I can’t find a boys name I like!

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I love Max but it has been used by a close relative of DHs. We can’t seem to agree on anything else. Anyone have any inspiration for me? I was thinking something short and simple as we have a long complicated surname. DH hates all the ‘plain’ names that I love like Ben, Sam and Tom. He likes names that I hate including Alfie and Dexter.

*and ANNOUNCED THAT he’d be called James, I realise my post makes it sound like they found out his name at the scan which I don’t think the technology exists for yet

@Trousersareoverrated

Would none of you really be a bit surprised if your sibling called their child by the same name as yours less than a year after their birth? I would have thought it is a no no!

Yes I think it would be very weird.

I’d think it weird OP.

Rex
Marcus
Zac

Yes we discounted names of siblings' children.

Silas?

I feel like 'Zac' is similar.

Thanks all. I did like Zach too but it is the name of a very close friend's child so its off the list. I thought of Euan today and DH has OK-ed it so thats a strong contender.

@Trousersareoverrated

I wouldn't want to pick the same name as my brother there's loads of names in the world. My OHs sister has a boy called Max which is my fav name too but we're picking a different one

My suggestions are:
Stanley
Toby
Rex
Eric
Troy
Eli
Noah

Milicentbystander72 John, Peter and David might not be super common anymore (mainly because every other guy in his 40s+ is called them) but that doesn’t make them non- boring. They are incredibly plain and dull. I wish some people on here would realise when people say they DON’T want plain names instead more unusual , it most certainly does NOT mean names like:
John, David, Peter, Christopher!!!

@AliasGrape god that would make naming your child so much easier 😂😂.

Finn
Zane
Aaron
Beau
Jude
Kai
Jake
Todd
Ross

Miles
Jay
Ruben (Ben)

That's fair enough OP. If there was a name I had been set on from the off I wouldn't have let someone else have it exclusively just because I had had miscarriages so wasn't first to it. If you don't feel that set on a name then I agree it is strange not to choose a different name.

Evan ?

Jake
Finn
Alf
Leo
Spike
Axel
Mac
Jude
Zach
Kit
Theo
Leon

Jacob (Jake)
Joel
Leo
Adam
George
Patrick
Theo
Luke
Seth
Carl
Asher
Sean
Nicholas (Nick, Nicky, Nico)
Edward (Ned, Ed, Eddie)
William (Billy, Will)

Max is on our list and we also like:

Caleb
Lachlan
Billy (William)
Jago
Jos (Joseph)
Nathaniel
Torin
Cillian
Caspar
Conrad
Cormac

I like Dorian.

Max is definitely out as it is the name of a cousin who he is likely to see at least monthly growing up.

Would none of you really be a bit surprised if your sibling called their child by the same name as yours less than a year after their birth? I would have thought it is a no no!

Well it was not a no no in our family - not at all. We all thought it was quite sweet. The sibling parents were not the least bothered about it. We sometimes call them Big X and Little X and they think it is a great joke. And they love each other dearly.

You must think of the unlikely names. I am often slandered for my choices of Monty and Prudence for my wondrous offspring. Don't be afraid of the unknown. Oblivion is inevitable.

John
Ivan
Rowan
Lucas
Jasper
Rufus
Rupert
Felix
Aidan
Ethan
Louis
Lewis
George
Ralph
Adam
Piers
Giles
Miles
Milo
Conrad
Cormac
Seth
Joel

I would definitely not give my baby the same name as my nephew/niece.
And I would be very surprised (and pissed off) if one of my siblings named their child the same as my child.

I know names are repeated in families a lot, but generally in different generations.

Cole
Jude
Grant
Brett
Shane
Felix
Liam
Hugo
Owen
Logan
Samuel
Lucas

Bartholomew
Aristotle
Francis
Mohammed

Bartholomew is lovely I think, or Dyson after the hoover (they're quite nifty).