Rate or slate my short list (boys)

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Gabriel
Dominic
Ruairi (is it getting too popular?)
Sebastian
Torin
Odhran (Pronounced Oar-an)

Gabriel and Ruari are my favourites.

Also love Seosamh (Joseph) - we're Irish

Sebastian would be nice with your French surname

Gabriel - no, too ridiculous
Dominic - nice
Ruairi (is it getting too popular?) - lovely
Sebastian - lovely
Torin - nooooo
Odhran (Pronounced Oar-an) - gorgeous - my favourite

Torin. Fab name.

Gabriel -like
Dominic- favourite
Ruairi (is it getting too popular?) - yes popular
Sebastian - meh
Torin - I live near a company called this
Odhran (Pronounced Oar-an)- will have to spell / repeat how to pronounce all of his life.

Gabriel -like
Dominic- ok
Ruairi (is it getting too popular?) - yes popular
Sebastian - like
Torin - Like. But it’s a bit like ‘Touring’ which makes it meh
Odhran- no

Sebastian is my favourite.

Sebastian or Dominic for me.

I like Sebastian from your list :)

Torin is the best. Not keen on the others.

IMO Gabriel is the best 10/10 from me. I love that name! Sebastian is ok so 7/10 and the rest are 1-2/10.

Really like Gabriel, Dominic and Sebastian. Never heard of Odhran, like some Irish names but not this one.

I only like Sebastian.

I like the first four names a lot. Not Torin or Odhran that much, maybe because I never heard of them before. I suppose they might grow on me.

Gabriel - ok
Dominic - meh
Ruairi (is it getting too popular?) - too popular
Sebastian - bit fussy for me
Torin - nice
Odhran (Pronounced Oar-an) no. Makes me think of a bodhran.

My favourite is Odhran.
But my partner thought it sounded like the beginning of Orange 😅
Love the name Gabe too.
I think the poster that worries if she named a child iGabe he may get bullied at school because of the gay sound at the beginning is sad ( and perhaps a bit bigoted)

I like all of them, I don't think you'll go far wrong with any of them. My favourites are Ruairi & Dominic. Sebastian is probably my least favourite but as someone else said, it'll go great with a French surname.

Gabriel - love
Dominic - OK
Ruairi - nice name, but your child will have trouble getting people to spell and pronounce it right outside Ireland, Rory may work better
Sebastian - love
Torin - not heard of before, but I like it, maybe a little bit Tolkieny though?
Odhran (Pronounced Oar-an) - same issue as Ruairi

Gabriel and Sebastian are my favourites.

Can't stand Torin but I think this is mainly because my old school bully gave her DS this as a middle name and I just associate it with her.

Your Irish choices are lovely but do give some consideration to where you are planning to raise your DS. I'm not saying don't use them solely for this reason but there could be a lifetime of mispronunciations and misspellings.

Dislike Sebastian quite a lot. I’d go with your Celtic options personally.

Do you like Oisin?

I think my favourites are Dominic and Gabriel, followed by Sebastian. I'm not familiar with, and less keen on, Torin.

Ruari and Odhran are lovely, I particularly like Odhran - but I do think he will have to spell his name out most of the time if you live outside the typical "catchment area" for that name, if you see what I mean (ie somewhere people are unfamiliar with it).

Dominic is my fav.

Also like Gabriel & Sebastian.

Yes, I like Oisin but it’s already been used in the Irish family recently!

Shame! It’s so beautiful