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DH doesn't like a single boys name need help with suggestions!

24 replies

Baby2018 · 26/04/2018 15:50

So we have a girls name locked we're both happy with it ( Grace) but my DH doesn't like a single boys name... I keep reading through lists of names but no success. It also doesnt help that a lot of our friends have boys and so the following names are taken :

Alfie
Albie
Jack
William
Harry
Charlie
Matthew
Daniel

The only name he's even tried to suggest is Freddie after his grandfather but Im not in love with it. I quite like short names or names with an O / X / Z in

Realise thats not much to go on but Im losing my mind reading lists of names with no joy, any suggestions welcome !

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user1498549192 · 26/04/2018 15:54

Oscar
Alexander
Edward
Otis
Seth
Arlo
Ezra
Fraser
Sebastian
Owen
Lucas
Theodore
Hamish
Miles
Nathaniel
Maxwell
Jonah
Noah
Isaac
Patrick
Angus
Jacob

pipilangstrumpf · 26/04/2018 15:54

Xavier
Zachary
Quentin
Oliver

afreshnewname · 26/04/2018 15:55

Xander

LoveInTokyo · 26/04/2018 15:56

Felix

Petalflowers · 26/04/2018 16:01

Frederick
Alfred
Wilfred

  • all with nn Freddie

Alexander (nn Xander/Alex)
Jude
Seth
Owen
Zachary (Zac)
Max
Oliver (Ollie)
Samuel (Sam)
Leo
Leon
Jethro

SilverySurfer · 26/04/2018 16:04

Marcus
Gabriel
Cosmo (if looking for something more unusual)
Alexander

MerryMarigold · 26/04/2018 16:05

Jude
Xavi
Marcus

MerryMarigold · 26/04/2018 16:06

I actually love the mundane Frederick and Freddie for short

TheKimJongUnofFeminism · 26/04/2018 16:06

Patrick

Baby2018 · 26/04/2018 16:36

My boss is called Xav , really like it but it kinda rules it out

I do like Max, Leo maybe Zack, it does remind me of saved by the bell though haha

Thanks everyone keep them coming I think I'll need to write him a list to short list!

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FusRoDah · 26/04/2018 16:40

Anthony
Felix
Isaac
Benjamin
Benedict
Arthur
Douglas
Duncan

AnyaMoondial · 26/04/2018 17:11

Leon instead of Leo maybe.
It's not usually favourably reviewed but Jaxon seems to meet your criteria.
Kai
Jet
Rex
Bruno
Otto
Zeb/zebedee

AnyaMoondial · 26/04/2018 17:11

Reviewed on this forum I mean.

TatianaLarina · 26/04/2018 17:15

Milto
Sholto
Cosmo
Orlando

Zach
Zayne
Zared

WhiteHairReally · 26/04/2018 17:46

We have a Grace and our boys’ names were

Guy
Hugh
Edmund (nn Ned)

I think we like names with the letter ‘u’ in them!

Baby2018 · 26/04/2018 18:06

I do like Guy and Hugh myself but hubbie doesn't 🙄

Rex and Zeb are cute is there a long version of Zeb that's not Zebedee ( I'm old enough to remember the magic roundabout so not keen on Zebedee )
X

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/04/2018 18:07

Rex
Otis
Jaxon

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/04/2018 18:08

Yes, Zebediah !

RB68 · 26/04/2018 18:09

Zebidiah!!

felicitythemangyfox · 26/04/2018 19:40

Ozzie (maybe as a nn for Oscar?)

Baby2018 · 26/04/2018 20:19

Ah for some reason I hadn't thought of zebidiah

I like Rex and Oscar he thinks they sound like dogs!

I'm going to go back to him with the short list from here thanks all!

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disappearingninepatch · 26/04/2018 21:16

Zebulon, like Grandpa Walton.

MerryMarigold · 27/04/2018 17:21

Zebulun is a great name. One of Joseph's brothers like Benjamin and Asher (gaining popularity).

MerryMarigold · 27/04/2018 17:22

Rex is definitely a dog!

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