Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Please could you rate my boys list

41 replies

Tootiefruitie66 · 18/10/2021 13:58

Current favourites are:
Henry
Toby
Louis
Theodore (Teddy)
Rafferty
Max
Reuben
What order would you rate these please? Thanks

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Pemba · 18/10/2021 14:08

1.Louis - lovely.

  1. Max - nice, simple, not too common.
  2. Theodore, quite like this, choice of nicknames.
4.Reuben, yes nice (biblical?) quite unusual.
  1. Henry, OK, very classic but with slightly pompous vibe. Prefer Harry which you could of course use day-to-day.

6.Toby - wussy,Toby jugs, suits a dog better IMO.

  1. Rafferty, ridiculous, should be a surname only, has vague conman vibes (or am I thinking of Raffles?)

Any of the first four are nice.

Fifthtimelucky · 18/10/2021 14:11

I only really like Henry and Toby (in that order)

Rafferty and Reuben are my least favourites.

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 14:19

3 Henry
2 Toby
4 Louis
Theodore (Teddy)
Rafferty
1 Max
5 Reuben

olidora63 · 18/10/2021 14:20

Henry and Lois …not keen on the other names.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 18/10/2021 14:21

Love Rafferty

Shodan · 18/10/2021 14:25

Toby is my favourite (biased; one of my brothers is a Toby).

Then Theodore.

Max and Reuben next.

Henry is overused, Louis is weak (and potentially will have a variety or wrong spellings).

Rafferty is awful, sorry. More of a dog's name, imo.

Namechangedforthethousandthtim · 18/10/2021 14:25

Henry - a bit dull and there are sooooo many recently
Toby - cute
Louis - very nice
Theodore (Teddy) - done to death
Rafferty - a bit cool, a bit naff. I'm confused by this name
Max - nice. Simple. Sweet.
Reuben - lovely, biblical, beautiful sound

I think Louis and Reuben are the nicest

20viona · 18/10/2021 14:25

Rafferty is the best all the others are too dull and over popular IMO.

LadyDanburysHat · 18/10/2021 14:28

Henry - nice name but very popular
Toby - wet
Louis - Okay
Theodore (Teddy) - v popular
Rafferty - love this
Max - a bit boring
Reuben - not keen

bloominglovelyorange · 18/10/2021 14:31

@20viona yes I do agree but so many boy names seem to get shortened to Raffy these days. I now know far more baby Raffys than I know baby Toby's or Max's
I think it must be all the Ralph Rafferty Raphael Rafe 's are all getting known as Raffy. On their own all those names quite unusual but they seem to add up !
Reuben I find really overdone

BeKindBeYou · 18/10/2021 14:32

I love Rafferty!!!!

Blubells · 18/10/2021 14:33

I only like Rafferty!

LakeShoreD · 18/10/2021 14:39

1.Louis
2.Max
3.Henry
4.Toby
5.Rafferty
6.Reuben
7.Teddy

ExPatHereForAChat · 18/10/2021 14:42

Henry, Louis and Max are joint winners for me; all lovely.

I do worry about Max being a "dog's name" though.
For me, Reuben is a sandwich.

yikesanotherbooboo · 18/10/2021 14:46

Henry
Louis
Theodore
Max
Reuben
No to Toby
No no to Rafferty.

SleepQuest33 · 18/10/2021 14:51

Rafferty Raff for short, love it
Rueben love
The rest all typical similar take or leave

KirstenBlest · 18/10/2021 15:20

@SleepQuest33

Rafferty Raff for short, love it Rueben love The rest all typical similar take or leave
I wouldn't use Reuben, not only because I think it sounds a bit wet, but because people write Rueben

Rafferty is awful and I never liked Theodore

StampOnTheGround · 18/10/2021 15:28
  1. Max
  2. Henry
  3. Theodore
  4. Louis
  5. Reuben
  6. Toby
  7. Rafferty (this one seems to be like marmite, loved or hated!)
cptartapp · 18/10/2021 15:33

Henry -dull but passable
Toby - dull
Louis - effeminate
Theodore (Teddy) - utterly ridiculous, Teddy, lol. So contrived.
Rafferty - no, and Rafe is the worst nn ever
Max - probably the best, even this is dull
Reuben - no

RavenclawsRoar · 18/10/2021 16:24

I really like Max from your list. I do like Henry too but I know so many of them - it's very popular where I am. Ditto Toby - sweet but everywhere. I don't mind Rafferty. I don't like Louis, Theodore or Reuben.

RolloTomassi · 18/10/2021 16:34
  1. Henry - classic for a reason. Love it.
  1. Max - simple, cool and won't date
  1. Theodore - lovely if a little popular

Joint 4. Toby / Louis - ok but a bit wet somehow

Joint Never. Raffety and Reuben are both absolutely awful

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 18/10/2021 21:31

1.Henry - nice. The most classic/timeless on your list, if fairly popular at the moment.

  1. Max - fairly classic, cool and simple, I like it a lot. Could be the new Jack eventually.
3.Toby - much prefer Tobias (nn Toby) but nice enough. 4.Louis - not my fave but it's okay, don't love or hate. 5.Theodore (Teddy) - now very trendy so I'm not keen. Edward (nn Teddy) is a bit more timeless. 6.Reuben - nothing wrong with it, but I just don't like the sound much. 7.Rafferty -not really my taste (too surname/celeb trend for me).
DramaAlpaca · 18/10/2021 21:33

Favourites are Henry and Louis.

I dislike Theodore and especially Rafferty, which is a surname.

AdaColeman · 18/10/2021 21:40

Toby and Reuben are my favourites.

Rafferty and Max are my least favourites.

Theodore and Louis are hugely popular just now, so at school your boy might be Theo 5.

As you like Louis, have you considered Lewis?

emmathedilemma · 18/10/2021 21:42

Henry or Max
Every other baby seems to be called Reuben and Theo at the moment!

Swipe left for the next trending thread