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.

Get your husband to come up with some names if he keeps vetoing things.

At the same time it does really help to see the baby.

Paul
Felix
Jonathan
Finn

Roman, Rufus, Theo, Edward (Teddy), Alexander, Kit

Patrick, Francis, Theo, James (Jimmy or Jamie is sweet)

Desmond.

Fantastic, underused Irish name.

Irish names tend to be trendy and so date more quickly.

I disagree. e.g. Patrick. I know a toddler called Patrick, a guy in his mid 30s and someone else in his... well not actually sure but he’s an elderly chap. It works across all ages and definitely hasn’t dated.

Conor, Sean, Daniel, Seamus, Malachy, Niall, Cian, Ciaran, Aidan, Liam, Dylan, Cillian.

I think you'll find that Patrick is a latin-derived name and is also popular in countries like France.
Conor and Liam are dated. They were very popular in the 1990s.

I adore the name Patrick.

Ah come on! It’s at least honorary Irish! You can’t argue with the patron saint!!

Are you in Ireland Mike ? Maybe some of those names sound dated if you’re in Ireland or Irish but not so much if you’re in the UK?

I wouldn’t say any of them were dated in a Gary/Wayne Sharon/Tracey kind of way.

Peter? I’ve always liked that name

What are you girl names? Maybe that would give us an indication of the style of names you like.

Names I like:
Euan
Rowan
Jacob
Joseph
Elijah
Ezekial
Reuben
William
Roman

Henry. The only boys name that I love. We had the same problem, I do like Edward and James too, call me boring but so far we haven't come across another Henry in DS year group (he is 11 now).

What girls name do you like and why? How did you come up with your dds name, what do you love about it, is she named after anyone/anything? Perhaps using the same process you used to come up with her name will help with your ds.

I'm not in Ireland. I like Patrick too. Paddy is cute as a nn.

www.babycentre.co.uk/a1003900/top-uk-baby-names-2000
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html

show Connor, Ryan, Liam etc sliding down in the ratings

Sliding down doesn’t necessarily mean dated though. I think it depends on the rate of the incline/ decline too.

Cillian
Ciaran
Cormac
Conan
Conor
Fergal
Dara/Darragh
Finian
Senan (Love this name)
Malachy
Oran
Cian
Lorcan
Donal
Luan

No, but if a name peaked in say 2003, there will be loads of them 15 yrs older. By the time a 2018 baby will be 28 it will be the equivalent of Darren or Wayne now.

Well no because they're classic Irish names.

What about Leonard, shortened to Leo, Len or Lenny.

I had the same problem until at the last minute I discovered 'R' names and decided like liked all of them! What about Reuben,Rudy,Rufus, Rupert?

Isambard

I really liked paddy/Patrick but it was vetoed very strongly.
Girls names I like are: saoirse, Joely and Meredith. Not sure that it gives hints in boys names.
I heard my daughters name being said in a playground. I'd never thought of it before even though I'd heard it.
Quite a few names suggested are nice but names of relatives.

A few i love but as I'm not having any more kids, feel free....
Alastair
Ewan
Bertie (robert?)
Ray
Stuart
Finn
Joseph
Sonny

Let us know what you choose!

Joel?

Frederick
Edward/Edmund
Conrad
Peter
Henry
Alexis
Robin
Rowan
Benjamin
Maxim
Samson
Seth
Arthur
Gideon
Jowan