Baby boy names…opinions

[Frenchie15]

We have a baby boy due in July. We have 3 names we both agree on but I am struggling to pick a favourite and likely to wait to see him before settling on one. However I am interested to hear others opinions on these names…

Finley Elijah
Rowan Jude
Ezra Jude

Our surname is a one a syllable surname beginning with S.

Ezra is overused.

Finley and Rowan are lovely. I prefer Rowan, though.

Finley Elijah is lovely

I like Rowan but I think Ezra goes best with Jude

Rowan is lovely, then I'd say Finley second and Ezra 3rd. All nice, but Rowan is gorgeous.

Lovely list!

I absolutely love Rowan and Jude.

I love Finn too. Ezra is nice. Less keen on Elijah.

I'd go with Jude Ezra or Rowan Ezra because Jude is too good to waste as a middle name imo.

Sorry but I much prefer Elijah Jude.

Rowan is lovely but I agree with @NuffSaidSam that Jude is too good for a middle name!

I think Ezra Jude is the nicest

Interesting! Thanks everyone. I’m not sure I love Jude enough to use it as a first name.

I really don't like Ezra or Elijah and I prefer Rowan for a girl.

Which leaves Finley Jude, which is very nice.

Rowan Jude

I like Ezra best. Very cool.
Finley has had its day.
Rowan is drippy.
The middle names are both nice.

Rowan is my baby girls name @Frenchie15 - so to me it's a girl name, but I know in reality it's unisex. I had a gender surprise but wasn't going to use Rowan for a boy as I was worried about its climbing in popularity for girls in countries like Scotland (where it's top 100 for girls but not boys) and America.
I've asked family not to shorten her name to Row but it seems to happen all the time so I can see that nickname is inevitable - do you like it? Only other negative is that the name Roman with an M has boomed up the England & Wales official ONS chart to be a top 30 name. Roman is the fastest rising boy name. There's 2 Romans with an M at the local nursery and then with my Rowan too everyone gets confused. I've had her called Roman so many times by so many people in so many settings. Wouldn't have been an issue a few years ago as Roman with an M was quite rare then. Well it's ubiquitous now.

I like Ezra best. I don't think it's overused, I've never met anyone called Ezra. Finley is more common IMO.

Personally I like Jude Rowan

The Scottish official baby name charts are out today and as you'll see - Rowan is the top fastest rising girl name jumping over 40 places and well within the top 100 for girls. Interesting it's a girl name in Scotland, I expect it will stop being using for boys in Scotland completely soon sadly as that's just the way it seems to go with former unisex names. They seem to end up girl names.

www.nrscotland.gov.uk/filesstatistics/babies-names/21/babies-first-names-21-report.pdf

Congratulations!!!

Finley Jude (by a long way!!)

I would never choose Jude as I've read Jude the Obscure Love Rowan though!

Rowan definitely.

We have Rohan Jude on our list for DC2, it flows really well. I prefer the h spelling though.

Ezra would be my next favourite from your list.

It's funny as soon as I clicked on this thread I knew Jude would be one of the names. It seems to be everywhere at the moment, not sure if you find that a good/bad thing but thought it was worth mentioning.

It’s not on your list, but I’d mix up your options and have Rowan Elijah Smith (or whatever). I like both names and I think if you’ve got a relatively short, one syllable surname, a longer more flowing middle name suits. Rowan Jude Smith just sounds a bit staccato to me. Second would be Finlay Elijah, I prefer Rowan though.

If your surname is one syllable I’d go for Elijah as I’m pretty sure it’s going to work best, or otherwise Jude

Finlay is very overused, Ezra somewhat overused, Rowan getting v overused.

Ezra Jude would make me assume that you are very religious, if that matters to you.

I think Rowan for a girl in Scotland might avoid the trend of it becoming too girly for a boy. Everyone I know pronounces it "Row to rhyme with cow" -an for a girl and "Row to rhyme with no" -an fir a boy. You'd think they were different names.