Final few boys names

[Pearlg]

DS is 1 week old today & we still can decide on a name! Final choices are:

• Alexander
• Nicholas
• Henry
• Dillon

I don't love any of them particularly, I feel we need to name him soon instead of just 'baby' & it will help me & DD (who has just turned 3) bond with him more! DD has a traditional name so we wanted something in keeping with that.

Any other suggestions?

I like Dillon!
They are all lovely strong names. So I don’t think you would go wrong with any of them.

Few more suggestions,

Samuel,
Joshua,
Dominic,
George,
Benjamin,
Charlie,
Harry.

You have probably discounted a lot already, but also good strong boys names in my opinion.

I prefer the spelling Dylan.
But I only like Henry from your list.
My favourite name is Ruben, but how about Edward/Ed/Ted/Teddy/Ned/Neddy?

Alexander

It's so tough naming boys isn't it!?
We had Edward and Alexander as our two options.
We chose Edward for DS1 and would have Alexander if we have another boy.
We've got a huge list of girls names, plenty of them to choose from 😅

Alexander or Nicholas. Congrats x

I love Nicholas so that would be my choice from your list.
But how have you ended up with a short list with none that you love? Do you and DP have different tastes and had to compromise?
Surely, wait until you come across a name that you do love? There is no rush to name the baby yet.

I love Alexander.
@Misspacorabanne has some lovely suggestions ( apart from George !).
Adam.
Luke.

Love them all except for Dillon - ‘dildo Dillon’ was a nickname for a teacher in DD’s school and I’ve never been able to unhear it 🙈

Sebastian, Reuben & Julian are my other favourites for boys!

I like Alexander and Henry.

Do any of them sound better with your surname? I guess you've discounted all the obvious traditional ones such as William and James. Other traditional names I'd suggest are:

Alistair
Julian
Philip
Patrick
Nathaniel
Edgar
Wilfred
Richard
Michael
Jonathan/John

Patrick

Congratulations OP!

Alfie/Alfred
Peter
Gideon
Matthew
Thomas
Theo/Theodore
Declan
George
Arthur
Harry
Luca
Freddie
Oscar
Daniel
Lucas
Luke
Oliver
Nathan
James
William
Maxwell
Otis
Reuben
Benjamin
Quentin
Elliot
Samuel
Casper
Atticus
Jude
Ryan
Kyle

I like all of the first 3.

Definitely not Dillon. I don't even really like Dylan.

I guess it depends what your surname is, and, to a lesser extent what your dd's name is. Not that I think you need to 'match' a sibling, quite the opposite in fact - I think it is helpful if they have different initials for example.

Nicholas is my favourite from your list, a strong classic name.

Henry so often gets Harry as a nn which I'm not keen on.

I'm not keen on Dillon.

Some ideas....
Keir
Richard
Joel
Jasper

Nicholas.

Any of them except Dillon. Dylan also awful.

Henry or alexander

I have a Henry, I love his name

I like more traditional but not as commonly heard of that makes sense so things like

James
Wilfred
Albert
Lucas
Jonathan

Also love Oliver but was a bit too popular for me

I think Alexander. I have an Alexander, and was similarly meh about the name when we named him, but I now absolutely love it.
Other suggestions - Sebastian, Lucas, Bertram, Max

They’re all lovely names but are there no names you love? Are you love but don’t feel like you can choose?

I like Alexander, its also in my top 3 for when Ds2 is born.
Just have to make sure you like Alex or another nn as it's very likely be shortened by friends and family especially when he starts school. :)

Henry and Alexander are both great

Nicholas nn Nico. it’s v nice

Far too many Alexanders and Henrys about. I’m not mad on Dylan but I’d spell it like that if you do.

I wouldn’t rush into it though

Alistair
Patrick
Laurence (Laurie)
Daniel
Michael
Jonah
Nathaniel
Matthias
Tobias
Barnabas
Zachary
Robert (Robbie, Bobby)
Jonathan
Tristram
Xavier
Philip (Pip)
Rufus
Owen
Ernest
Stanley
Sidney
Victor
Wilfred
Walter
Augustus
Guy
Rafe

Nicholas I like.

What about Cassius?

I like Alexander.
Don't like Dillon at all.
Henry quite nice.
Don't like nickerless.
William
Matthew
David
Michael
James
Edward
Peter