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Which of these is best?

32 replies

mogulfield · 21/01/2018 20:54

Please help! We’re due our baby boy in 4 weeks and DH and I cannot agree on a name... below is a list of some I like, some he likes...

Otto
Elliot
Christian (Kit for short)
Gabriel
Lawrence

Which is your favourite (if any) and are there any names that are similar we’re over looking?!

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Bigfamily10 · 21/01/2018 20:56

I like Elliott the best but personally prefer it with 2 t’s
How about ?

Harrison
Henry
Jacob

MikeUniformMike · 21/01/2018 21:00

I'm not mad about any of them. Elliot is probably the best one.

Otto - no
Elliot - ?
Christian (Kit for short) - Christopher is better. Christian is an adjective and the Krish-jun pronunciation is not nice.
Gabriel - no. Too long and will be shortened to Gay or Gabe
Lawrence - No.

mogulfield · 21/01/2018 21:04

big I like Henry Smile ... I’ll see what DH thinks of it... we know lots of Harrisons and Jacobs at the moment, to the point whenever DS sees a baby boy he calls them Jacob!

Mike You share my apprehension of the shortening of Gabriel, there’s nothing that works is there?!

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SuperBeagle · 21/01/2018 21:05

I like Elliot best, but don't mind Laurence (this spelling).

I much prefer Otis to Otto. Otto makes me think of garbage bins and the bus driver from the Simpsons.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 21/01/2018 21:13

Gabriel (Gabe).
İ dont see any teasing potential. It's becoming very popular now and look at Gabriel Byrne. It certainly hasn't hindered him in anyway, has it, and. I'm forever seeing William suggested. Never have I heard anyone say. "Oh you can't use William people will call him Willy.

mogulfield · 21/01/2018 21:13

I considered Otis, but I can’t get the bloody aardvark out of my head... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_the_Aardvark

Elliot seems to be the winner so far 👍

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mogulfield · 21/01/2018 21:31

spider good point about Gabe, I hadn’t heard of that Byrne fella, I don’t know how embarrassed I should be about that.

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BikeRunSki · 21/01/2018 21:35

I love Gabriel/Gabe

TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 21/01/2018 21:37

I like Otto and Gabriel best.

Alienspaceship · 21/01/2018 21:40

Lawrence

Theyhaveallbeenused2 · 21/01/2018 21:41

Elliott

Agyne · 21/01/2018 21:43

Elliott with tt

ChocolateCrunch · 21/01/2018 22:25

Elliot

PinkFlamingo888 · 22/01/2018 13:53

Gabriel is my favourite by far, followed by Elliott but the others I’m not keen on.

Thistlebelle · 22/01/2018 13:56

Christian is my favourite by a long way.

SossidgeRoll · 22/01/2018 13:57

I like your list - Kit and Otto are my faves.

If you like Kit how about these:

Jesse
Ray
Sonny
Sullivan
Charlie
Arlo
Joshua
?

HuskyMcClusky · 22/01/2018 13:59

Rafael?

(That’s my suggestion for every baby boy on mn, I love it Grin)

HappyLollipop · 22/01/2018 14:03

I like them all but I love the name Gabriel/Gabe, I probably would have used it for my DS if it didn't remind me of my stupid ex! It's still a lovely name though.

Smoliver · 22/01/2018 19:25

I like Elliot, Christian (Kit as nickname) and Lawrence Smile

mondler · 22/01/2018 20:53

I like them all apart from Otto (just reminds me of the bus driver in the simpsons!)

What about Francis, Rowan, Stefan or Solomon.

Mammyloveswine · 22/01/2018 20:57

I loved Gabriel but worried about it being shortened to Gabe as our surname starts with a B and the potential for teasing worried me.

We went with Elijah Jude in the end for our son! But he gets Eli even tho I'm not normally a fan of shortening names but it suits him xx

CuppaTeaTime2 · 22/01/2018 21:30

Love Elliot and Gabriel.

I don't like Otto, bus Otis is quite nice.

Really don't like Lawrence.

mogulfield · 23/01/2018 08:23

Otto reminds my other half of the bus driver from the Simpson’s as well!
I’ve added rafael, Jesse, Solomon and Elijah to the list Smile thank you!!
Gabriel would work with our surname quite well 👍

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TatianaLarina · 23/01/2018 09:06

Elliot is vile and chavvy to boot.

The rest are all great. My favourite by far is Gabriel. And Gabe is a cool nn.

stellarfox · 23/01/2018 09:11

They are all nice names. What about:

Rufus
Percy
Louis
Max
Noah
Reuben