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Help! I don’t like any boys names.

47 replies

WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 03/09/2021 17:14

Due in 5 weeks, don’t know the sex. We’re set on a girls name, but all the boys names we had shortlisted now I just feel a bit lukewarm about. I’ve spent days trawling through baby name lists and can’t find anything that really resonates.
Please give me some inspiration with your favourite boys names, particularly any less well known ones would be good.
Would consider African names as well as western names.

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/09/2021 17:22

Not all obscure so I may not be of much if any help.

Gabriel.(Already chosen) Patrick. Dougie. Wilbur. Cedric. Vincent. Casper. Alan. Tom. Derry. Coleby. Jude. Rhys. Elliot. Finbarr. Reuben. Peter.

mynameisbrian · 03/09/2021 17:25

i had that with my 3 DC...

Here you go with some options

Sullay
Sunday
Ade
Hakeem
Prince
Godfried
Wellington
Michael
Peter
Sebastian
Aidan
Toby
Theo
Hugo
Elia
Arlo
Kit

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/09/2021 17:27

"Wellington"

As long as Ops surname isn't Boot.😂😂😂

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WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 03/09/2021 17:36

Thanks all (well, most of you Confused), really helpful to get some different options to consider!

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Ricekrispie22 · 03/09/2021 17:59

Ezra
Lyle
Rafferty
Gideon
Bodhi
Beau
Sullivan
Zander
Flynn
Winston
Dexter
Kai
Ellis
Murray
Harvey

Happenchance · 03/09/2021 18:04

Cedric
Vaughn
Jacobi
Saul
Simeon
Joel
Ethaniel
Jabari

BellaVida · 03/09/2021 18:50

Ambrose
Josiah
Xavier
Tobias
Mateo
Adwin
Titus
Austin
Zander
Maxwell
Evander
Hayden

ChikiTIKI · 03/09/2021 19:14

Josiah
Peter
Michael
Julian
Promise

mancarose · 03/09/2021 19:17

I absolutely love the names Theodore, Tobias and Zachaeus

MoreAloneTime · 03/09/2021 19:22

My advice with boys names is picture it as a mans name. There are lots of great names for men and not many that sound good on baby boys and this gave me such a mental block.

Kanaloa · 03/09/2021 19:49

What girl names do you like? It might be helpful to get an idea of what style you are into.

WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 03/09/2021 19:53

@Kanaloa DDs name is Maya. And if DC2 is a girl she will be Cecilia.

Other girls names I quite like are:
Florence
Eloise
Thandie
Sienna

Girls names are so much easier!

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WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 03/09/2021 19:55

@MoreAloneTime that’s really good point, I think I’m definitely trying a name to fit a baby/little boy

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WhyOhWhyOhWhyyyy · 03/09/2021 19:57

A few people have mentioned Theo/Theodore which I absolutely love but we can’t use because it’s got quite negative connotations for DH

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itsharderthanithought89 · 03/09/2021 20:09

Wilf (my son)
Wilbur
Ford
Augustus (Gus)
Rufus
Alfred
Fred
Ralph

mishmased · 03/09/2021 22:29

What type of African names and ideally what country? East, West North, south? You need to narrow down what sort of African names you like.

Southern African
Milile, Mandela, Ndumiso, Khanya (pn Kanye)
Andile, Ubuntu, Thano, Siyabonga, Masibonge, Simbarashe

West African (Nigerian)
Yoruba Olakunle, Babatunji, Olawale, Olamide, Abiola, Abiodun, Ayodeji, Ayodele

Kanaloa · 03/09/2021 22:36

If you like Theo/Theodore maybe Frederick/Freddie? Or Sebastian, Alexander, Zachary/Zacharias.

averylongtimeago · 03/09/2021 22:52

If you like Theodore- what about Leonard? Len or Lenny for short.
Or
Christopher
Stephen
Richard
Jonathan
John
Andrew
Mathew

All good solid names for adults and children.

juicylemon · 03/09/2021 23:16

Maximus

cafedesreves · 04/09/2021 05:58

Benjamin
Charlie
Joe
Samuel
John(ny)

Standrewsschool · 04/09/2021 06:34

Abraham
Leo
Alvin
Caleb
Michael
Adam
Emmett
Jacob
Donovan
Nathaniel
Edwin
Isaac
Wilfred

Batak
Otr

EdgeOfACoin · 04/09/2021 06:41

Jerome
Marcus
Toby

Givemethatknife · 04/09/2021 07:01

How about Leo / Leon rather than Theo?

Josiah, Joshua, Elijah, Zachariah, Laurence, Victor, Ernest, Francis, Sebastian, Gideon, feel like male parallels of the girl’s names you like

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