Boy name help!

[Forest27]

After finding out we’re expecting a boy (was convinced he was going to be a girl) I need help with boy names please! I’m really fussy with names 🙈 I’m not a fan of most traditional names like Liam, Alex, Thomas, Jacob etc I like them to be a bit different.

To give you an idea of what I like:

Noah - loved this name for years but it’s so popular now
Theodore - we liked the name Thea for a girl so not sure we want to use this
Percy - can’t decide on this one
Finley - like it but don’t love it
Hugo - OH not a fan but I like it
Rory - like it but don’t love it
Bellamy - OH hates it
Felix - OH hates it

Can anyone think of any names I might like?

@Forest27 I was the same but the other way round! Convinced we were having a boy! Decided on the name Stanley middle name Douglas, but we are now having a girl and cannot find one we like x

@AnxiousAnnie86 it’s hard isn’t it when you’re so convinced! I had a long list of girl names. Thea and Aurora (nickname Rory) at the top of the the list. Even had middle names picked out 🙈 other names were Freya, Arabella, Evelyn, Juniper and Isla if any of those help you! x

I’m not a fan of the very traditional names either and want something that loads of other boys aren’t called. My list is:
Ari
Vinnie
Harris
Freddie
Reggie
Jenson
Roman
Theo
Rex
Rowan
Felix
Ralph
Jax
Rafe
Rudi
Jasper

@sarah13xx a lovely list but quite a few on your list are very popular and well within the official ONS top 100. All of the top 100 should be avoided if you want something less common. Names like Rom/wan are the fastest rising names in the top 100 too. Freddie and Theo also lovely but really popular, I know about 5 of each.

@Forest27 so hard we were so sure and everything was set on a boys name!! I thought girls were easy names! But we just cannot agree! I really like Lennon for a girl but DH firm no 😂 I also love Freya but again nope!

I love Otto for a boy too!! X

Lachlan
Sonny
Kit
Archer
Eldon
Chase
Dexter
Lloyd
Lucian

The only one of your boy names I like is Felix, sorry (although I like Hugh rather than Hugo). But based on your list, you might like:
Elias
Maxim
Magnus
Caspar
Rufus
Owen
Evan
Marcus
Jared
Caleb
Ezra
Asa
Ivo
Jago
Brodie
Fraser
Lewis

I like like most of your names (not so keen on Percy, Bellamy and Felix), but yes they are all very popular

How about... Alistair, Jonah, Elijah, Levi, Fionn, Fenn, Kester, Stellan, Alberic, Jesse, Jethro, Lucas, Lucian, Sebastian,

Tobias
Albie
Barney
Xander

Laurence

Joel
Caleb
Robert
Saul
Jeremy
Ashley
Victor
Leonard
Isiah
Nicholas

@sarah13xx Our ds is Ralph pronounced 'Rafe' the traditional way. It was used way back in my family and I love it.

Robbie
James
Andrew

OP, how about:
Dylan
Rollo
Lysander
Leif
Soren

We wanted names outside the top 500 for ds. We liked things like Guy, Gregor and Fergus; traditional names, but not commonly used (in England anyway).

If you don't like traditional and you don't want common, you need to discount a few on your own list I think! Ditto your girl list for any future dds.

Look at the ONS lists for last year and choose something outside the top 500 or so maybe?

You could also go biblical, but not traditional per se;

Ezekiel
Abraham
Jeremiah
Josiah

I don't like Bellamy, but I do like Barnaby (but that's a traditional name) and also Bennett! Someone will moan that it's a surname, but I love it as a first name too.

Rafferty is nice. Not a rare name though as it shot up in popularity in recent years.

Has your DH suggested any or is he just saying no to all your ideas?

Ironically, my DS has one of your traditional "popular" names but I know far more Noah, Theodore/Theo, Finlay, Rory, Brodie, Freddie, Harris and Jax/Jaxon/Jackson which are basically 10 a penny here!

Isla and Freya are also VERY common girls names here.

With that said it's never really bothered any of us, we just pick what we liked. Everyone's so busy trying to be different that they don't realise they're just following a newer trend.

My little boys called Noah! He's 5 now.

I like Isiah, Adam, Moses, sawyer,

Oh suggestions;
Evan
Isaac
Elliott
Nathaniel
Caleb
Robin
Warren
Xander
Xavier

Scott
Mason
Clive
Warren

If you want a name that's 'a bit different' then first thing first, find a list of the ONS top 100 names and avoid every single one of them. Many of the names you've listed are top 100 and extremely overdone. Noah, Theo, Rory. I know LOADS. I wouldn't have mentioned but you've specifically said you want a name that isn't too common.

Infact although you're probably thinking names like Simon and Peter are too popular , they're actually very rare these days to the next generation. Very refreshing.

Those examples are probably too traditional for you but there's plenty of lovely names to be found outside the ONS top 100

Tristan?

Why not Rory for a boy if you like it - it’s mostly a boys name? Other less traditional(ish) names that I liked but were vetoed!:

Hunter
Carter
Jago
Dashiell (Dash)
Ned
Seth
Travis
Tate

Thanks for all of your suggestions everyone! I’ve run these past OH and there’s not many he likes sadly.

@IamnotwhouthinkIam we like Casper / Jasper

@partyatthepalace OH likes Sebastian and I’m on the fence about it as I’m not sure on the nickname 🤔

@quarentini I had Albie on my original list but again OH said no 🥺 I tried Bertie as well and nope!

@EvilOnion I love Elliot but OH knew someone called Elliot and it’s put him off 🙈

@IllNeverLetGoJack He likes a few of the names on the list but also traditional names which I don’t really like! He loves Harry (which I don’t mind) but we have a dog called Henry and I feel like it’s just too close. And also Zachary but I’ve never been a fan of this name.

@AnxiousAnnie86 ah it’s so hard isn’t it when you can’t agree on a name! I think after giving birth though that OH will just let me choose whatever I want 😂

I think I just want to clarify that a popular name wouldn’t stop me using it, but I would prefer something less common if possible. And traditional names (even though they are nice) are quite boring to me because I’ve grown up with loads of Simons, Stephen’s, Thomas’s etc, even though they’re not as popular now. I just like names that are bit different ☺️

Noah for me is still the main contender but I was just looking for some fresh ideas that I might not have thought of. I’ve exhausted multiple names lists and nothing else is catching my attention 😂

@sarah13xx we like Jasper (but my nan has a dog called Jasper and always calls her dogs Jasper) which is really annoying!

Freddie is lovely as well. We’re thinking the middle name Frederick or Freddie after my grandad ☺️

Same with Ralph, was my great grandads name so another potential middle name

Quinn, Orion, Ronnie, Jonah, Dougie, Arlo, Xander, Lucas, Milo, Seth, Elijah, Leo, Lenny.

Just a few of the names on my list ^

I also think the difference for me is the difference between traditional and popular names. I’m not a fan of traditional names such as Arthur, Edward but it doesn’t bother me if it’s popular, like Theo, Finley etc :) if that makes sense!