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13 days until we meet our baby boy

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Olivia333 · 09/05/2019 05:30

Hello, please help!

We have two daughters with names ending in ie we had decided their names very early on in pregnancy but we just cannot decide on a boys name!

Here is our shortlist:
Max
Louie
George
Freddie

What do you prefer?

Thank you

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 09/05/2019 05:38

Louie.
Congratulations.

busybee987 · 09/05/2019 06:12

snap!! 13 days countdown here too. yet to finalise our boy name but think we have it narrowed to 3 and hubby has picked the middle name. Good luck with everything

sleepstealer · 09/05/2019 06:16

Max

Sparklysunflower · 09/05/2019 06:20

Louie or Frederick

PlatypusLeague · 09/05/2019 06:41

George

boredboredboredboredbored · 09/05/2019 06:59

Freddie

savageswimmer · 09/05/2019 07:32

Love Max.

Hollowvictory · 09/05/2019 07:34

How do you know its 13 days?

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Olivia333 · 09/05/2019 07:44

I have c section booked @hollowvictory

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Hollowvictory · 09/05/2019 08:18

I had c section booked but mine came early.

finallychangedmyusername · 09/05/2019 08:40

I really like Max. I also like Louis or Frederick but not keen on Louie or Freddie.

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Olivia333 · 09/05/2019 08:50

The issue I have with Louis is that I know two grown men that pronounce their name Lewis (Which I know isn’t correct) but feel like I would forever be correcting the pronunciation

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Mollie85 · 09/05/2019 08:55

Max is lovely - do you have a middle name OP?

Mollie85 · 09/05/2019 08:56

... for DS I mean, I don’t need to know yours... Grin

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Olivia333 · 09/05/2019 09:54

Grin @mollie85 If were to have a middle name it would probably be Charles because it’s a family name but we may not have a middle name at all

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Popcorntwice · 09/05/2019 10:28

I love the name Freddie! We couldn't use it as it didn't go with our surname but I think it's just so lovely!

escapade1234 · 09/05/2019 10:30

I don’t like Louie/Louis because it sounds like a very weak name for a boy. George is boring and there are just so many now that they’re morphing into one for me at school.

So Max or Freddie for me.

Haz1516 · 09/05/2019 10:31

Freddie, but as a Frederick formally.

WhatTheWatersShowedMe · 09/05/2019 10:47

Freddie.

padfootprongs · 09/05/2019 10:47

I actually really like all those names, it's a difficult one but my order would be
Louis (I think this spelling is fine now prince Louis has this name, should be less confusion!)
Freddie
George
Max

But you can't go wrong with any in my opinion

BlueMerchant · 09/05/2019 10:51

Max
I think another ie ending may make them sound a bit of a 'trio' if you get meaning!

daisypond · 09/05/2019 11:00

I think another IE name would be a bit much. Louie just looks so wrong and looks ignorant. But Louis is nice. Freddie is too cutesy. That leaves George and Max. I like both of those.

Sparklysunflower · 09/05/2019 11:28

In many countries outside of France Louis is indeed pronounced Lou-is.

That's perhaps why the Louie spelling has become more popular than Louis in the Uk

daisypond · 09/05/2019 12:27

I understand the logic of Louis pronounced as Lewis- though I think why not spell it Lewis - which is a perfectly fine name- but Louie is girl’s name and I’d always assume a girl. But let’s not go there’s- there’s been bitter threads on this before...

escapade1234 · 09/05/2019 12:48

Louie is just such a girly name for a boy.

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