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Niaxx · 11/03/2020 13:24

Please help us!! My wife and i are expecting our second little boy in May, and as predicted, we cant agree On a name!
It took almost 9 months for us to come up with Ruben, for our first, and now we are well into the trauma of trawling through boys names again!!
We are a quirky bunch and really arent into traditional popular names, we will consider anything unusual, nothing is too wierd! ✌️😁
So please throw your suggestions on us! We need all the help we can get!! Thanks xx

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LovingLola · 11/03/2020 13:40

Kenneth
Brian
Alan
Garry
Richard

Whatsyourflava · 11/03/2020 13:44

Think almost all of these are well outside the top 100/200 (with a couple of exceptions). All are less popular than Reuben

Ones with good nicknames:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red) nn Wilf
Barnaby nn Barns or Barney
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Rafferty / Raffy
Sidney nn Sid
Laurence nn Laurie

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

River
Bodhi
Otto

user1469190646 · 11/03/2020 13:45

Conrad
Diggory
Simeon
Levi

goldenorbspider · 11/03/2020 13:48

Asher
Ralph
Franklyn
Cassius
Ira
Jude
Dante
Benjamin
Tate
Shay
Solomon
Troy
Lorenzo

DisasterousManagementPlan · 11/03/2020 13:49

DP and I were looking at lists of boys names. They included things like:

Danger
Steel
Branch
Urban
Blade
Blaze
Colt
Boomer
Waldo
Kermit

I'd feel safe in saying you probably won't find 3 other Kermits or Dangers in his class at school.

CatSmize · 11/03/2020 13:52

Cosmo
Enzo
Onyx
Tallis
Aspen
Blaise
Chester

Theoriesofmine · 11/03/2020 13:53

Osian
Orion
Odin
Rudi
Rafe
Lorca
Inigo
Índigo

Niaxx · 11/03/2020 14:05

Brilliant suggestions, thankyou so much! Lots of them have been on our list, at some point, i love lorenzo, kit, levi, river, indigo and shiloh werw my absolute faves, but cant get my wife to love them! She loves micah, but our surname is maxwell, i thought it was a bit of a mouthful! Love odin, onyx and orion and jett! Also really like asher, and blaise, its finding something that goes with our surname, but also with ruben, thanks so much for the suggestions, there are some great ones in here! 😘
Wifes fave micah jamieson maxwell
My fave jett pheonix maxwell

Can anyone tell me what their preference is on those please?

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nsav · 11/03/2020 14:09

Ruben and Jett sound so cool. I know too many girl Micahs. We are expecting our first baby - a boy - and we’re calling him Cody :)

Canklesforankles · 11/03/2020 14:12

Vincent
Zephyr
Gregory

Eleanor90 · 11/03/2020 14:12

Sounds like you both like Maxwell.

Ruben and Maxwell make for a very cool pair! I also like Micah.

What about Hendrix?

Eleanor90 · 11/03/2020 14:12

Oh oops sorry it’s your surname!

user1493494961 · 11/03/2020 14:13

You might want to spell it Phoenix, unless you're being 'quirky'.

Eleanor90 · 11/03/2020 14:13

What about Micah Phoenix?

IckleBear · 11/03/2020 14:16

Ruben and Nico
Ruben and Silas
Ruben and Francis
Ruben and Luca

Skylucy · 11/03/2020 14:20

We have the same taste!! My DD's middle name is Phoenix, and I would have LOVED "Micah" for our DS but I really really hated the idea that he'd be nicknamed "Mike".

So I'd go with "Jett Phoenix".

LittleBoyJuly2020 · 11/03/2020 14:26

We're in a similar position, we literally don't like ANY boys names. It's so frustrating!

I kind like...
Cooper
Jett
Miles
Greyson

PixieDustt · 11/03/2020 14:26

I love Jett and would have got for it myself but Milo outweighed them all for me!

I like Mica but with the H dropped for a boy.

How about Nico?

PixieDustt · 11/03/2020 14:27

Gone*

Niaxx · 11/03/2020 14:28

No i wasnt trying to be quirky with the phoenix spelling 😂, that was just me, trying to multi task my reply, with building a lego fire engine for my little boy! Simply a typo! 😂
Ah congratulations! I love cody 👍
And have always loved zephyr too!
Hendrix is pretty cool, but its my mums cats name!

Our little boys middle name is jesse, we still love his name, but are regretting using it as his middle name as we both love it, and upto now its about the only thing we agree on!

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PixieDustt · 11/03/2020 14:28

Forgot to add Axel, Ottis and Barnaby (Barney) & Dougie were on our boys list also.

Niaxx · 11/03/2020 14:31

We looked at diff spellings for micah, but both preferred it with the H, nico is lovely 👍

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Niaxx · 11/03/2020 14:32

Id call him axel in a heart beat, ive always absolutely loved it but..... Axel maxwell! I just couldnt do it to him! 😂😂😂

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mrsdede · 11/03/2020 14:32

Ruben isn't a quirky name. Ruben and Phoenix don't go well together. Ruben and Levi?

PixieDustt · 11/03/2020 14:34

Oh gosh didn't think of the last name 😂

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