What do you think if these boys names?

[itzybitzy]

We've found 4 that we like, I'd like to hear your opinions and anything you can think of that goes well.

Dh is insisting that his middle name be Craig, and our surname begins with F and is 2 syllables.

The ones we both like are:

Jonah
Jude
Fionn (pronounced Finn)
Isaac

Or two middle names is a good call.
E.g. Isaac James Craig would work better than Isaac Craig.

I think both Isaac Craig or Jonah Craig sound absouletly fine
Jude Craig/ Fionn Craig, maybe not so much as 7caterpillars said 2 one syllabule names doesn't sound as nice together.
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I agree completely withJLo1979 on the pronunciation of Fionn. It isn't said like Finn - as she said, it's 'fyunn'.

I like both Fionn & Finn. Jonah & Jude are quite nice too. I don't like Isaac at all. Jonah flows best with Craig as the middle name.

Ah yes I’m thinking of Ffion. Pretty similar though. I wouldn’t know how to pronounce Fionn and would’ve assumed it’s a girl.

Off topic and apologies if this is an unwanted opinion, but on the assumption DS is getting his dad's surname, why does dad get to insist on his choice of middle name too? How much of this child is allowed to be named after his mother's choices?
I think it's a real shame so many women accept this.
If you're all taking the father's name as a surname then first and middle name choices should be about honouring the mother's choice / family IMO, why do they need to doubly honour the paternal line?
Pet grumble of mine

he has his dads name as his middle name so wants to carry on the tradition

My husband tried this, I just point blank said no! 🤣 Baby has his surname (mine too admittedly because I changed it), I wasn’t saddling him with his first name too. That said I actually think Craig is OK, it’s better than my husband’s name.

I love Isaac, if I’d had another boy it’d have been on my list :)

Yeh I agree with previous posters. A bit shocked that this child will have your husbands surname plus his first name too! But ok 😳

Regarding names :

Jonah - nice
Jude - nice
Fionn (pronounced Finn) - nice
Isaac- my favourite of the 4- a great name

Really like the idea of another middle name and I really like James.

Jonah James Craig and Isaac James Craig are my favourites I think.

Potential for JJ as a nickname for the first. Which is cute.

I know someone posted about Jonah being unlucky and Iv just googled the meanings and seen this aswell, so that's putting my off a little bit.

Gosh I found it so easy to pick a girls name for dd but picking for a boy is so much harder.

@Owlsintowels I totally see where your coming from and would of flat out said no if I hated it but I quite like the idea of carrying on the tradition even though dh name isn't the best lol.

@Owlsintowels if you think that's bad I know someone who's family has a norm for the son to be given their fathers middle name as their first name - so essentially the mother would be expected to go with the name her in laws have chosen for her son.

I love Finn, and think it is fine with Craig in the middle, however if Fionn is not normally pronounced as Finn I don't think you should use it. Isaac is okay - a bit clunky with Craig though - Isaac James Craig works. I dislike Jonah and Jude. Jonas is better I think.

Just to add, with surname starting with F I'd cross off Fionn/Finn and use Isaac James Craig.

I love Jude, but all the names you have suggested are nice!

Fionn is not pronounced Finn
It's 'Fyunn'.

If you want Finn then use 'Finn'.

Fionn is the original (Irish) spelling. Finn is its Anglicisation.
The two are not interchangeable where pronunciation is concerned.

I really like Isaac from your list. Isaac James Craig [Surname] sounds great.

Are you jewish out of interest? It's just isaac (most of all) but also jude and jonah are very strongly associated Jewish names so it made me curious. (Not that it matters to me, DH is Jewish.)
I prefer finn but only if its spelt that way, otherwise you will have a child (probably from their first day at school) continually being called the wrong name and spend a lifetime of correcting people. (I've seen it happen with the names Aoife and siobhan which arent even uncommon!)
If you like the sound of Finn it makes sense to spell it like that to me.

Isaac, Jude and Jonah are all pretty widely used these days.

I hadn’t appreciated this. All the Isaac and Jude’s I know are not Jewish . I don’t know any Jonah’s

didn't jude the obscure hang himself, also sounds like judas... not good.
fionn is too confusing.
Isaac is perfect.
pity about craig... but I know that's just an impression, not a horrible name, just rather dated, but not enough to be classic; it's ok-ish.
but what about the Scottish tradition, of giving the second-born their mother's maiden surname as a middle name. that keeps your line.

@GlamGiraffe no we're not Jewish. Come from Christian families but don't consider ourselves religious. I did notice when looking up the meaning that both Isaac and Jonah are Hebrew. Would it be odd to name him a Jewish name when we aren't?

@alexdgr8 oh no couldn't do that one. I have a very confusing polish maiden name. Spent my whole life having to pronounce it for everyone, grew up absolutely hating it!

@itzybitzy definitely not odd at all. These names are all widely used throughout different cultures and religions. Jude was a top contender for my son and I’m not religious. A family member used the name first though sadly (also not religious)

Not a bit odd, Itzybitzy

A huge number of names came to be used in western and eastern Europe and thus the rest of the world via the Bible.