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Please rate these boys names

24 replies

Namesfordays · 20/01/2023 10:51

We are due anytime soon and still not made a decision, what are your thoughts on these names.

Elias/Eli
Reuben
Eden
Rory
Ezra

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Rauha · 20/01/2023 10:56

Ezra is my favourite

lulalulalula · 20/01/2023 11:01

All good names, my favourite is Eli/Elias

CastleTower · 20/01/2023 11:01

Rory is my favourite, followed by Elias and Reuben.

KirstenBlest · 20/01/2023 11:05

Elias/Eli - they are not the same name. Elias is too long and whiny sounding, Eli too eel-eye
Reuben - ok but gets misspelt and too similar to Roman, Rowan, and other R names
Eden - ok as a surname, not ok as a first name
Rory - nice but only if you can say R
Ezra - don't like it. Enzo is nicer

mintdaisy · 20/01/2023 11:07

They're all really nice. Elias probably my favourite and Rory my least favourite. I like Eden for a boy (find it a bit twee for a girl) but I know some people think of it as a girls name.

FoofOfTheWalkingDead · 20/01/2023 11:07

I think of Eden as a girls name.
Ezra reminds me of Ezra Miller who is creepy and weird.
Reuben reminds me of a sandwich, but that's because I'm from North America where it's the name of a sandwich.
Elias/Eli are nice.
Rory is a lovely name. Make sure to give him a middle name without an r in case he has a speech impediment. I taught a Rory who couldn't say his 'r's and his last name had 3 of them!!!

Emmamoo89 · 20/01/2023 11:10

Ezra

SuperGinger · 20/01/2023 11:25

Rory, Ruben, Ezra

PinkHeadphones · 20/01/2023 11:31

Elias - I like it, favourite on list
Eli - also like it
Reuben - it's OK
Eden - I do think of it as a girls name even though I know a man called Eden
Rory -it is nice enough but I just can't say it in my accent, it comes out as Raw Ee, if I was married to a Rory I would have to call him something else!
Ezra - like it

emmathedilemma · 20/01/2023 12:09

Elias / Eli - i really don't like
Reuben - it's nice but there seems to have been a lot of them around in the last few years
Eden - I would assume is a girl
Rory - a solid classic, I like it although I prefer the Gaelic and impossible to spell version
Ezra - very "of the moment" trend, I don't like it at all I'm afraid

Luredbyapomegranate · 20/01/2023 13:56

Eden is pretty much always a girls name I think so I would do that

I love Rory and like Reuben and Elias, the first two are super popular and Elias / Eli getting that way.

So by deduction Ezra

Twoinapod · 20/01/2023 14:10

I don’t like Elias. I like Eli but it look’s unfinished or a nickname.

Reuben I love, definitely my favourite and has the possibility of multiple nn.

Eden I only think of as a girls name.

Rory is fine, not bad, not great.

Ezra isn’t to my taste, I think it could become quite dated and gets shortened to Ez which isn’t nice.

RachelSq · 20/01/2023 14:15

Eden - I find a bit girly for a boy

Ezra - Not a fan, I think there must be quite a few Ezra babies around now because of George Ezra which puts me off a bit.

I love the other three though, especially Reuben.

FlounderingFruitcake · 20/01/2023 14:20

Eden is a girls name
Rory, Gilmore Girls is my first thought and some accents butcher it
Ezra, not keen
Reuben, love it
Eli/Elias, also really nice

bravotango · 20/01/2023 14:27

I like Rory the best, it was on our list but I was nervous about a possible Waw-wee speech impediment!

Ihavehadenoughalready · 20/01/2023 21:42

Eden and Rory are girl names to me.

I like either Eli or Reuben (but would prefer Simon to Reuben)

Mumofgirls2017 · 20/01/2023 22:11

Like Elias best

everythingsapickle · 20/01/2023 23:59

Rory is my favourite
Ezra and Reuben are nice
Not keen on Elias
Dislike Eden

DramaAlpaca · 21/01/2023 00:05

Rory is my favourite by far.

I don't mind Elias, don't much like Rueben, dislike Ezra and think of Eden as a girls' name.

dustydewdrop · 21/01/2023 00:13

Eli or Rory are my favourites I would say

Purpletopaz42 · 22/01/2023 13:34

My favourites are Ezra and Reuben

17caterpillars1mouse · 22/01/2023 15:37

Elias/Eli - I really like Eli and Elias

Reuben - it's nice but a bit popular for me

Eden - I know it's unisex but I see it more a girls name. I think it would take a certain kind of teenager / man to wear it and I guess you can't know that they will have that strong character at birth so I wouldn't.

Rory - love it
Ezra - love it but worry it's a bit faddy and will date

TheOriginalEmu · 22/01/2023 15:46

Elias/Eli- I really like Eli. Not as keen on Elias, but I don’t hate it.
Reuben- I also like a lot
Eden-I know it’s can be for boys but I only know female Eden’s so I struggle to see it I’m on a boy
Rory- like it, don’t love it.
Ezra- love!

Ezra
Eli
Reuben
Rory
Elias
Eden

would be my order.

BridieConvert · 29/01/2023 18:01

Not a fan of Elias but like Eli (I wanted Eli but husband vetoed!)
Reuben I love, was also on my shortlist but I had a girl
Eden I prefer for a girl rather than a boy
Rory perfectly nice but not to my taste
Ezra just makes me think of pretty little liars!

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