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Please name my baby boy!

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LittleMrsMama · 19/10/2022 21:14

Please help! Less than 1 month until baby boy arrives and no name still 🤦‍♀️

Ideally we’d love a name that is slightly unique yet classy.

Trying to avoid names ending in ‘A’ and ‘ER’ as they clash with our surname.

Some of the names we love but can’t go with as friends/family have already

  • Rupert
  • Otto
  • Luca
  • Wilf (Wilfred)
  • Sebastian
  • Reuben

Some names that are potentially still in the mix but we’re not madly in love with

  • Nicolo
  • Jenson
  • Orlando
  • Jaques

We have ties to Italy, Germany, France and Ireland as well as living in England.

Name suggestions much appreciated!!!!

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/10/2022 08:21

Nigel
Simon
Stephen
John
Graham
Glenn
Darren
Richard

V unusual in under 40s

LadyWithLapdog · 20/10/2022 08:27

Dominic would work in all those languages. Not unique but sensible and nice. You’d just have to agree on the spelling.

Lilacsunflowers · 20/10/2022 13:36

Dominic sounds feminine (Dominique) in French.

I like the suggestions of
Nicolo
Quentin
Caspar
Magnus

ScruffMuffin · 20/10/2022 23:41

Ludovico

Yellowrosesblue · 20/10/2022 23:47

Rowans

ChampagneCamping · 20/10/2022 23:50

Rafe

Icecreamandapplepie · 20/10/2022 23:53

I like Reuben. Followed by Luca

ChampagneCamping · 21/10/2022 07:01

Rufus

ChampagneCamping · 21/10/2022 07:02

Sebastian

TenThousandSpoons · 21/10/2022 07:17

Vito

Longdarkcloud · 21/10/2022 21:19

Ptolemy

RosesAndHellebores · 21/10/2022 21:24

Magnus
Florian
Rainer
Julian
Gulliver
Darius
Guy
Rollo
Deggory

MaraScottie · 21/10/2022 21:27

Ronan

Turnstones · 21/10/2022 21:33

I like Sebastian.

Raphael
Marcus
Matthew/Mateo
Leon
Christopher
Benedict
Rory
Magnus

AlwaysLatte · 21/10/2022 21:33

I love all of the names on your first list!

Pipsquiggle · 21/10/2022 21:34

bloominglovelyorange · 20/10/2022 06:46

If you want a name that's "slightly unique" or even just a bit different then avoid the top 100 names for starters
names like Reuben and Rory are very popular /overused so really don't fit your criteria. I know about 15 of them.
Get a list of the official top 100 names and avoid them all @LittleMrsMama

@bloominglovelyorange completely agree. This is what we did, although I think we said not in the top 30 and looked over a number of years. We didn't want our DS to be the 5th 'Max' in the school.

Both my DS have 3 Henry's and 3 James' in their class

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LittleMrsMama · 21/10/2022 22:19

So many great suggestions! Thank you all! I’ll share them with DH!

What do you think of Heston as a boys name?

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bakewellbride · 21/10/2022 22:20

We have an Owen.

Bimblybomeyelash · 21/10/2022 22:22

Fabian

Gabriel

Nathaniel

Dominic

Meagainalready · 21/10/2022 22:31

Not keen on Heston it is too caught up in the chef for me and it sounds like a surname.

Guy
Dominic
Ludo
Nate/Nathaniel
Jolyon
Crispin
Christian/Kristian
Laurence
Lauchlan/Lockie
Pip
Oliver
Harvey

FunnysInLaJardin · 21/10/2022 22:42

Fabian or Raphael nn Rafe

Dont like Heston

Ikeameatballs · 21/10/2022 22:43

Amos
Anton
Barnabas
Cy
Cillian
Donovan
Dashiell
Edwin
Fabian
Francis
Felix
Grayson
Hal
Ivan
Jonas
Julian
Kingsley
Linus
Maurice
Montgomery
Nate
Otis
Ptolemy
Percy
Quentin
Ralph
Rex
Seth
Tate
Vaughan
Wilbur
Xavier

Wailywailywaily · 21/10/2022 22:48

If you like Heston how about Hector? Or Victor.

Aquamarine1029 · 21/10/2022 22:52

Rhett
Vaughn
Hudson
Blaise
Austin
Declan

Winceybincey · 21/10/2022 22:55

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/10/2022 08:21

Nigel
Simon
Stephen
John
Graham
Glenn
Darren
Richard

V unusual in under 40s

😂