No name

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My baby boy is due Monday and I literally have no names I like. I have read the entire 3000 long list of boys names given last year and don't like any of them. What am I going to do?
I have loads of girls names I love but nothing for a boy!
I want something normal but not popular.
husband is no help as only suggest 2 names. One I hate and one is ok but rhymes with my daughters name which is massively off putting. (Think Benny and Jenny).
What can I do to solve this problem? Will inspiration strike when he's born? It's stressing me out.

Aw congrats op.

I saw Samuel getting rave reviews on here not so long ago.

Sam is a cool name for a boy and also a man.

Clint?
Kenny?
Damien?

Boys names are so boring, I had a real tough time naming my 5mo DS! In the end I just chose the name I least disliked and I kept coming back to it for whatever reason so I took it as a sign plus I've also never met someone with my DS name before I had him so I had no bad connotations with the name but it's quite a popular name in the top 20 however I've only met one other baby with the name so far. It's grown on me quite a lot and I think it really suits him.

Boys names are so boring, I had a real tough time naming my 5mo DS! In the end I just chose the name I least disliked and I kept coming back to it for whatever reason so I took it as a sign plus I've also never met someone with my DS name before I had him so I had no bad connotations with the name but it's quite a popular name in the top 20 however I've only met one other baby with the name so far. It's grown on me quite a lot and I think it really suits him.

I like Sam. Max is also nice.

Which girls names do you like? Maybe we can find some similar male names.

A lot of parents find that a child's name sort of "becomes" them with time. So even if you settle for a name that is simply "alright" you may well come to love it because it's the name of your child.

Anyway, personally I would stop putting so much pressure on yourself for now. If you don't have a definitive name at the time of birth, it's not a huge deal, plenty of people don't.

Cormac. It's a fab name.

If you want something normal but not too popular, i love Scottish boys names and they tend to be just this!! Ewan, Fraser, Angus, Rory, Fergus, Callum... good luck deciding and congrats on your baby.

Thanks.
Can't use Sam as is a relative.
Cormac is nice but not sure it's 'the one'. I like some of the Scottish names but don't have any Scottish connections. DH is Irish so might go down that route.
I know they grow into their names. It's just such a huge responsibility!

Scottish names tend to be nice, not too plain or too popular.
Irish names tend to be trendy and so date more quickly.
I would avoid Theo, Finn/Finley, Sebastian, Lewis, Jenson etc as these are trendy. I would also avoid (occupation) surname as first name.

Use the named together website. Pick a number of names that you each HAVE to tick then see where there is any crossover.

Isaac? I love that name!

Jeremy
Jonathan
Kieran
Owen
Ross

Jeremy
Jonathan
Kieran
Owen
Ross

Go Irish that will help narrow it down and give some meaning. Lots of nice Irish names too.

Conor, Finn, Fintan, Oisin...

Thanks for the help. I'm hoping inspiration will strike on the day. DH seems to have an aversion to discussing this but will try out some of your suggestions tonight.

What are the 2 boys names your husband suggested? My top 5 boys names are Reuben, Cameron, Ethan, Flynn and Rory.

Mason,Theo,Roman,Joey,Isaac,Marley,Arlo

I struggle with boys names a lot. My DS's name is John. I'm very unoriginal. Albeit, there aren't loads of primary school age John's about. Even Jonathon isn't particularly popular.

I love his name now but genuinely only decided a week after he was born as ExH was getting restless and being very unhelpful. It's similar to my father's middle name also which is nice, not that I thought of that at the time.

Joel or Niall?

I have two boys - Giles and Hugo.

Joel and Niall are lovely.

It makes me realise how many names DH vetoed. Rory, Niall, Joel were all suggested. He is very unhelpful!

I had no name for ages when I was born as parents had no idea what to call me. They had boy names but no girl.
I've turned out fine so there is no need to panic. Something will turn up, you can register the birth without a name I'm sure (or you could when I was born anyway!).

I like Hugo.