Me and DP have struggled a bit for a boy’s name as we seem to have quite different tastes. We have a shortlist and plan to see what he looks like when he’s here but I’m concerned that none is ‘the one’ and I have reservations about them all.
Nathaniel (Nate) - DP’s least favourite, he associates it with a child from a different background to us.
Reuben - I would hate Ruby as a NN and not sure if people would assume we’re Jewish
Isaac (Zac) - I don’t like how popular it is and worry it will constantly be misspelt
Gabriel (Gabe) - potential for playground bullying?
Jonah - Unlucky or a jinx
Middle name will be Jasper (no chance of this as a first name), surname short and ends in an X 🦊, so some names don’t sound right with it.
I know all of the names above are biblical but we’re not religious and that’s not a consideration, we’re not a fan of ‘old man’ names, anything too that could be seen as pretentious or chavvy 🤦♀️.
We would prefer something not overly common, but I suppose anything below top 50 is ok.
Also I’ve been banned from having anything with a ‘th’ sound as I’m from South London and everyone in my family will pronounce it as an ‘f’ and we live in Liverpool where pretty much every name gets shortened so I have to like the nn 😫.
Please tell me if I’m being hormonal and overthinking the names on our list or please give lots of suggestions; I’m really hoping we’ve just skated over the perfect name somehow!