Please tell me your loveliest boy names

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Just that really!

I have done something I swore I never would and convinced myself that we are having a boy, (before we've reached the stage where someone might be able to confirm that at a scan).

Anyway, we have a list of lovely girl names, but can't agree on any boy names. We both liked Matthew and Christopher for a while, but we've both gone off Matthew, (as Matt Surname sounds horrible), and I've gone off Christopher, (don't like Chris).

Some of my favourites, (vetoed by DH) are:

Gabriel
Rufus
Hamish
Angus
Rowan
Fergus
Solomon
Hugh
Jude

Reuben
Noah
Jude

• Samuel
• Frederick
• Alastair
• Benjamin
• Elliot
• Caleb
• Edward
• Flynn
• Harland
• Hugo
• Fraser
• James
• Marlon
• Julian
• Oliver
• Miles
• Oscar
• Reuben
• Otis
• Roman
• Thomas
• Raymond
• Wyatt
• Watson

If you like Christopher you could always use Kit as a nn.

I have an Oliver who is 14 so used before it became really popular but I love the names Oscar, Caleb, Sebastian.

Do you have a middle name in mind op?

Keir
Marcus
Gregor
Logan
Torin
Sylvester
Cormac

Elliot

Thanks all.

Middle name will most likely be James, which is a family name. It isn't set in stone though, but we will most likely use another family name if we don't use James.

Willem

Eden
Reuben
Raphael
Xavier
Alexander
Orion
Leonard
Lysander
John
Kristian

My boys list (expecting a girl):

James
Alexander
Jude
Edwin
Joshua
Aubrey
Louis
Rupert

Have added Reuben, Gregor, Wyatt and Roman to the list.

I love Willem, but wonder if it will be misheard for William.

Oh adding Aubrey too! Thanks.

I've always been a fan of powerful names

Major
Prince
Kwan

DS is named one out of the three.

We've got a Hugo and his middle name is similar and starts with a J, we get so many compliments and I love it!! Our other boys name was rafael/Raphael

I always liked Reuven, it's a variant of Reuben (I only ever think of the sandwich when I hear that one ) and means 'Behold, a son'.

I also think Rowan is nice or Edward. Edward is a lovely name.

Christopher James
Quentin James
Reuben James
Elliott James

Thanks again all.

New list:

Vincent
Solomon
Fergus
Raymond
Gabriel
Rufus
Hamish
Angus
Rowan
Fergus
Solomon
Hugh
Jude
Reuben
Wyatt
Roman
Gregor
Quentin

Use Christopher and call him Kit. It's much more in at the moment then Chris

From your new list I love Rufus, Hamish and Hugh.

Also suggest:

Alistair
Edwin
Laurence/Lawrence (Laurie)
Simeon
Silas
Jasper

Wilbur
From your revised list, I like ;
Raymond❤️
Gregor
Reuben
Solomon

Patrick
Jonathan
Isaac
Timothy

I quite like the names in your first list, but self-vetoed many as being too fancy (although the rabbit inherited my very favourite of Gabriel). Some more names that I liked (have given myself free rein now for fanciness):

Constantine (not from the film)
Lucien
Harvey
Perran (Cornish like my name)
Jago (")
Mincarlo (")
Benedict (my Mother complained this was too Catholic)
Macbeth (well you had a few Scottish ones in your list)
Mars (good strong name but suffering from chocolate comparisons possibly)
Zeus (in case Mars is too chocolatey)
Terry - just as it's the name of a lovely friend and not heard a baby called it, the old ones are meant to be coming back

Oh the second boy rabbit was called Willoughby, so throwing that one in too (from Sense and Sensibility, the girl rabbit was Marianne).

I like Robin for a boy, like Christopher Robin of Winnie the Pooh fame. Can use Rob for short, or it's short enough to not be shortened at all.

Tean

DD has a jane Austen inspired name and I love Elinor and Marianne. Willoughby isn't really to my taste though. Can't remember what his first name was... probably john or George.