Baby boy is 12 days old. 8 names.

[Piper2017]

Hello Mumsnet!

Baby boy is 12 days old. We just can't decide. Some opinions would be very helpful.

The 8 names:

• Aidan
• Elliot
• Finn
• Hayden
• Isaac
• Noah
• Oliver
• Reuben

The one we like the least is Oliver - it has an obvious NN. We don't mind the name being shortened/given a NN, but I can't see him having 'Reubs' or 'Els', etc. written on his books at school, but Ollie may well be!

Love these-

Aidan
Finn
Isaac

Reuben and Noah too trendy/overused right now.
Oliver bit boring and suddenly every other baby boy is called this.

Piper have you decided? Let us know what you've gone with!

Lovely photograph

My favourite by far is Oliver with a nn of Oli.
Would have been dd's name had she been a boy.

Nicknames won't be used on books etc unless you ask for that as a preference when at school and nursery.

I haven't taught an Oliver for a few years now (infant school) so bit as popular as it once was.

Piper - how about Benedict? Similar-ish to Benjamin but not quite as popular

Congratulations, he is gorgeous!

My order of preference from your list is: Oliver/Isaac (like these equally), Noah, Elliot, Aidan, Reuben, Finn, Hayden.

Good luck choosing, keep us posted :-)

Oh my he's so teeny tiny! What a beautiful little boy. I think he's Isaac.

Noah and Reuben. Love both.
Not very keen on the others.

Isaac stands out for me

Bit biased, I have a 5 month old baby Aidan (also have a Jack). He is adorable op! I think he suits a soft sounding name. Oliver, Noah or Aidan gets my vote. All of the names are lovely in different names. Go with your gut.

Isaac means laughter - I know a lovely boy called Isaac and he brings joy and laughter to all who get to know him

Oliver is a fab strong name. All the Olivers I know are lovely intelligent people.

Noah is nice, I'm not keen on the other names though sorry.

Let us all know what you decide.

Your new son is so gorgeous! Congratulations! I think Isaac would be perfect!

Reuben or Isaac

He is BEAUTIFUL, my God.

And an Elliot.

I was shopping today and there was this really gorgeous little boy called Olly and although I previously didn't much care for the name, it suited him so well. So Oliver gets the thumbs up from me.
I also once met a really cute Elliott.

I think he might be a Reuben.

Reuben, Noah, Finn

I like Finn and Oliver. I like Aidan too but i knew someone called that and he ended up getting called Aids a lot which i don't think is a good name

He looks like a Reuben to me beautiful boy

I think he looks like an Isaac. Congratulations

Oops, sorry about the random green face

He looks like Isaac or Peter to me.

Finn

Have you named him yet?

like Isaac the best x

Elliot is lovely.

Congratulations