Which boy name - help, he's nearly here!

[CloseYourMouthLynn]

Hi,

I'm due a baby boy next week and we still haven't picked a name. My husband has Scottish heritage and so a couple of the names are influenced by that. His middle name will be Wentworth as it is a family name and our surname begins with H.

Options so far are:

Vincent
Brandon
Conrad
Reuben
Kieran
Cameron
Fraser
Niall

We have scoured through a million lists and these are the best we can come up with, so please noone say they're all rubbish! Which one would you choose out of these?

Fraser gets my vote! I also like Fergus and Finlay.

I like Fraser from your list.
Least favourite is Brandon.

I'd choose Niall, Vincent or Conrad.

Fraser is quite nice too.

I don't like Brandon at all.

I think Niall Wentworth H is a gorgeous name. Otherwise Fraser!

Fraser or Reuben

I have the loveliest friend called Conrad so that's my vote.

Vincent - no, Vince and ~ Vinnie are not great
Brandon - no, seems dated
Conrad - fine
Reuben - a bit nothingy
Kieran - a bit 1970s
Cameron - don't like Cam
Fraser - like
Niall - like but is it Nigh-l or Nee-l?

My ds is kieran but with the spelling ciaran. Out of the rest I would say fraser. Not a fan of the rest

@ScotsMumOf4

My ds is kieran but with the spelling ciaran. Out of the rest I would say fraser. Not a fan of the rest

We like that Ciaran spelling but it's an anagram of our daughters name, Carina so we can't do it that way!

Oh I like the anagram thing!

Fraser

Absolutely love Niall!

I like Fraser, then Niall.
Don't really like Brandon (except Flowers of course).

Conrad, by a mile. Love it!

Reuben a very distant second.

Actively dislike Brandon.

Another vote for Fraser.

Fraser and Ruben for me too, but I also love Kieran (this is Scottish to me; wouldn’t the Irish be Ciaran?).

The TV show was Frazier

Fraser and Ruben for me too, but I also love Kieran (this is Scottish to me; wouldn’t the Irish be Ciaran?).

@IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads
There are loads of Kierans in Ireland, I know many aged in their 40s and 50s...it has declined in popularity over the last 30 years though. It's just an anglicised version of Ciarán, which is also used, with and without the fada. In parts of Ireland they're pronounced a little differently from each other, in other parts they seem to be pronounced more or less the same.
I'd agree with OP that I wouldn't use Ciaran with Carina though!
I like Niall too, also Irish as well as Scottish, and also like Fraser and Cameron, which are more uniquely Scottish, I think.
Fraser does remind me strongly of Frazier the tv show, but that's probably because the name isn't really used here and that's my only exposure to it.

Conrad or Cameron. Don’t like the others.

Fraser’s ok but a bit meh. Reuben is awful.

Conrad! Love it. I’d avoid Reuben - they are two a penny.

Duncan?

Thanks all, I've found boys names so hard!

@VenusClapTrap, we have a good friend called Duncan so might be a bit strange!

Love Conrad, that was on our list alongside Lachlan and Cameron.

We went for Lachlan instead.

I wanted Cormac but DH vetoed it!

Cameron, Reuben or Fraser - good, strong, classic names.

Or Magnus - best name ever!

@WalkingOnSonshine I also like Cormac but my husband said it reminded him of caramac 🙄

@SirChenjins, I knew a horrible Magnus at uni! This is why names are so hard!

I really like Cameron

Oh no

Someone on MN will name their baby Magnus - I’m not leaving this Earth until they do