Anxiety over baby boy name!

[Missymoo82]

So our baby boy is a few weeks old now, and for a few reasons he remains unnamed! It was a stressful pregnancy (emotionally and lots of fighting with partner) and we are now kind of separating so naming our baby has been put off and I'm feeling anxious and indecisive about it. But I'm really looking forward to naming him! The name I thought of while pregnant was Euan and it took some convincing as my DH is Scottish and grew up with a few Euans! For me in Australia it is pretty unusual. When our baby was born I though oh little Euan! But he was still unconvinced. We then went between Euan and Story, Euan and Alec and currently Euan and Innes. Innes my partner loves and I do to but over all this time Euan has kind of stuck. His 2 year old sister called him Euan constantly! I have gone to calling him 'bubs' sometimes I look at him and I think Euan, or sometimes Innes! I love that Innes is unique and strong and sounds lovely. I'm also worried that Euan sounds like 'you and' has anyone with a Euan found this an issue?? All in all, I think it's hard deciding while so much other stuff is going on but I want to. I like opinions on names, but more importantly advice on being OK with just choosing! Thanks x

I like the name Innes but I agree it will sound like Ines.

Story is a surname. Trust me on that!

Story is definitely out, Alex too.... It's just a matter of getting to Nice place in our relationship where we can actually enjoy the name we choose! Thanks for all of your replies, so much appreciated x

Euan is by far my favourite out of the names you’ve mentioned. Congrats on your baby

Yes it's hard to know if it's the name or the emotion that is stopping me. I want to be on a good clear place to choose his name rather than it being a back and forth fight!

Euan is a great name. It's my younger brother's name though so I might be biased!

The 'you and' situation doesn't really happen much.

Innes is a good name too!

I know at least one person that sometimes goes by their middle name. Perhaps if you name your son 'Euan Innes' then he could go by either name. Alternatively I guess you and your partner could just come up with another.

We are actually going to throw another into the mix, I think just to lighten the discussion and take the pressure off those two names! It feels kind of fun :) thankfully he doesn't need a name just yet

I love the name Euan, it was on our list for my little man. And I much prefer that spelling to Ewan. There's something about the W that puts me off.

I like Euan/Ewan. Agree the Innes/Ines similarity could be an issue. Good luck with everything and enjoy your baby.

Thank you to everyone! We will be confirming his name hopefully this week! Good news is my partner is actually making an effort to talk about it properly now.