Don't like boys names :(

[ChunkyButFunky87]

Honestly, why are boys so hard.

Found out No 2 on the way is a boy today. Even before this we gave up talking about boys as couldn't agree on any, I literally struggle to like any.

Nameless baby boy at this rate

Anyone else who struggled, what did you go with?

I agree: boys names are so much harder than girls names! This is my list- never shown to anyone before but I've made this list over the years and whenever I like a boys name I write it down. I've gone off a lot of them but hope it helps a little

Alexander
Rupert

Rory
Hugo
Aled
Alec
Spencer
Basil (now my pets name)
Russel
Felix
Barney/ Barnaby

Ezra
Dougie
Wilf (Wilfred)
Angus (gus)

Florian
Fabian
Laughlin (Lockie)
Bodhi
Quentin
Silas
Griffith
Rufus
Cooper
Macson
Caspar
Albert
Arthur
Chester
Ralph

It's a pain isn't it! When I first got pregnant we started looking at names and found 0 boys names we liked and it turned out that pregnancy was twin boys.. we now have 3 boys took ages finding names but eventually found ones we loved and which all go together. Stick with it you'll figure it out or you'll look at him and just know 💡

What’s the first one called - to give a clue as to what you like?

Gavriel/Gabriel
Aaron
Daniel
Edward/Edwin
Xander

I had dds in the end but we struggled to agree on boys' names. I liked James, Edward, Ivan, Kieran, Rex. Dh liked none of the above.

Try this to help you name your baby boy. It's how we named ours.

namedtogether.com/BabyNamePicker.aspx?type=EWB100

What sort of style name do you like @ChunkyButFunky87

What girls names do you like? What boys names can you tolerate even if you don't love?

Is popularity a factor for you or not a concern?

Would be helpful to have something to work with @ChunkyButFunky87

@partyatthepalace @FluffyEggsontoast my daughter is called Scarlett.

I work in Early years so it's really hard not to associate names with nuisance children

I do like Ryan & Liam but husband is a firm no, he hasn't got much else to offer in replacement though

We are the same...at least 10 girls names
I love. Boys wouldn't say love but we like two....Francis (Frankie) or Kit

I really struggled with boys names. There were very few I liked. Eldest is Taylor, which came from some film credits. Don't even remember the film now.
Youngest is Blake, who was a friend of Taylor's at nursery.
OHs boys are David after his dad and Paul after a really good work colleague he had who basically kept him working when he was struggling with other issues.
Have you got any family names you could use?
Now we're having a daughter and she's no name yet because there are too many we kind of like but none we love. It's so hard to choose.

I found looking to men we admire - in family, friends, people we've known and historical - worked well for finding names (though I did spend quite a lot of time on behindthename making lists and polls).

My older son is named after a childhood hero of my spouse's.
My younger son is named after a relative.

Ryan and Liam were on my list for ds.
Also on my list were
Aidan
Adam
Evan
Owen
Zak
Luke
Harrison
Aaron

The boys names I had were
George,
William,
Alfie,
Thomas,
Euan,
Oliver,
Noah,
Harry,
Jack,
Edwin.

Ellis
Magnus
Malachy
Struan
Fraser
Xander
Finn
Cormac
Connor

Teddy
Bryn
Brodie
Lewis
Jude
Alex

If you like Liam but oh doesn't, what about William ?
I think Dominic goes nicely with Scarlet.

@ChunkyButFunky87 I was exactly the same not a single name I liked for boys! I was absolutely convinced it was a boy!! Then the day of the scan to find out last week we decided on a boys name!!! Fell in love with the name completely then we found out we are having a girl! Which we are over the moon about but now can't think of a girls name! The name we decided on was Stanley Thomas xxx

We're in the same boat we had 4 girls names we loved and then found out we're having a boy and we have nothing 🤦🏻‍♀️ I've been searching high and low and nothing yet

I think these boy names all go well with Scarlett - something with a literary subtle link would be nice (which these all have):

Toby
Magnus
Rufus
Nathaniel
Quentin
Lawrence
Sawyer

Actually, scrap Rufus.... WAY too much of a red theme!

Aha, I like Scarlett

Aaron
Struan
Stellen
Reuben
Franklin
Max
Rory
Blaise
Robin
Rowan
Jerome
Jonah
Otis
Luke
Nathan
Walker
Jude
Finlay
Jackson
Jacob
Samuel
Guy
Sonny
Ezra
Ethan
Evan
Gregor

Well @partyatthepalace Jackson has been suggested funnily enough. I'm warming to it!

I find boys names tougher than girls names too!

My favourites are:
Arlo
Isaac
Lincoln
Sebastian

Arlo has been mine and my DH top name for 7 or 8 years and I was kind of sad when it started to rise in popularity but it doesn't put me off!

Scarlett and Jackson are a good combo, that’s for sure

Riley
Leon
William
Jamie
Kyran
Leo
Lucas
Toby
Jake
Samuel
Lee
Marshall
Rhys
Caleb
Scott
Aaron
Charlie
Daniel
Eric
Brenton
Luke
Edward
Michael