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"Our" name was stolen this week...

182 replies

Nomoreweeping · 05/04/2020 21:31

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!

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Jenasaurus · 06/04/2020 00:42

Barnabus
Dathan
Clement
Adriel

WanderingMilly · 06/04/2020 00:45

Honestly, just use the name you wanted to originally. Who cares who else has used it?
If I was really set on a name I loved for my baby, I wouldn't care if half the world used the same one, I'd use what I wanted. Really.....

Enko · 06/04/2020 00:46

Emanuel
Severin
Phineas
Ephron
Titus
Eli
Abel
Enos
Nimrod (I had to ad that as it makes me smile)

Hill1991 · 06/04/2020 00:50

Hunter
Ashton
Logan
Phoenix

justmilknosugarplease · 06/04/2020 01:03

I definitely think your DH has let it slip. Reuben was our boy name but we never got to use it.

BlackeyedSusan · 06/04/2020 01:10

Elisha

Callo · 06/04/2020 01:11

Find out if your dh let it slip and if he did, use it, as it was their choice to have babies with the same name not yours.

mathanxiety · 06/04/2020 01:25

Maybe the name is on the cusp of rocketing to popularity, and you and your friends happened to absorb the zeitgeist..

BigusBumus · 06/04/2020 02:25

Tate
Titus
Saul

Omashu · 06/04/2020 10:31

If you’re not using the name anymore can you tell us? Pretty please? Don’t be a name tease 😂 I love rare names!

Cassius and Tidus are nice imo.

Twisique · 06/04/2020 10:56

Ezra
Ishmael
Jasper
Titus
Micha

CaffiSaliMali · 06/04/2020 11:39

Constantin
Asa
Asher
Edmund
Josiah
Jonah
Abraham
Raphael
Gabriel

Shockers · 06/04/2020 11:43

Jethro.

I love it, he sounds like a man with strong forearms and a wild, but caring side...

DaisyF1986 · 06/04/2020 12:57

Some fab names here! Place marking so I can come back for ideas Smile

Adiaphanous · 06/04/2020 13:50

Erez
Adlai

And already mentioned but absolutely lovely:

Asher
Micah
Gabriel
Ezra
Eli

Whatsyourflava · 06/04/2020 13:58

Ones with good nicknames:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red)
Barnaby
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
Marley

Slightly more out- there

River
Bodhi
Otto

Whatsyourflava · 06/04/2020 13:59

Alternatively @Nomoreweeping if you’re looking for a name that’s practically extinct how about Clarence . Only about 3 born a year

Twisique · 06/04/2020 15:22

Cedric

Cassandrainthenight · 06/04/2020 23:40

Orion

I know someone called Orion (in his 30s) and I'm continuosly amazed at his name (and his parents). Love addressing him :)

Cassandrainthenight · 06/04/2020 23:43

Agree though that if you find out your DH let slip you don't need to worry and go ahead and use your chosen name, because they "stole" yours, not you copied them. I know a situation when exactly that happened. Only the name turned out to be one of those on the cusp names which exploded in the next five years into it being everywhere. So both sets of parents vaguely regretted using it at all Grin

youngestisapsycho · 07/04/2020 00:00

I like Tate or Nate

mrsfury · 07/04/2020 00:10

Malek is my boys name. What was the name op I'm intrigued

FizzyGreenWater · 07/04/2020 16:22

Orion!

Oh OP that's amazing.

And Orrie is a great nn.

NC4Now · 07/04/2020 16:30

Jethro

Ellmau · 07/04/2020 17:09

Solomon
Abel
Jonathan
Samson
David
Daniel
Michael
Gabriel
Judah
Richard
Robert
Lemuel
Zachariah
Nehemiah
Isaiah
Isaac
Matthias
Jethro
Joel
Silas
Caleb
Joachim
Jared
Absolom
Ezekiel
Darius
Moses
Levi
Ezra
Asa
Jehu
Asaph
Abraham
Elijah
Ephraim
Jonah
Jonas
Simeon