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?

Xander
Jasper

@Thefaceofboe yes this is how I feel! But if I can get the best of both with less traditional and maybe not in the top 10 like Noah then I’m open to suggestions!

I like Quinn but OH sees is as more of a girls name which is annoying.

Like Elijah but not sure on Eli as the nickname 🤔

Lucas - prefer Luca, which used to be on my list! OH has requested I add it back on 😂

@sheslittlebutfierce parter is Alexander so I think Xander is a bit too close 😬

We do like Jasper but because my nan always has a dog called Jasper and will always call her dogs Jasper we feel it’s a bit cruel to use the name 🙈

@Forest27 if it helps I work in a nursery and know a few Elijahs and non of them have ever got Eli, it tends to be more a name on its own!

Luca is really nice and definitely not too common!

If you like Noah, do you like other biblical names? Like Isiah, Ezekiel, Josiah, Gabriel? I love biblical names but my partner isn’t keen.

Jared
Asa
Arran
Devon
Cian

How about Quentin nickname Quinn?

Or Marcus?

Harry "traditionally" is a nn for Henry, so yes, I'd say that's too close to your dog's name op! Anyway Harry really is done to DEATH and has been for decades. Along with charlie and jack.

Noah is fine. You clearly like it. It's popular, but who cares? If you care about that, you care about that. If you don't, you don't.

Other common, but only recently, (as I think this is what you mean):

Reuben
Freddie
Harrison (nearly Harry, but a bit different)
Ezra (not that common, but trendy a few years ago)
Elliot(t)
Elias
Roman
Rowan
Xander (Alexander)

Oh just saw not Xander!

Rufus

My little boy is called Rory, his Dad and I love his name. We’re delighted we went with it. If we have another boy Miles is currently top of the list. We also like Barney but I’m not sure we have the confidence to go with it. We also like Noah x

I loved Saul,Roman ,Luca for ds but he ended up Colton which I actually love now and he suits it so much

What about:

Octave
Aurel
Spencer
Carlo
Atlas
Areski
Roman
Alfie
Adonis

Beau
Franklin
Benedict
Maxwell / Maximilian
Caspian

Just a handful from my list...I haven't RTFT, sorry if they have been mentioned.

Thanks for your help everyone! Seems like Noah is still the winner for me, but I don’t feel ready to commit just yet 😂 I’m scared of getting it wrong and hating it, but my friend said she started calling her baby by different names before she was born and one eventually stuck so it might not be a bad idea 🤔

@Forest27

Thanks for your help everyone! Seems like Noah is still the winner for me, but I don’t feel ready to commit just yet 😂 I’m scared of getting it wrong and hating it, but my friend said she started calling her baby by different names before she was born and one eventually stuck so it might not be a bad idea 🤔

I’ve gone round and round in circles about our boys name.. they seem to be so much harder than girls! A lot of the comments on my post said just go for your genuine favourite name, regardless of popularity or anything else. I think that’s what we’re going to do. For all it’s really popular, to me as a teacher all I care about is him not being in class full of them when he starts school because I know how bad it is to have to call them their first name and second initial all through school 🙈 but for all our boys name is number 6 in Scotland just now (Harris) I don’t actually know of any in our town yet. I was thinking of my friend’s child Olivia who is now at school. At the time when she named her it was either the top or second top girls name yet she still went with it. There are no other Olivia’s in her class or even the school that I know of. So really popularity on these ‘lists’ goes for nothing. I’ve had classes with multiple Ethans, Emily’s, Blake’s, Elliots etc when these names were probably not too 10 at the time.

So moral of the story I’d say just go for the name you actually love. I think we’ll wait til we see him but I’m about 90% sure we’re just going to go with our favourite now and ignore these lists! X