Boys Name Help Please? (List)

[boynamestruggle]

32 weeks pregnant and really struggling with boys names!

Generally I like not made up, recognisable but uncommon names... though in pregnancy it seems my head is all over the place, and I'm not sure my list really reflects the names I liked pre-hormones!!

We are in Scotland and both Scottish heritage, though seem to be drawn to different heritage names 🤷🏻‍♀️ Surname is McNeil.

Any votes / opinions / other suggestions welcome! So far our shortlist (if you could call it that, it's basically names we both haven't veto'd!!) are:

Macsen (It's not made up honestly, it's Welsh apparently, though neither of us are. I like that it's got cute nickname options too - 'Mac' or 'Macs')

Kaspar (Not sure if friendly ghost bothers me)

Louis (A bit royal?)

Murray (Mint?)

Harvey (too Katie Price?)

Are any of these winners, or any other suggestions we might like?!

Harvey and Louis for me.

I personally wouldn't have the 'Mac' sound in the first name if you also have it in the surname.

Louis is the only name i like.
Harvey at a stretch.
the others sound horrid to me.

My ds is a Kasper. We don't regret it at all and have had no ghostly references. We get a lot of compliments on his name and haven't met any other Caspers around either which is a nice plus

@chorizoTapas Oh that's good to know!! I think Kaspar is my favourite but DH was a bit concerned about the ghost lol. I actually like the ghost so not sure I'm bothered about the references, if there were any!

Louis is the only one I like. Goes well with surname.

You can't have a Mac first name and Mc surname.

Adore Macsen but not sure it works with your surname. How about Magnus? It's feels more Scottish too imo.

Louis isn't a particular fave of mine, but it's okay (and no more Royal than Henry, Edward, William etc). Have you considered Lewis instead, if you are worried about the royal links of Louis?

Kaspar is lovely as long as you don't mind it being regularly misspelt (Casper/Caspar/Kasper).

Not keen on Murray or Harvey, sorry (too surname for me).

Macsen - no

Kaspar, yes but I'd go with Caspar (the ghost is Casper so totally different)

Louis - French kings in tights so no

Murray - no. old man name (Scrubs joke)

Harvey - me likey! and it goes the best with your surname

Mac McNeil - sorry, but that sounds awful.
like you're stuttering

I should say that in Scotland Mc is commonly pronounced 'Mick' rather than 'Mac'...

So 'Macsen McNeil' would be pronounced

MACsen MICKneil / MAC MICKneil,

not MACsen MACneil / MAC MACneil,

...If that makes a difference! (It does to me as I think it's more useable!)

Kasper McNeil sounds awesome.

Fergus?

DH has veto'd Fergus as it's his boss's name 😂

And I do like Magnus but (at risk of outing myself further!) there's an outdoor clothing and equipment shop in the village my mum lives in called Team Magnus 🙈

Both good suggestions though.

I know a Mascen (here in Australia, he's 15) He gets Max mostly.

I like Louis from your list.

What about Jeremy? Reuben? Jonah?

Depending on the second name I think I’d go Murray first as my first choice and Louis second. Love both but Murray didn’t go with our second name (M) so we couldn’t use it

To be honest you don’t seem to really like any of your chosen possibilities- just that they are names you snd your dh haven’t said a definite no to.

Go back to the drawing board!!

Suggestions
Joel
Jensen
Benjamin
Toby
Dexter
Edward
Joseph
Isaac
Oscar
Saul
Felix
Cameron
Callum
Caleb
Elliott
Hugo
Victor
Zachary
Nicholas

Kaspar is a great name.

I'm not a fan of Louis. Or Murray.

Harvey is ok.

Louis is lovely.

@Lotsachocolateplease I honestly feel like I don't really love any boys names? 😂😂🙈🙈 Think I've been through every list!! The problem I think is we know so many folk with young kids, it kind of restricts us... I love Oscar and Rory, but have friends with one of each so feel we couldn't use.

Also have friends / friends kids who are Cameron, Callum, Nicholas, Hugo, Zachary... we should have tried to have a baby first I think 😂🙈 Your list is a good one though!

@sarah13xx It's McNeil... I actually don't mind the M alliteration for Murray to be honest, (and in Scotland my surname is typically pronounced Mick-Neil, so I don't even mind Macsen McNeil as some do here, because I feel like the sound is different?) I'd probably avoid Mick and other names beginning Mick for that reason though!

In that case Macsen "Mickneil" is fine imo - I wondered why you wanted the Mac nn from Macsen, when he could have been called Mac anyway from your surname. That explains it! Although as pp note, some Macsen's do get Max so you need to be prepared for that too (mind you, I've also heard Max as a shortening for Magnus, guess it's a fairly popular nn).

I love Macsen and Kasper

I've just seen your surname is McNeil. I absolutely love Macsen McNeil!

Macsen - the sen bit rhymes with jen, not with sun, so it sounds more like Max N than Maxon. It will get the Maxon pronunciation. Without a Welsh connection, it seems an odd choice. a bit too much with your surname although the Mac bit is not connected

Kaspar (Not sure if friendly ghost bothers me). Nice but will be spelt Casper and Caspar

Louis (A bit royal?) - popular especially if you add Louie ( ) to the stats

Murray (Mint?) - nice

Harvey (too Katie Price?) - nice. Who's Katie Price?

I'd probably go with Murray or Harvey

Murray McNeill sounds great!

I’d avoid Macsen McNeill though.

Louis is great. I love Caspar and Casper but not with a K.
I really dislike Harvey.

It’s definitely Macsen for me!! The nicknames are just so adorable! And Macsen McNeil sounds very beautiful

How about Maxim or Magnus instead of Macsen.
Macsen was the welsh name for Magnus Maximus.