Rio or Cruz

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Honest opinions please! Rio or Cruz for a boy. My DP really hates them but I really like them... I like unusual but not really out there names. So names that you just rarely hear of, would love some other suggestions if you have any

I personally think they seem very try hard. If I had to choose, it would be Rio.

Rio is marginally better.

Rio is the better of the two.

Neither, sorry. Both a bit ‘footballer’ for my taste.

Academic debate surely, if your DH hates them. You'll need to find a compromise.

I'm with your DP. They sound like the kind of thing a Z-list celeb would think was vaguely edgy.

Anyway, surely you can't use them if your partner hates them?

Its really unfair to give your baby a name your partner hates.

Well I'm trying to get him to like them more if I showed him that other people think they're nice but clearly this has failed 😂
Okay so another two I like are Emry and Eden?

I agree, very footbally. How about Rafael?

Haven't mentioned them two names yet because every name I mention he says no straight away, I don't even think he's paying attention at this point

Eden is nice. You'll have some people saying it's a girl's name... my nephew would disagree :-)

I love both Rio and Cruz personally!

Unless you have Spanish/Latin/Portuguese background I think it would be a bit too try hard.

Rio is the lesser of two evils.

I would say Cruz is definitely out there but Rio isn't too bad.

All I can think is imagine him as an adult handing out his business card to with a name like Cruz - sorry if that's mean

Eden sounds like a girls name. Emry, if you are of my generation, sounds like the 70s comic, Dick Emery.

What does he favour, name-wise?

@newtothistown DP is Jamaican I am Caucasian

Ethan? Similar sound to Eden but more traditional, if that’s your DP’s issue.

Sorry i dislike them both and they aren't unusual at all! Every Wag seems to have one or the other.

Emry is ok, Eden is a girl's name imo.

Oakley
Hudson
Hunter

Or if you like Spanish names
Javi (javier)
Arsenio
Miguel
?

Agree with PP. Very footballery.

Sonny
Arlo
Caleb
Cal
Spencer
Innes
Fraser
Marcus
Dan
Finn

Any good?

He's Jamaican, you are Caucasian?

He's from a particular country and you are white?
Please give him a normal name.

Eden is amazing and not gendered.

I also like Thierry

I really like the names Rio and Cruz.

How about Tate, Leo, Leon?

It's not that he likes more traditional. One of his choices is Devan for example which I'm not keen on

I like Leo but don't know if I could picture myself with a little boy called Leo, I'll add it to the list and see what DP thinks, maybe it'll grow on me