Due this week and still can't decide boys name!

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Hi everyone,

So I'm due our little boy this week (prob be overdue but hey ho!) Has anyone any suggestions for a little brother for Esther?

We had Esthers name long before she was born and we love that it's traditional but still don't hear of many others......

So far we only have :

Henry (after FIL which I'm not fussed about but OH loves)

Crawford (Again a family name which i like but worried its too "out there")

Archie (I love but worried its too common now)

Any suggestions are welcome

I like European sounding names like Yves and Clement, Luc, Jean

With the exception of Luc, these (lovely) names don't really have the same ring in English...

Anyway, I like Henry and it goes well with Esther. I dislike Archie and Crawford.

Im going to be heathen and say wait and see what he looks like and then give yourself a few days with this list for inspo.

Henry of your three. Henry is very popular atm - I know a lot of babies called Henry or Harry, or Henry with Harry as a nickname. So bear that in mind in popularity is putting you off Archie.

Other suggestions:
Peter
Paul
Michael
Adam
Reuben
Samuel
Ezra
Levi
Joel
Asa
Asher
Jonah
Amos
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
James
Thomas
Isaac
Jacob
Benjamin

Edward, Edmund, Nicholas, Dominic, Benedict, Charles, William, Patrick and Alistair have a similar feel to Henry or are, like Esther, well known names which aren't overused.

I absolutely love Crawford, it's on my list for this baby. I know an amazing one in his 90s and he is so dapper and gentlemanly it's impossible not to feel good about it. I don't see it as particularly different from a lot of names that are used here in Scotland (ie Campbell)

Archie I like but it's popular. Henry is not to my taste at all.

I like the suggestion of Laurence, that's nice.

Mark is due a comeback.

Esther & Mark

Both biblical, different testaments but no matter

Another biblical name

Mark was very popular in my age group, but it's a lot better than the currently popular biblical names. It's a classic so doesn't date badly.

Same is true of Esther.

I’d go Archie, I actually do not know any other than my own who is now in his 20’s
Lovely name and would not even associate with the royals although I do not follow them!
If I was having a boy again tomorrow I would still use that name.

For some reason I'm thinking Saul but I don't know if maybe they're paired up in the Bible and that's why I'm getting the association? Might be worth double checking if you like that one

Otherwise
Seth
Jacob
Isaac
Montague (Monty)
Max/Maximilian
Amos (is a fab name and on my 'if I ever have another one' list)
Arlo
Hamish
Theodore
Edward
Grayson

For some reason I'm thinking Saul but I don't know if maybe they're paired up in the Bible and that's why I'm getting the association? Might be worth double checking if you like that one
They're not

Ah ok well there we go then! No idea why I've got such a strong sense they're a couple I definitely don't know and Esther and Saul irl!