Baby boy names - can’t agree

[Mummylcluelsss]

Baby is two weeks old and we still can’t agree on names. The options are

Noah Otis …
Otis Noah

i prefer Noah & think since I went through awful Labour I should name him 🥲. Partner prefers Otis as thinks there will be too many Noah’s as it’s popular. I did like Otis to start with but I’ve gone off if a bit.

Is it a nice name?

Feeling under pressure to decide as every day we have people asking what we have called him 🫣😬😫

I wouldn't choose it on how well it flows. I think what name they'll be known by every day is more important.

For me Noah is nicer.

It's your baby so ultimately anyone else's opinion does not carry that much weight.

Personally I like Noah most, but that's because I don't think any child of mine would be 'cool' enough to pull off Otis. I personally would not choose Noah because it is currently no 1 in baby charts and I do not like really popular names. But some people do so whatever floats your boat really.

Would Oscar be a possibility as an alternative to Otis if you are not sure? Or if you like Hebrew style names like Noah, Joseph, Josiah, Ezra, Elijah?

My husband does say I have ultimate naming power but we have narrowed it down to names we can live with, so it's not that I'd overrule him so much as just get a slight edge on the deciding vote.

Also just to say I spent the first six months thinking I had named my baby wrongly and now I love it, so whatever you pick it might take a while to fix

I love the name Noah, there is only one Noah in my DC’s year so despite its popularity we don’t hear it much. Unlike Samuel, we have 6 of those!

We had a similar dilemma with DD2. We agreed to flip a coin and afterwards to start talking about her as the name it landed on, but we would keep thinking about it to see if we both liked it.

Otis is nice. Noah is just so... whiny sounding.

Go for Otis.

I like Noah best as a first name. I’m not sure either combination works together though. Maybe a longer middle name with either.

I prefer Noah.

Noah is very popular.
I would go with Otis.

Definitely Noah , unless your surname starts with a B and his initials would be NOB.

I personally prefer Otis as I know a lot of Noahs (my 18 year old has 6 in his year!) and only one Otis.
But both are fine.
I agree that you can't use Noah Otis if your surname begins with a B and I wouldn't use it personally if it began with a T, W or G either.

Both lovely but I have to be honest there is at least one Noah in every single baby/toddler class I have been to, and more than one in several. So I can see your husband's point about its popularity. However as someone said its popular for a reason, it's a really nice name! I also think Noah Otis flows better. If it was up to me though I would chose Otis as I love that name.

They are both nice.

I prefer Noah, but it is more popular

On the other hand Otis is slightly faddy, and is getting pretty popular. As Noah is more classic I think Otis will date more.

Noah is just so bloody common. Go for Otis.

Really dislike Otis.
Noah is nice.

He right - Noah is overused now but don't like Otis either.

Oscar?
Otto?
Noel?

Noah is really wet imo, and Otis is very clunky.

If you're deadlocked, I think you need to go back tonthe drawing board.

This 100%

Prefer Noah but both nice

Noah. Otis sounds like an ear problem.