Baby boy due next month, was going to be Theodore...

[Juniper27]

Despite a lifetime of name loving, my baby boy and first born is due next month and we are still debating a name.

I thought we were settled on Theodore but husband has now said he’s not sure.

Names we have discussed:
Jasper
Rowan
Oscar
Eli(jah)
Felix
Rupert
Barnaby

Can anyone throw some suggestions at me? Just seem to flick through the name guides thinking ‘no, no, no’ - nothing seems to fit I would love something that’s cute for a little boy (Or has sweet nicknames) but also suited to a grown man.

Before we knew the sex of our baby we wanted to use Tobias if it was a boy, Toby for short. We had a baby girl and eventually found a name we both loved. She's now nearly 16 mths and we feel we made the right choice

I really like nearly all your boy names, not too keen on Barnaby though

Samuel
Richard
Benjamin
Daniel
Robert
Zachary
Alexander
Nicholas
Sebastian

I have a friend with a Theodore/Teddy and it's lovely.

I loathe barnaby, not sure why it's just awful.

Gabriel was high on our boys list, along with Eric and Stellan.

My boys a Theodore, my dog is Jasper and I absolutely love Rupert! Other names I considered were Zachary, Stanley and Oliver

I love Theodore. Also like Rupert, Maximus and Barney.

I like your names apart from Elijah/Eli, which has a very different vibe and doesn’t fit the rest of your list.
Benedict
Dominic
Marcus
Guy
Laurence
Nicholas

True story: while volunteer ing at a stall taking entries for a community family event, along came a small boy age 7ish - with his mum - to sign up
Me: What is your name?
Him: Widor (pron. Vidor)
Me (thinks, oh, nice Polish name or similar) : you know there was a famous composer with that name, organ toccata, witter, witter ...
Write your name on this form:
yup. T H E O D O R E ...

I really like Theodore though I'd stick with calling them Theo.

I also like Tobias and Alexander. And Hamish.

Theo’s super popular, though lovely. Rufus?

I’m expecting DD2 but if she’d been a boy, we’d chosen Theodore. I love it.

Of your other names, I prefer Jasper or Elijah. Not keen on the rest.

Reuben?
My boy name was going to be Douglas (Dougie) but I'm having a girl

I’ve got a Rufus, also considered Jasper and Felix.

Theodore is nice, but there’s a fair few around if that bothers you.

Angus
Oscar
Hamish were also on my list.

Don't go with Barnaby. It's really awful and the only one I know is an arsehole

Imo Theodore is nicer than the other options

Love Theodore!
I even like Theo as a full name, it works well as a baby and a full grown adult in my opinion.

Hi @Juniper27

My DP and I really struggled to agree on boys names. I think girls are easier to name.

Jasper - how about Casper/Kasper? Although may get a bit of teasing (Casper the friendly ghost)
Rowan - Not keen on this one.
Oscar - Love!
Eli(jah) - Not keen on this one.
Felix - Love! But may have a bit of teasing (Felix the Cat)
Rupert - Not a fan.
Barnaby - Not a fan. Bit old fashioned.

Theodore/Theo/Teddy are lovely!

Some other suggestions:
Zachary (Zach/Zac)
Dylan
Joshua (Josh)
Jack
Harrison (Harry)
Finley/Finlay (Fin)
Oliver (Oli)
Miles/Milo
Cillian

Conrad

Sholto

Arlo

Christian nn Kit

Rafael

Out of your choices I like Eli the best.

Theodore - love this name, hope your husband comes back round
Jasper - love it , one of my favourites
Rowan - prefer for a girl. Don't like nickname Row. Name is too similar to load of other trendy names (Roman/Rohan/Roan/Ronan) for my tastes.
Oscar - love it
Eli(jah) - prefer just Eli - love that name
Felix - a great choice
Rupert - not so keen
Barnaby - adore it - one of my favourites and very underused. Love nickname Barns or Barney

How about Ellis if you like Eli?

Casper if you like Jasper?

Here are some other suggestions

Marley
Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red)
Peter
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Sidney nn Sid
Laurence nn Laurie
Vincent nn Vinnie
Curtis
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Rudy/Rudi
Dexter
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Idris
Chester
Caleb
Austin
Griff
Tristan

Thanks so much for your suggestions. I love Wilfred and Kit too. Just reading through this thread I’m starting to think the problem is I’m so attached to Theodore I keep dismissing everything else I’m going to speak to my husband about it again..

Theodore/Theo has become SO popular so quickly that it'll probably start to fall out fashion and sound dated.

From your suggestions I much prefer Jasper and Rowan. Or how about Reuben or Quentin? I'd go god a more timeless classic name!

Jasper, Rupert, Barnaby are really lovely and less 'trendy' and more timeless than Theo/dore which is very fashionable at the moment.

Theo is a good name though, that’s why it’s popular. I know 7 between the age of 2 and 9.

My daughter recently had a baby boy
We considered the following names for months
Noah ( my favourite)
Teddy
William
James
And finally she settled and chose Logan
He is Logan Thomas and I have already started calling him Logie Bear lol