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Give me suggestions for boys' names that I won't have considered already!

103 replies

reallyorange · 01/10/2017 00:05

Help! Really struggling with DS2 name.
DS1 name begins with J (we both loved it long before knowing we were having a boy) so would prefer to avoid J-names.

I have scoured the baby name stats for years and still have yet to find one I love. Nothing too trendy and willing to re-consider 'classics'. It can't be an adjective due to our surname!

Currently on the shortlist:
Arthur (which I love but DH has nixed)
Lysander - not sure it feels 'natural' to me to say it
Auberon
Albion
Ezra - bit hipster?
Stellan
Adriel
Etienne - would feel a bit poncey as neither of us are French
Ptolemy - always thought this was a great name but am shying away from actually using it
Orion - too hippyish with our surname
We think the default would probably be Alexander. I do really like the name but it's fairly common and we have a couple of friends called Alex.

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Dixiestampsagain · 01/10/2017 00:14

I love Stellan- it was on our shortlist for DS. What about Steffan as an alternative?

Mulch · 01/10/2017 00:17

How do you pronounce ptolmey?

What about Aubrey, iris, felix, hudson, shilo, asher, zephan, levi, franklyn

Mulch · 01/10/2017 00:18

Meant so say idris

reallyorange · 01/10/2017 00:20

mulch it's pronounced "tollermee" or thereabouts

Stellan is great but I associate it more with a hulking great man than a baby (although could get used to it) and am worried about 'stella' nicknames...

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ineedamoreadultieradult · 01/10/2017 00:22

Tristan
Boyd
Corey
Rhys
Cole
Watson
Vallentino
Xander
Zeke
Murphy
Ray

SleepingStandingUp · 01/10/2017 00:22

Xavier
Xander
Ignatius

SleepingStandingUp · 01/10/2017 00:23

Ichabod
Ezekiel
Cornelius
Tobias
Theodore

Dancinggoat · 01/10/2017 00:24

Kim

Sodaface · 01/10/2017 00:31

Cooper
Rex
Saul
Sebastian
Michael
Xander
Kit
Barry
Tomaz
Joel
Luca
Eziekiel
Kane
Theo
Tristan
Jamie
Dawson
Hugh
Sean
Patrick
William
Godfrey
Eric
Rodney
Gerry
Ciaran
Sidney

Buntysoven · 01/10/2017 00:33

If this bump had been blue we were having Edwin.

CakesRUs · 01/10/2017 00:49

Only like Arthur out of the list.

PaperdollCartoon · 01/10/2017 01:07

Arthur's so common now. It's going to the the Matthew or Jack of this generation.

numbmum83 · 01/10/2017 01:22

Eli
Elijah
Arlo
Carter
Fletcher
Seth
Finlay
Max
Dexter
Jenson

PeasAndHarmony · 01/10/2017 01:24

Cassian
Nate
Ozrik
Otto
Jago
Lyle
Keir

bitofabelly · 01/10/2017 07:02

Ferdia
Sebastian
Tristan
Isaac

I like Albion

Abbyll · 01/10/2017 07:20

We have chosen Felix. Also on my list was Fletcher, Baxter, Milo, Ray (my grandad was Raymond)

pipilangstrumpf · 01/10/2017 07:25

Xander
Quentin
Cassius

BikeRunSki · 01/10/2017 07:26

Amos
Kit
Will(iam)
Max(well)
Finn
Elliot
Robert
Peter
Harvey
Anders
Tobin

parrotonmyshoulder · 01/10/2017 07:33

Edmund.

yantantethermetherpimp · 01/10/2017 07:37

I was going to suggest Alexander! You could use it but call your ds Xand or Xander.

FloatingCamel · 01/10/2017 07:38

Dante
Sherlock
Isambard
Orpheus

ABCFamily · 01/10/2017 07:45

Byron
Dashiell
Evander
Faris
Ferdinand
Oren

soupmaker · 01/10/2017 07:50

Ha mush

soupmaker · 01/10/2017 07:50

That should be Hamish

imsorryiasked · 01/10/2017 07:50

Rueben
Rhys
Miles
Francis
Edmund