I know a few grown-up ones). 17 weeks to go, so may still change our mind!