OH and I can't decide/ agree!! Help!

[StuckInTheMiddleWithJude]

My OH is much more safe and traditional than me in choosing a name for our soon to be ds. I like traditional biblical names too but also would like something a little 'special' and not massively popular... basically the moon on a stick that everyone wants!

Names that have been favourites for me so far:

August
Art (I don't like Arthur)
Ellis

OH likes:

Joseph
Albert
Alexander

If dd has been a 'surprise' boy at delivery she'd have been called Joseph. I feel like it's a little safe but do like it, but I also feel like it belongs to my last pregnancy with her IYKWIM!?! I like Albert but don't like the nn Albie, I like 'Bert' but know that we as parents will have very little to do with nn once he is at school.

Our dd has an apparent MN 'fad' name, when we named her in 2016 I hadn't ever known any children with her name but it seems to be gaining in popularity.

Can anyone suggest something that may help us meet half way? Thank you

@Childrenofthesun don't get me wrong I also like traditional names. The names he likes are also names we've come up with together but I guess I'm just looking for something a little extra. We've both worked with children in the past also so that taints our view on various names that I'm sure would be lovely.

I like Matthew but wouldn't use it and Christopher was the name of my first (second and third boyfriends 😬) so I wouldn't use that.

Your DH’s choices are so boring and generic that he might as well be naming a child ‘Boy#100754’. I love Art, but prefer Augustus to August.

I did, however stare at ‘elephant foot stall’ for quite a while trying to think what on earth it could be.

Thanks @QueenGoblin I definitely don't want to have that 'obnoxious' child in the group. That's a very varied bunch of names. I'm also heavily on the 'baby/toddler group scene.' I like Seth from the list but it was vetoed very early on by OH as knows one who has a lot of problems. I've tried to
Revisit it but it's a definite no.

@HairyBaby sorry all! This is our Elliott... a stool!

(Excuse his 'poorly nose' he has become a gymnastics horse for our toddler!)

Thanks @marmeemarch1 I really like Aubrey but when I've mentioned it in passing to people they have suggested it's used more as a girls name these days which has put me off

I actually like August as a boys name, I know a lovely August who's nearly a year old now, he gets called Auggie or Augs for short :)

@anunseemlylovefordustin thank you, someone who likes it 😂

My eldest ds is called Aubrey, its a male name but is popular for females in America. I prefer Augustus as to me August is a month, also love Alexander but thats also eldests middle name! I also like Angus and Christopher.

Hugo
Toby
Rory
Robin
Felix

From your list I like Ellis. From your DH’s list I like alexander.
Some other ideas:
Hayden
Aaron
William
Evan
Oscar
Nathaniel
Callum
Theodore

@Phillipa12 it's definitely a male very masculine name for me, I think there is a 'teen mom' with an Aubree in the US that seems to sway people's opinion.

What about Arlo?

@hamsterwheel thank you. Not keen though. Reminds me of Harlow in Essex... would be pronounced the same

Albie
Sonny
Jude
Frankie
Freddie
Reggie
Te

Sorry.. last one should have been Ted/Teddy

@JustBeenNosey I like the idea of Ted for Edward. I'm not overly keen on ie endings though.

@StuckInTheMiddleWithJude yeah I like Edward/Ted!
Was my fave out of the lot tbf

Thought of a few more!

Samuel
Aaron
Benjamin
Philip
Malachi
Silas
Adam
Jared
Samson
Barney/Barnabas
Caleb
Jonah
Micah

@JustBeenNosey It's going on my 'consider again' list 😊 I have a friend with an Edward but we don't see them much so I don't think that'd be a problem.

Joseph.

Thank you @QueenGoblin we had Caleb as a front runner for a while but I felt like I could pronounce it properly. How does it sound when you pronounce it? When I say it it seems to have a stop almost between the syllables. I really like the meaning of it too.

Jared I like. Is it a bit 80's/90's romcom bad boy? I'll look this one up.

I'm not keen on Benjamin but like Benedict.

My OH's name has also made your list 😊.

@BirthdayBlueBo thank you, I really like Benedict. I like Ben as a Nn and like that it's a little more unusual than Benjamin but not strange.

August may be shortened to Auggie, like the film Wonder. Which isn't a very nice NN

I wouldn't worry about possible nn. My brother has 1 nickname at home but a separate one from school. He uses both - his name is Ellis - school nn is Ely