Traditional but not super popular....

[hoppyfarmer]

Hi ladies,
I'm booked for a caesarean in 5 weeks and we are struggling for a boy's name. We have a girl name sorted.
We like traditional names but a lot of the golden oldies are so popular these days that if we had a boy it would be in a class with 5 other Arthur/Albert/William etc.
I wanted Rex but my husband doesn't like it. He likes Matthew but I think of a boy I miscarried at 20 weeks as Matthew in my head as we had that down for him.
All suggestions welcome. Middle name for a boy would be Joseph.
Thanks! X

Gawd boys names are crap aren’t they 😩

What a horrible thing to say! Nothing beats a traditional boy's name imo.

Andrew
Julian
Robert

Conrad or Anthony

Adrian
Frank
Graham
Colin

When I was choosing my DS name, I knew I wanted a solid, traditional (bog standard/boring I suppose) name that would suit all his life stages. It's always been a top ten name, since medieval times. There's one other with the same name in his preschool class. I've been a teacher for 6 years and have only ever taught one Thomas. The names I've noticed there being more than one in a class/yeargroup have consistently been:
Benjamin/Ben
Zachary/Zac/Zach
Charlie
Jack
Ellis
Leighton/Layton
Jacob
Isaac
Alfie
Oscar
Archie
Evan
Alex/Alexander

FWIW I think Joseph is a cracking first name, I wouldn't relegate it to the middle if it's a name you both agree with

I have a Callum. He's three and a half now and the only other one we've met is 15! I love it. It's a strong, traditional name but not too popular. I also think Joseph is a fab name.

If I could use Joseph, I would. It’s a great name.

The sad thing about Joseph is that it would have been our first name choice but sadly my uncle Joe passed away in February at 56. He left 3 daughters and we didn't want to use the name in case they decide to. If he was still here we'd have used it without a thought but now it feels like we'd be taking something from them. I haven't even asked what they think as I'd hate for them to feel under pressure to say yes.

I'm also a bit put off my husband's first choice of Jonathan as it's his Dad's name and it didn't help that my 41 year old friend immaturely said "but Jonny is like a condom!"

Clarence
Connor,
Lucas
Lewis
Conrad
Wilberforce
Reginald
Ernest
Andrew
,Frederick
Cecil
Cyril
Oliver

What about Josiah instead of Joseph as a first name?

I've always been fond of

Peter
Elliot
Owen
Hugh

Christopher
Dominic
Quentin
Patrick
Xavier
Frederick

Is Dudley ridiculous?

Makes me think of basset hounds a bit 

DS is a Fergus. Not met another yet (and I'm a primary school teacher!)

Ryan
Richard
James
Scott
Victor
Christian
Tobias

Boy names that I think have a similar vibe to Matthew (I have a seven year old Matthew so some of these were on my list)

James
Samuel
Joseph
Edward
Alexander
Daniel
Andrew
Peter
Michael
David
Stephen

Douglas?

Please don’t use Dudley! Are you not a Harry Potter fan?!

Henry
Louis
Jude
Sebastian
Christopher
Nathaniel / Nate

Lucas

Tristan
Rupert
Hugh

Benjamin
Tristan
Lucas
Henry

Please don’t use Dudley!

I’m having a boy in 12 weeks and our shortlist was:

Gabriel
Daniel
Alexander
William
Thomas
Rowan
Francis
Giles

I’d go with Joseph! Lovely name.