The Final Four!! (boy names)

[iloveMrBloom]

Hello lovely mumsnetters,

Please help us by voting for your favourite! DS1 is due this month and DH and I can't choose between these four names. We'll probably go with the majority vote as we just can't separate them. Thank you!!!

Thomas Henry W......
Matthew Joseph W......
Alexander James W......
Joseph Matthew W......

I like them all! Love Alexander and Joseph though.

Matthew Joseph

Joseph Matthew or Thomas Henry

Alexander James

Matthew Joseph

All lovely but my vote is

Thomas Henry

Alexander James, without a doubt!

Alexander James

If its out if those names in that order then
Thomas Henry
But if you can mix them up then Henry James or James Henry are both beautiful

Definitely Alexander James
(Although I do agree with Wishful in that Henry James is lovely too)

Alexander James or Joseph Matthew (or if you can mix them up then Alexander Joseph or Joseph Alexander)

Thomas Henry.

Then he can be a Thomas, a Tom, a Henry or a Harry.

Alexander james

Thomas Henry or Matthew Joseph

Alexander James followed by Matthew

All fabulous! My vote goes to Matthew Joseph though as I think Matthew is slightly more underused than the other first name choices. You really can't go wrong with any of the four though. Congrats!

Thomas Henry (although I love Thomas Joseph too!)

Alexander James or Thomas Henry!

They're all lovely - beautiful classic names and combinations. I feel like Matthew is the most underused if that's a consideration (I met a baby Matthew today and thought how nice it was to hear the name on a baby) but you couldn't go wrong with any of them.

Alex James makes me think of Blur/ Chipping Norton set cheesemaking but perhaps I am showing my age...

Just checked ONS list - it's not that underused at #49 (but Thomas and Joseph are top 20, and Alexander #22). They're all popular for a reason!

Joseph - stunning!!!

Thank you everyone!

So on a quick count, Alexander is the clear winner - followed by Thomas then Matthew then Joseph.

Matthew was a late entry to the short list (MIL suggestion). I hadn't considered it before but it has really grown on me. Love that it means 'gift of God' too.

My daughter has a biblical name so I'd like to continue that trend ideally.

Hmm, it's still so hard to decide! I think we'll end up seeing what he looks like and hopefully he'll arrive looking like one of these names!!

Any more votes??

I'd go for Joseph

To be honest OP, you can't go wrong with any of them, they are all absolutely fine. Maybe think if you like the shortened versions as much - Alex, Joe, Tom, Matt, which may swing it for you. You may not shorten but their school friends probably will.

Alexander, definitely. But am biased as I have a female version

Do think about the shortenings, though, in case there are any that you hate. You do get some say over it (for example, we always call DD by one shortening and in 4 years no one has ever shortened it to anything else) but obviously when they go to school that might well change.

They are all great names though.