Baby boy due any day and still can't decide on a name!

[Morehotchocolate]

I've always really wanted a name which isn't popular but as time is ticking along I'm starting to worry about my choices.

Top of the list are;
Barnaby
Hugo
Digby

Does anyone know if these are becoming popular? Do you know many?
What other names might I like on a similar line?

Hugo.

Hugo.

Barnaby reminds me of a barn
Digby is more of a dog name

Digby makes me think of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar...

I definitely don't want him to feel embarrassed about his name but if he's anything like me & DH then he will want to be a little different. We both hated our very plain names when younger.
Plus I think it's far more acceptable these days to have unusual names.

Jasper?

He might not be much like you and your DH though Morehotchocolate - presumably you and your DH are not much like your parents, the pickers of plain names...

Expecting your child to be a minime is usually a recipe for future clashes or disappointment. Especially when you're expecting your child to be "different like me" which is rather logically inconsistent...

I once met a baby Maverick, and I always wonder whether he's grown up to be a tax accountant living in a 1980s semi in Guildford, married with 2 kids... I expect he's rebelled by being the epitome of ordinary...

Hugo is probably far more popular than you think. Barnaby is nice nn Barney. Digby is ok but most people will think of a giant dog.

Hugo is popular in my area, I know of three under the age of 2. Really dislike Digby but I like barnaby.

Also... Its a bit of a strange statement saying its likely your kid will want to be different like you. In reality, most kids just want to fit in. A name won't dictate a personality. My friend is named Pixie Moonshine (very alternative, hippy parents) and she works as an accountant, very straight laced, shy and sensible - not at all how their parents envisioned their child would be!

Love Hugo :)

@ZebraKid71 I said 'if' he's anything like us. I didn't say it was likely he would be!
I'm nothing like my parents. It's purely a saying if you care to read my statement properly. 😬

Of the three, Digby is the only one that is a 'bit different'.
If you are after a name that isn't a top 100 name then it's the best of the 3. I'd be inclined to use it as a mn with a bog standard 1st name - he could use it as his known as name if he was many with his first name.
e.g. Jack Digby Chocolate nn Digby if he is one of 8 Jacks in his peer group.

I'd wait till you meet him op

Montgomery
Sebastian
Wilfred
Gregory
Sidney
Stanley
Tobias
Rafferty
Willem
Ludo
Christopher
Roderick (Rory)
Percy
Timothy
Jonathan
Victor
Jeremy
Francis
Alexander
Nathaniel
Hugh
Thomas
Rupert
Robert
Inigo
Matthew
Barney
Anthony
Andrew
Michael
John
Peter
Archibald
Lucien
Henry
Caspian
Owen
Theodore
Louis
Charles
Maximilian
Simeon
David
Marcus
Quentin
Lawrence
Dominic
Daniel
Miles
Frederick
Benjamin

Vincent
Gabriel
Rowan
Samuel
Nicholas
Ernest
Eric
Ethan
Evan
Elias

I agonised for ages over names for DS before he was born and had the name ready for about 2 months beforehand. However, as soon as he was born I looked at him and knew the chosen name was completely wrong. Instead, another name that we hadn't even considered popped into my head and I knew it was completely right for him.

Luckily DH felt exactly the same way about it - one of the few occasions we have ever been able to agree on anything

So don't worry, all will become clear when you meet your little bundle.

I like Barnaby by the way

those 3 - awful

What about Derrick or Keith?

I really like Hugo!

I really like Barnaby, with Barney as a nickname. Hugo and Digby are nice too.