Blue for a boy?

[Philipippa]

Hello,

I’m due a baby boy in the spring, my first child.

Dad isn’t on the scene so the name is all up to me, which would be great if I wasn’t so indecisive!

One I really really love but I’m not sure if it’s too out there is Blue... what do you think? Surname is something simple and very common, think Bones with a J. Does it work or does it clash too much?

Other names I like: River, Jude, Otis, Luca, Sky (is this seen as a girls name?), Bay, Flynn, Asher...

Any input would be great, I feel like I’m going round in circles with no one to bounce name ideas off. Thank you!

Awful. Absolutely awful. Don’t call your child Blue.

I like Jude and Asher.

Bay is silly and so it blue.

I had a cat called Blue. But I don't think he realised.
Just think of the teasing your lad will have all through school.

Only if you get him a blue Corvette for his first car.
Da ba dee...

River, Asher and Sky(e) sound great. Please not Blue.

Blue just makes me think of the raptor on Jurassic World.

Agree with Bay being silly. Luca is nice.

Sky is usually a girls name. I don't like Blue.

Jude, Otis and Luca are fine. The others I am less keen on Becaue they don't sound like names.

It's a colour.. and symbolises depression, melancholy, cold..

River is cool though. I knew a girl called Asher once but it could be a unisex name.

I quite like it but I think the reaction you're getting here would be more common.

I dont like colors as names generally. Someone asked about the name Navy the other day though and I quite loved that actually. I don't like Blue as a name, sorry.

I know a little girl called Blue. Her mum regrets her choice despite being certain at the time... it’s an odd name and it gets odd reactions. I think she wishes she’d gone with a more conventional name and then used Blue as a nickname.

I do like
JACOB
KIERAN
EVAN
Good luck 🤞

Hideous. Why on earth would you choose this for a human child?

Have you not seen the kids film Rio?! Its a parrot called Blue.

Are you planning to have more children? Yellow?! Magenta?!

If you want something unusual... fab. But please go with an actual name. Not a fruit/colour/vegetable!!

Otis,Orlan,Wren,Inigo,milo,jasper,flynn,quinn...

River is nice. I like Raven Jones, too. I know a lovely chap named Raven so I have a soft spot for the name. Hard pass on Blue, though.

Blue is surely a name for a dinosaur?

I love Blue and it's my first choice - kinda looks like we're on our own with this though OP

This will date me but Blue is surely a dog's name.
And it's kind of the ultimate in colour coding

Only like Luca, Jude or Flynn, most of your names are odd.

Sorry just no. Your other names except Sky and Bay are much much better. Or how about Indigo (Indie)?

I would worry slightly about the initials BJ sorry

Blue is ok though

I LOVE River Jude Otis Asher Luca and Flynn
Sky is a female name to my ears

How about Bodhi if you’re set on B names

Or Otis? Chester? Cole? Caleb?

If the surname really is Jones then Indigo Jones is too similar to Inigo Jones.

Do you like any traditional names, OP? Ones that won’t date like the ones on your list.

There’s a Blue in dtwins year and the kids have always entirely accepted it but the adults did take the piss initially. The boys do think it funny that his favourite colour is black, he gets quite cross over it - I’m not sure Blue loves his name tbh...

Blue is nice. Its very unique. Very cool with that surname in fact.

I love the name Blue. It’s calming to say and it’s pleasing to the ear. It doesn’t seem out there at all to me @Philipippa. I’d go with it. :)