Struggling for name for second son.

[ratethesenames]

We can't agree on any names, the list below is a mix of some my dh like and some I like.
Can you rate them 1 being your favourite and 10 least favourite?

Ross
Christopher
Alexander
Andrew
Matthew
Henry
Luke
Mark
William
Adam

I have an Adam James and a Luke William!
I like all your other names except Ross. Prefer Marcus to Mark.

Could you let DS1 have the casting vote? We did (having whittled the names down to about five choices).

He wants to call him Thomas after the tank engine

Adam - favourite
Alexander
Henry
Andrew
Luke
Matthew
William
Christopher
Ross
Mark - least favourite

I also think DS’s suggestion of Thomas is a great one and goes well with James.
James and Tom.

We can't use Thomas for a couple of reasons but it would be more likely to be Tam here rather than Tom.
So ds won't hear of any other name 😂

James and Adam, perfect.

Adam Thomas then - there you go!😜
Just keep Matthew up your sleeve too then say it after labour. I always got my own way after labour lol!

Ross -7
Christopher - 8
Alexander - 6
Andrew - 1
Matthew - 2
Henry - 5
Luke - 10
Mark -9
William - 3
Adam - 4

I wish DH would back down on Matthew but he feels so strongly about it and I don't want his son to have a name he hates.
DS2 middle name will be my late dads name

Adam is growing on me, it's not a name I'd thought of before (was DH suggestion). We've got time to mull it over.

We didn't struggle with naming ds1 at all.

If anyone here if having a girl. My favourite girls names are; Emma, Sarah & Rachel.

Ross 10
Christopher 6
Alexander 8
Andrew 5
Matthew 4
Henry 3
Luke 2
Mark 7
William 1
Adam 9

Op- is many were on you're not list?
If your dh vetoed 2 then surely you can veto 2 so would you then be left with 1?

Typos!
What I'm trying g to say is you should veto the same number as your dh.

@emilybrontescorsett I vetoed quite a few from the original list. We were only vetoing ones we really disliked though rather than certain numbers iyswim?

Alexander
Henry
William

Matthew
Christopher
Andrew
Luke
Mark
Adam
Ross

Love Alex to go with your other sons name. Henrys a close second. Dont really like the others, sorry.

Alexander 1
Henry 2
William 4
Matthew 3
Christopher
9.Andrew
8.Luke
10 .Mark
7.Adam
8 .Ross

I really like the shortened form Sasha from Alexander (but I also like Alec/Alex as well) - the list is very 1970s by the way - I think it basically names the boys I was at school with- so to be consistent you need Nicholas (which I really like and want to come back), Michael, Simon, Robert (I like but I guess become Rabbie in Scotland), and Richard

Andrew and Andam are both good names.

If it helps, an old west of Scotland alternative to Andy was 'Andra' (presumably based on the Gaelic for Andrew, which is pronounced that way). The final 'a' is a very short sound, almost like 'uh' or 'eh'.

Ross 10
Christopher 7
Alexander 5
Andrew 6
Matthew 2
Henry 1
Luke 3
Mark 9
William 5
Adam 8

Ross 10
Christopher 8
Alexander 4
Andrew 8
Matthew 5
Henry 3
Luke 2
Mark 9
William1
Adam 6

William
Henry
Alexander
Luke
Andrew
Matthew
Christopher
Adam
Ross
Mark

I have an Adam, so clearly that is a wonderful choice.
Andrew too is lovely and uncommon amongst little ones (more uncommon than Adam). Maybe consider which works better with the middle name? Your whole list (assuming you return to the list of 10) is wonderful though and all would go well with James.

We have similar taste, a girl would have been Emma.

I taught a little Andrew a while back and nobody shortened it. It is lovely.

I like Adam too.

I have a Matthew which I love but everybody at school, teachers included, call him Matt which bugs me.

1. Luke
2. Henry (these are the only 2 I like)
3. Matthew
4. Alexander
5. William
6. Adam
7. Ross
8. Mark
9. Christopher

10. Andrew

They're all alright names I guess, but does the world really need another Matt, Alex, Will or Chris? 😬

The only name on your list that I like is Henry

If I were going to go with any of these I would at least try to use a less common nickname to give the child a bit of originality, like William nn Liam, Alexander nn Ali or Xander, Andrew nn Drew

From most to least favourite:

Alexander (by a country mile)
Luke
William
Christopher
Henry
Adam
Ross
Matthew
Mark
Andrew

Mark