A brother for Holly

[Littlemissdaredevil]

I’m currently pregnant with dc 2 who is a boy. I prefer more traditional/old fashioned/biblical names. DH has pooh poohed everything I have suggested as old fashioned.

Instead he suggested Thor or Einer and won’t suggest anything else. I dislike these names. We are not Scandinavian and have never been there.

We already have a DD called Holly.

Any suggestions welcome!

Jonathan
Max
William
Samuel (Sam)

Buddy
Sorry I couldn't resist. It's the anniversary of Buddy Holly's death today.

Rowan
Tommy
Ray
Vinnie

Ben

Thomas, Matthew, James, Daniel, Edward are what I would choose but prob don't fit DH criteria.

Noah, Seth, Theo, Drew, Max??

Holly and Barry? 😁

My brother and I actually are a Ben and Holly! But a good 20 years before the TV show. They go so nicely though!

Do you like nature or Christmas/winter themes?

Christopher, Christian, Noel, Buddy, Claude/Klaus, Nicholas, Joseph, Aster, Bryce, Clay/Clayton, Heath, Oliver, Pierce, Vernon (like the lead from Bon Iver), River...

Dominic (Nico)
Alistair
Jonah
Xander
Barney
Reuben
Joel
Miles
Asa
Jared
Matthew

Holly and James

Alexander

Ben

Thomas
Joshua
William
Sam

Jack
Max
Sebastian
Jacob
Daniel

Ahh Holly is a lovely name. It sounds like your husband wants something a bit different. How about some of the below suggestions which hopefully fit both of your criteria:

Names with good nicknames:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red) nn Wilf
Barnaby nn Barney
Nathan/Nathaniel nn Nate
Rafferty nn Raffy

Sidney nn Sid

Other ideas:

Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Rudy/Rudi
Dexter
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Idris
Percy
Chester
Caleb

Slightly more out- there ideas:

River
Bodhi
Otto

What about Rowan? Might be quite nice alongside Holly?

Adam, Ashley, Asher

Thanks everyone. Names like Dominic, Nathaniel, Christopher, Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Joel, Vinnie had all been discounted my DH. Quite a few names mentioned above are the names of cousins.

DH took the piss out of me for liking names like Percy as the are too old fashioned.

My favourites are Frederick (Freddie), Benjamin, or Robin atm.

I might be able to convince DH re: Barnaby. He liked this name when I was pregnant with Holly.

I think we may go down the nature inspired names route if I can’t convince DH regarding traditional names. Due to our surname I don’t want something top 50.

I think Barnaby might be a good option if you want something a bit different @Littlemiss daredevil

If you’re wanting a name outside the top 50 i’d also remember to avoid the fastest rising names then. “Grayson” “Roman”(Rowan) and “Hunter” for example are currently outside top 50 but are fastest rising names for last 2 years so these names will be well within the top 50 (maybe even top 20) by the time the 2020 official data is released given their current growth trajectory.

It's a nice name but I would not use Ben

What about Magnus - Scandinavian but not totally out there.

Or Angus, Ellis, Malachy, Laurence?

Thor or Einer aren't exactly modern but your DH says your choices are too old fashioned?

Holly and...

Tristan
Luca
Xander
Ray
Matthias
Zachary
Max
Oscar
Jasper
Anton

Holly and Ewan