Pulling my hair out over boys names

[MindyMoonstone]

Hi MN, I’m looking for boy suggestions please. We don’t know what we’re having but pretty sorted for a girl!
I thought we were sorted for a boy too, we have been settled for months on Frankie George.
I suggested we should have back up names and then DH told me yesterday that in the back of his mind he is worried because he went to school with a Frankie that was a bit loco 😂 I wish he had said something sooner!
We have ages to go but I can’t stop thinking about it/frantically googling.

DH wants George - I’ve agreed it will be middle name
DH likes Jackson/Jaxon but we already have a Jackson in the family and it’s just too popular for me.

I like old man names like Frank/Frankie, Rupert, Hugo, Stanley but the only one we both like so far is Frankie, and I’ve found nothing i love anywhere near as much!

Can you share your loved boys names as “back up” name inspiration please :)

Quentin
Raphael

Xavier
Eli
Marcus
Nicholas

Francis instead of Frankie?

Alexander (has the 'x' sound that you like in Jackson)
Paxton
Felix
Max
Isaac

Hayden/Haydn
Grayson
Harrison (if it's the 'son' sounds you like)

Roderick

Jackson/Jaxon is awful. Quite like Hugo.

Frankie is nice for a toddler, but personally don't like the name Frank for an older male - George is nicer.

Max
Zack/zac
Theo
Owen
Nathan
Fraser
Elijah
Jacob
Joshua
Lawrence (Laurie)
Alexander (Alex)
Ralph
Lewis

Anthony

Alexander is a good name with a couple of nice shortenings. He could be Ally, Al, Alex, Xander, or the Scottish 'Sandy'.

Alexander George is a solid name.

Edgar George
Otis George
Silas George
Floyd George

Would Freddie (Alfred or Fredrick on birth certificate) be close enough in feel to Frankie, but also suiting your old name preference?

Must say, I really like Hugo George. This might be because every adult Hugo I've met has been a nice bloke.

Jackson is really awful
Francis?
Hugo is lovely

Tell your oh to get over it! It was a random at school which I presume was ages ago.

If you look up any name you will find positive and negative representations of it. It is utterly irrelevant to how your child will be 🙄

Can he think of any other franks/frankies (or even Francescas) he's known who he has liked? That might help.

The other thing that might help might be to think back to school with adult eyes and think whether this child was "loco" for a reason, ie did he have a difficult home life, or a learning issue? It can help take away the association between the name and a simplistic child's impression of a person.

Bertie George
Davy George
Sonny George
Stanley George
Alvin George
Sidney George
Harvey George
Milton George
Percy George
Desmond George
Emmett George
Chester George
Edwin George

Wow so many fab suggestions! 😁 thanks all

Well names we love don’t really matter. It’s about what will suit your taste and what will compliment the middle name George.

Vincent George
Andrew George
Cyril George
Kenneth George
William George
Arthur George
Donald George
Kevin George
Albie George
Alan George
Bobby George
Patrick George
Larry George
Timothy George
Toby George

Ivan George
Colin George
Matthew George

Trevor George
Martin George
David George

Anthony
Asher
Arthur
Adrian
Aidan
Adam
Alfred
Alexander
Aaron
Archibald
Archie
Baxter
Boris
Basil
Benjamin
Carter
Callum
Cameron
Christian
Craig
Christopher
Conner
Dorian
Donald
David
Evan
Ethan
Emmett
Elliot
Ellis
Elijah
Eli
Felix
Fabian
Floyd
Grayson
Gideon
Gavin
Geoffrey
Gray
Horacio
Hector
Henry
Ivor
Issac
Ian
Jenson
James
John
Johnson
Jacob
Kieran
Kier
Kenvin
Liam
Lewis
Lennon
Lloyd
Luke
Lucas
Matteo
Mark
Matthew
Michael
Mason
Nathaniel
Nelson
Noah
Norbert
Oliver
Paul
Percy
Quinn
Quentin
Rufus
Robert
Richard
Rupert
Rafe
Riley
Ralph
Samson
Samual
Saul
Seth
Sean
Terence
Trevor
Theodore
Vincent
Vernon
Wilson
Walter
Watson
Winston
Xavier
Zander
Zack

Some more ideas:

Arthur George
Theodore George
Alfie George
Rafferty George
Francis George

Good luck!

I have a Nicholas and a Patrick...both proper old man names!

Hi,

Albie George
Alfie George
Arlo George
Benjamin George
Blake George
Charlie George
Colby George
Dylan George
Elias George
Elliott George
Finley George
Freddie George
Hamish George
Harry George
Isaac George
Ivan George
Jacob George
James George
Joshua George
Kane George
Lewis George
Lucas George
Mason George
Matthew George
Nathanial George
Nicholas George
Noah George
Oliver George
Oscar George
Parker George
Quinn George
Rueben George
Samuel George
Saul George
Sebastian George
Thomas George
Tobias George
William George
Xander George
Zachary George