Baby name opinion and advice

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Hello,

Name changed as thought posting my exact baby name is pretty outing!

We have decided to go with Genevieve if baby is a girl because we adore this name! There are two family names we want to include as middle names - Iris and Roma (both names of beloved grandmothers, both equally as important to us! Want to use both now because we aren't sure if we will ever have another baby girl and would be gutted if we didn't get to use one!)

So how does Genevieve Iris Roma (surname) sound? I know it's a bit long but we don't mind the length, more interested in the sound?

Also, we are really struggling with boy names! (Fingers crossed it's a girl!!) DS is Reuben and we love this name but can't find anything else we love as much.

I like Jude and Jonah but can't use them (and don't like any similar names like Jonas or Judah). I like Seth but is it a bit blah? Quite like Wilfred but it's always getting called wet on here. I like Louis but don't LOVE it. Love Casper/Jasper but can't use (have a close family member with one of these names). Elijah is quite cool, and I love the sound of Oscar but know 10000 of them already. I suppose my naming style is vintage or biblical. Please help with suggestions!

Thank you xxx

Wow - so many great suggestions! I actually love Asher but my husband is Indian and Asha is a very common girls name in India, so he doesn't want to use that 😭 Such a shame as it's really cool! He also doesn't like Caspian which I love!! So disappointed about these two!

Caleb, Gabe (Gabriel), Jesse and Otis are going on the list - I also really like Sebastian and Oscar but do you think these are a little popular?

Xavier is really cool but I only like it pronounced the British/American way - I know a lot of Mumsnetters prefer the Spanish pronunciation from reading other threads, but I think I'd feel silly calling out "Ha-vee-ay!!" across the playground. (I'm currently living abroad but when I return to the UK it's really not to the kind of area where you could get away with that without a lot of eye-rolling). How do you feel about the British pronunciation?

And I'm so glad you all like the girls name! I feel so happy

Oohh also wanted to add, I love all the R names mentioned (Rafe, Roman and Rowan were all on the list for my first son!) but would they be too matchy with Reuben?

I thought that it’s Javier that was pronounced ha-vee-ay and I’ve only heard Xavier pronounced Ex—ay-vier like the Catholic saint. That’s how I’d be pronouncing it.

Glad we all helped a bit!

I like the girls name, sounds fine with both middle names !

I do like Seth for a boy. Not too common but not unusual !

What about Cohen? Spring to mind when I read the list of boys names you mentioned