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Thoughts on my boys names shortlist

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ElfishBiatch · 11/09/2019 00:14

Alexander
Benjamin
Edward
George
Jonathan
Joseph
Peter
Thomas
William

What do you think of them? Thank you

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KronksSpinachPuffs · 17/09/2019 20:36

Alexander - love
Benjamin - love
Edward - really like, good nickname potential
George - like
Jonathan - really dislike
Joseph - really dislike
Peter - really dislike
Thomas - like
William - dislike

BasiliskStare · 17/09/2019 20:48

I really like Edward , Peter and Thomas . But as I unfailingly say - John is a brilliant name Grin

ElfishBiatch · 17/09/2019 21:31

Our older child already has John as a middle name :-)

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welliwasntexpectingthat · 17/09/2019 21:57

I have 3 boys with names on your list. Like all. Least fave Is George

MollyHuaCha · 17/09/2019 22:12

Great names!

Alexander - love it
Benjamin - no
Edward - love it
George - v nice
Jonathan - lovely
Joseph - ok
Peter - ok
Thomas - lovely
William - my favourite from your list
Henry - love it

Fivebeanchilli · 17/09/2019 22:40

Jonathan is my favourite. I love the nn Jonty. It's also less popular than the rest of your list.
I still think Peter is a bit old fashioned. I do know one child Peter but it doesn't make me like the name.
All your other names are very nice, very safe and very popular

Malyshek · 18/09/2019 08:30

I'm not usually fond of overly classic names, but these are good.

Alexander - Despite being very common I love it, sounds very badass.

Benjamin - Makes me think of Benjamin Hornigold :p (a pirate). Ben is a cool nickname.

Edward - Not so keen, reminds me of the awful Twilight series

George - I like it, mostly because I like the imagery of St-George ;)

Jonathan - Like it, but prefer Nathan. I don't like Jon as a nickname cause it sounds like the nauseatingly common John (apologies to anyone called John, but it's way, way too common for my taste)

Joseph - I like the spelling Josef better, but I know it would look foreign. Makes me think a bit of Stalin XD

Peter - Don't hate it, don't like it either. Bit boring.

Thomas - Same, bit boring.

William - Don't like it so much. I dislike Will and Bill as a nickname. Liam is okay though.

myloveforfrazzles · 18/09/2019 08:31

Alexander-gorgeous
Benjamin-love it
Edward-love it
George-my favourite name ever
Jonathan-like it
Joseph-love it
Peter-like it
Thomas-love it
William- love it

FizzyGreenWater · 18/09/2019 11:38

The only ones I don't really like are George and Peter.

I'd go for Jonathan as slightly more left field within the 'classic' options, plus you can call him Jonty when he's a baby which is lovely :)

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