"Our" name was stolen this week...

[Nomoreweeping]

4 days ago some close friends had their baby boy, and used the name that I've been set on for the last 7 months. Gah! They didn't know that was "our" name, so it wasn't malicious at all. Just coincidence. But it is a really uncommon name, so I don't feel we can still use it (we did that with our other child, gave them an uncommon name that had recently been used by other close friends- so it would look downright weird for us to do it again!)

So now I need an amazing boys name. Or for our baby to be a girl... which would also solve the problem!

I find boys names really hard, and only really liked this one, which is why I've known for 7 months, and not swayed from it. So I can't really give you an idea of other names I like, because if I liked any others then I'd have a longer short list..! But my list was literally 1 name! My husband has a few names he likes, but I don't like the ones he suggests, and as he'd readily admit, he's not terribly set on any name, and usually is happy to go with ideas I suggest. He's just not super fussed about names.

So... please help me find another boys name! (I'd tell you the name we just "lost", but it's rather outing given it's pretty uncommon and my friend's baby is probably the only one born this year so far, let alone this week!)

Thanks for any help!

Gary

Now that’s an unusual name

It's not I know 2 ,aged 12 and 7.

If you told us the name op,we could tell you about f its popular in our area.

Matthew
Zeke
Asher
Zak
Jackson.

Matthias
Christian
James
Andrew
Alexander
Joseph
Rufus
Tobias
Francis
Benedict

Ultimately, no one owns a name. So logically if you don’t own it, neither do they. If you like it then go ahead and use it; no name is unique and there are guaranteed to be other children with the same name as anything else you choose.

Are yours two children going to be in the same class or even the same school? Do you live in the same street, town, county? What’s to say they (or you) won’t use a nickname or he decides to change his name to JediSkywalker when he’s 14 or something.

We had so much trouble deciding on a name for our oldest that even if my entire family and all my friends had suddenly had babies and given them that name I still would have used it 🤣.

Weston
Declan
Xander
Jason
Theodore
Micah
Jonathan
Rowan
Austin
Evan

Isaiah
Solomon
Asa
Micah
Seth
Josiah
Ezekiel nn Zeke
Jonas

Josiah

Jo for short

I love it

@Nomoreweeping pleeeeease tell us!

Isaac?
Rupert?
Norman?

Ha tired.

Brilliant suggestion.
No risk anyone else will use that one.
If you scour the Bible, you can probably find it in there. The second half, anyway.

I love Kit from your list

Luke
Eli
Joe
James

These are totally more my style than yours though I think!!

Asher
Eli
Jonathan
Tobias
Zeke

Oils you still use it as a middle name? And then it’s okay to tell friends why you’ve still used it?

Just in case you might like another biblical name
www.learnreligions.com/christian-baby-boy-names-700280

Conrad
Finn
Ianto
Joakim
Jed

Jude

Giles
Clive
Melchior
Nathaniel

Herod

I can almost guarantee no-one will nick it

Is it Rumplestiltskin?

Biblical and "I'd tell you the name we just "lost", but it's rather outing given it's pretty uncommon and my friend's baby is probably the only one born this year so far, let alone this week"

...

Cain

PS your son to be will be relieved you felt you could not use it.

Khalid

Elias

Striving for different names is obviously not working for you if baby 1 has the same name as a close friend. And then your choice for baby 2 has been taken again. You and your friends must all be on the same page 😂

I do think if someone goes for unusual names it stands out more when there’ are 2 kids in the same class called “Aries”, more than 3 “David’s”.

Best of luck. You will find a name you love. Xx

I know a baby Lemuel which has really grown on me. They call him Lemmy!

Kester

Osiris, Orpheus, Aengus, Vale. Asher?