Baby names

[NeedCoffeeToSurvive]

Due my 2nd baby, only 14 weeks so don't know if we're having a boy or girl yet but what do people think of these names.

Blaine for a boy.
Blaire for a girl.

My partner keeps comparing Blaire to "bleugh" no idea if that's spelt properly but as in the noise you make in disgust, which is annoying but doesn't put me off the name.
Opinions appreciated!

My first didn't have a name for 3 days despite spending months thinking about it. 2nd then didn't have a name for a week and half as we hadn't bothered thinking about it at all.

Also saved us thinking of a boy and a girl name since we just waited to see what the baby was :) No scans back in those days unless you were felt to be at risk and even then, they had a policy of not sexing the baby.

They're okay, not really fond of either. I kinda agree with your partner that they remind me a bit of sound effects.

For short B names:
Boys: Bram, Brett, Brennus, Bruno

Girls: Bree (maybe short for Breeshey?), Bette (Bettina?), Bryn, Bruna.

[quote NeedCoffeeToSurvive]@galaxy9 thank you! I believe it's Scottish in origin and means Yellow but I might be wrong.

Not overly a fan of Blake, my name begins with A, our sons name begins with C and my partners begins with D so we're ideally wanting to throw a B into the mix.[/quote]
Blake does begin with a B, though?

I quite like all - Blair, Blaine, Blake.

I actually thought of Linda Blair first, as opposed to Tony Blair.

I also think there was a character in Home and Away years ago called Blair or Blake? Can't remember which.

Blair (no e at the end) means 'field' in Gaelic.

It's also a surname and a placename - just like 'Field' in English - and is sometimes used as a boy's name in Scotland. (There is a tradition of using mother's family name as the second son's first name in Scotland.)
learngaelic.scot/dictionary/index.jsp?abairt=Blair&slang=both&wholeword=false

Putting an 'e' on the end does not make a word feminine. Would you write/say 'Fielde'?

Blain in Scots means 'scar', 'blemish' or 'fault', or a 'bare spot' in a field
dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/blain_n1

In English, Blain means 'a sore' or a 'painful swelling' - as in 'chilblain'

www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=dictionary#dobs=blain

Again, putting an e on the end doesn't make the word feminine.

@florascotia2 ahh, thank you. I was waiting for you to come along and post as I couldn't be bothered trying to explain all of OP's errors from "online research". I'm pretty sure the adding of an -e is to try to make a name appear more feminine by some Americans (the sort who say they are "Scotch" etc).

Blair is also a different word to blare, OP, and I'm with your husband that it's not a very nice sound for a name.

What other suggestions do you both have? It seems you both like quite short, harsher (as oppose to vowel-heavy, soft) names? And a bit American or surname-y? Are you resolute on having a B name? I'm sure there are lots we can suggest.

Blair reminds me of Gossip Girl, I quite like the name. Think I prefer it without the e on the end.

Not keen on Blaine, I think of chilblains for some reason and also Bane from Batman!

Both Blair and Blaine sound very harsh to me. If you are set on going the surname route I agree with previous posters that Blake is a nicer sounding surname name (for either sex) - it also has a slightly classier feel imo thanks to namesake poet/artist William Blake.

I love previous suggestions of Bram or Benedict too (could be Ned if you don't like Ben) but there is also Bennett if you prefer the surname feel. Or if you like a more arty/hippy feel, what about Bodhi that pp suggested or similar surname Brody?

For girls apart from Blake, Beatrix is very cool (and has cute nn Bee for a little one). Or what about Bryony or Blythe?

I love Bennett!

Bennett for a boy
Riley for a girl

Or Blake or Blythe for a girl, if you really want the B

I like Blaire for a girl.

Briar, Billie, Bonnie, Betty/Betsy and Bea are also cool, uncommon 'B' names for a girl

Don't like Blaine.. reminds me of that weird magician. Can't think of any good 'B' boys names...

Brodie and Bruno!!!! Copied these from PPs but do genuinely love them both!

Not RTFT. Both names are awful. Blaine makes me think of Dunblane, and Blaire is too similar to Blare.

How about Blaise, it's a boy's name, but you could use it for a girl.

@florascotia2 @whatausername thank you for your explanations, I clearly got it very wrong when reading up online

We're not set on the name having to start with B, it just happened that those two names begin with it, are names I love and a B would work well with our initials which isn't really important, just a fun thought but any name beginning with any letter is an option.

I'm warming to the idea of Blake but my partner isn't keen.

Wish this wasn't so difficult

Cory or Rona?

Cyrus?

Neither to my taste tbh but...

Blair without the e for me for sure. Although I feel you need a kind of strong character to pull it off - it's definitely a statement! I knew a Blaire in uni and it really didn't suit her, not sure why.

Not keep on Blaine tbh, but that's just me.

NeedCoffee Thank you so much for being so gracious and accepting of my comments. I sometimes feel as if I'm on a one-woman crusade against rubbish information on baby name websites. A good online dictionary can be very helpful for checking.
Congratulations/best wishes re your forthcoming little one.

Not to my taste but I prefer them to overused names. I much prefer Benedict for a but, the one I knew often went by Benny to his friends

Not keen on blaine or blaire though i do know a blair and shes fantastic. How about blaze? Other b names. Benjamin, blake, blaise, brady, brodie, Bernard, bruce, barnaby, brooke, belle, bonnie, bernie, belinda

Blair will always remind of Gossip girl but I do like it - very American.

It's very unMumsnetty but I do like Riley.

Name websites are a nightmare! Have you got any particular style, OP?

Surname like Taylor, Brody, Brady, Baxter, Sawyer, Hudson, Orson, Carson, Carter etc.
Nature - Sorrel, Rowan, Briar, Hazel, Heath.
American - tends to be surnames I think! But you there's the sort of Jed, Brett, Rhett style names.
B names - Bertie, Bertram, Benedict, Benjamin (classic!), Blake, Bruce, Bill, Belle, Belinda, Bree, Blyth, Bridget.

Short and punchy or longer names?
Modern, vintage or timeless?

Might be worth starting a new thread so people don't keep on about Blaine/Blair etc

I like Blair with the E, it reminds me of Blair from gossip girl

I'm not keen on Blaine though.

How about Brady?

Without the E* that should say