Do you ‘love’ your boys name?

[LuckyFlash]

Due a boy in ten weeks and super excited. Before we knew the sex we talked a lot about names and fixed on a girl name quite quickly and I absolutely loved it. I felt excited to use it and tell people.
Things got tricker when we found out he was a boy as I just find boys names so ‘blah’. It’s seems from this board that lots of people have also struggled with boys names. I want something that is not crazy or eyebrow raising but equally not too traditional and (in my opinion) boring. There are hundreds of girls names in this category but so few boys ones. When people ask for suggestions of this type of name the same ones are always suggested.
Anyway, we have picked a name and I do really like it, as does DH. We have been calling him by his name at home for weeks and have gotten used to it. I just can’t shake this feeling that I like it but don’t ‘love’ it.

Is this normal? Will I love it when he arrives and it become associated with my little boy? Or should I be rethinking?

Did you ‘love’ the name you picked or have picked for your boy?

I couldn’t find any boy names that I liked when I was pregnant
My partner really liked one and we ended up going with that as I “didn’t mind” it
However, I can’t imagine my DS being called anything else now and I love the name!
Also havent come across any other boys with the same name (not that it’s weird name or anything lol)

Yes, my two are 16 and 18 now and I still have little arguments with myself about which of their names I love more

Yeh I loveeee my sons name! I was the different way around, had one boys name in mind but 12 girls names. My sons name has a family tie and it just felt right.

I love all of the names we have used for our sons and a good few more! One that DH hated, one that we both love but couldn't use with our surname because it would sound like we were naming him after someone we really did not want to name a child after, others that just didn't work in terms of both families being able to pronounce them, etc.

With ds3, we had decided on a name on learning his sex at the anomaly scan but with a few weeks to go realised it wasn't the right one and chose another. We used the original as his middle name though, because we both love it.

I love lots of girls names too but have no daughters and never will now.

I love my sons name but I chose it after he was born. We had a short list of 3 while I was pregnant. They were all lovely but none of them felt perfect. Once he was born we both just felt straight away that none of them fit him, so he was nameless for about 5 days before we found the right name. Funnily enough it was one we'd rejected previously as being too unusual but we absolutely love it and I can't imagine him being anything else.

Conversely we had my daughters name picked out very quickly after we found out her sex and never had any doubts about it.

Had exactly this predicament. In the end the name was chosen by making a list and crossing them out until we had one left. It suits him, had become his own, but the name itself was never a fall in love with one.

My son is called Jude and I love his name. It wasn’t the name we originally had picked but I just knew the name we had (Rowan) just wasn’t right. As soon as we decided on Jude I knew it was the right name!

I can't be doing with all this ' all boy's names are blah' business on MN, as if girls' names are so much better! What is it?

I didn't know the sex of all 3 of mine, who turned out to be all boys. Girl's names were the issue for me- there are so many fabulous boy's names. I love all 3 of mine still- I think I probably love DS2's the best of all- but mine are all very Scottish names ( imp to me) and none of them had someone of the same name all through primary, with only DC3 having one other at secondary.

No, I don't sadly. But he's 12 now and it's a bit late. I've often regretted calling him it and wished we'd chosen something else.

Yes, still absolutely love it. And he is 19.

I think you can find a sweet spot with boy names. So...You're looking for a name that's familiar, not too popular but not crazy @LuckyFlashhow
Ok well obviously first step is to avoid all the names in the official ONS top 100 of course as they'll be too common for you.

How about something like:

Laurence
Tristan
Seth
Aubrey
Nathan
Miles
Casper
Austin
Winston
Walter
Otto
Griffin

I love my boys names and if I ever had another I even know what they will be called. Although neither were given a name straight away, I just couldn't decide so it took about a week.

No, I don't love ds' name. But it was the only one that DH loved that I didn't hate. I'm still not keen on it 5 years on.

YY OP I feel the same about boys' names.

There are a few that I really love but DH didn't agree.

I do love DS2's name now he is here :) It just suits him so much and even though it's a fairly "ordinary" name I love it and it's very cute but also sensible enough.

DS1 I named when I was younger and I don't love his name as much. It still suits him and I don't hate it or anything.

I do. I liked the one syllable style names like ben,max, sam but they were all so popular. Found a name that is more unusual for his generation than mine but not dated. He soundsso obilviously this name

I know exactly what you mean, there is far less between traditional and crazy with boys names. We went into having our first boy with a list of four names I think, although one was more of a favourite for me. Even so I wouldn’t say I loved it the way I thought my daughter’s name was perfect. But once he was here it was his name and we love it. Felt the same again with our second boy. So the feeling definitely came once they were here and we were using their names.

My son is called Jude too @Cbeebiesrehab and I LOVE it! Not too popular but not too out there either.
I was quite glad when our second was a DD so I didn’t have to choose our second boys name as I didn’t love it as much as Jude or our DD’s name.

Nope, I had the exact opposite experience. Girls names often sound bland or too frilly and there are very few that appeal to me.

I love DSs name but only on him. Not a fan when I hear it on others! Which is pretty funny as it’s a name that’s not hugely popular on here!

I absolutely love our DS’ name. To the point where I was terrified that someone would use it before he was born.

It’s just in the top 400 I think, so not sure why I thought someone would pick it! Not come across any, and both my parents are teachers & haven’t come across one in 40+ years of teaching.

I love DS1’s name. It’s my favourite boys name ever. DP chose DS2’s name and whilst I liked it I didn’t love it like DS1’s. I worried about it for ages but actually when he arrived it suited him and we never call him it now anyway. He’s always his nickname I’m not even entirely sure he’d know what his real name was if you asked him!!

How funny, I nearly said Jude is the name I always think I should have called DS1, but I know XP would have said it was a girls' name!

It would have suited him much more than his actual name, IMO.

Absolutely LOVE my DSs name. I would have struggled with a girl name since as soon I saw his 12 week UH picture I knew he was a boy and what I would call him. Luckily DH was fully on board too! Can't imagine him being called anything else - of course I'm sure that's true for most of the kids haha! Good luck OP, oh to be picking baby names again 🥰

My sons’s name is Spencer. We love it but he wishes we gave him a harder name like “Spike” 😂

Love my boys’ names! DS’s name was one I appreciated but didn’t have that instant I LOVE IT thrill for it. But nearly 11 years on, I absolutely love DD’s name. It has such a beautiful meaning and it suits her down to the ground. Meaning is very important.