Crazy name wont get out my head! lol

[Misssweetheart]

Have a lovely 8 month old boy named eric.
Pregnant again hoping for a girl... BUT if its a boy i need an AWESOME name again. And every boy name is not sparking any joy besides ONE...

Pheonix

I KNOW..I KNOW.. Usually id be the FIRST one to be like "oh come on...you cant call a child that"

HOWEVER...Ive become enchanted with the name. Ive even tried considering felix and looking up ALL the names...
Ive even tried sleeping on it... for a MONTH.
And i cant find a name that gives me the same...feeling...as pheonix.

Does anyone have any POSITIVE thoughts on the name? Or advice?

I actually know 2 little boys (age 5) at my son’s school. One is half Chinese and so the name makes a bit more sense. The other seems a more “trendy” choice by (very much not Chinese) parents.

Eric is an old man name. You need something to go with that. Phoenix is bloody awful and definitely doesn't go with Eric.

I like it. And I looove Eric.

Eric and Magnus = perfect combo

What about Falco?

It's not one I would ever use but it's not the worst I've heard.

My main issue is that Eric and Phoenix sound odd together as names. I'm not a fan of matching names at all but as these are so different it's like you decided you now didn't like names like Eric. I know that sounds daft, my head is full of crap like this.

@Standrewsschool

Mel C’s daughter is called Phoenix.

I wouldn’t use a name that you can’t spell.

@Standrewsschool her daughter is called Scarlett.

I like it.

It doesn’t go with Eric though. If that,doesn’t matter to you then go for it.

Phoenix is an extremely try hard name.

@Misssweetheart
I think it’s a great name. I like it.
Doesn’t matter if it matches with Eric.
They are both cool names.
Congratulations

Phoenix is a lovely name but if you're going to struggle to spell it, Felix is a nice alternative and goes well with Eric. It means 'happy' too, which is nice. Both Phoenix and Felix were on our list and I don't think they are too 'out there'. They are unusual, but familiar.

Why do you NEED to have a name that sparks joy?

Couldn’t it just be a name that you like and that you think will be a good name for your son to to carry with him for life?

A Phoenix might love his name .. but he might also be very embarrassed about it when he doesn’t turn into the kind of person you think of when you think of Phoenix. For me I probably imagine some kind of drummer or guitarist, thinks he’s quite cool. He might be nothing like that.

Goes in the same bag for me as Bear, Fox, Wolf, Chardonnay, Sunshine, Luna, Nevaeh

I don't like Phoenix as a name. It's try hard.
Eric and Felix as suggested sounds great.

Eric and Max
Eric and Henry
Josh

I like Phoenix but like some pps I think it's a very odd name to have next to Eric. I don't think names have to match, but they do need to at least come from the same universe! Keep looking, and maybe use Phoenix for a middle name.

I think it goes okay with another out there name. Does not particularly go well with Eric.

Either use it as a middle name or go with something sounding similar.

Other ideas (none of which I would choose personally but everyone has different tastes and ideas.

Felix
Atticus
Cassius
Lysander
Jasper

Bit of a word association with Phoenix, but stay with me....

Eric & Guy?

Guy Fawkes.

Fawkes was the phoenix in Harry Potter? 🤷‍♀️

You can't have an Erin and a Phoenix! That would be like having... Idk. Jane and Desdemona or... Anne and Lexi-Mai or something. Totally different feels to the point where it seems a bit sort of amusing. Felix is lovely and goes perfectly.

Ive known about 3 kids called Phoenix. Its not particularly crazy. If you like the name, then go for it. I like it. Why do boys always have to have boring names, and girls are more often allowed to have unusual ones

Phoenix really isn't that out there these days.
I wouldn't bat at eyelid at meeting a Phoenix

A baby name like Jeffrey Nigel or Gary in 2021 I'd be way more shocked by

I'd stick with Phoenix
If not how about Felix

I like Phoenix I knew a woman once who had sons Phoenix and Griffin I loved both names. If you like it go for it

bird names are getting popular so I don't think it will seem too "crazy"

This is true, it's getting very avian when I read my register out:

Smew- here
Swallow- here
Loon- here
Thrush - here
Shag - here
Dickcissel - here
Boobies....... boobies, has anyone seen boobies?
Sky-tyrant - here
Drongo....Drongo that's you- uh, here.
Scrub- here

There is one little Bustard who walks in late every day.

My oldest friends son has that name and he's now 12. It's lovely.

I know somebody with a baby Phoenix

Chav