Wife and I can’t agree on name for our baby boy!

[noaddedsugarx]

We really don’t have long left to go and it’s worrying me we haven’t picked a name.

Some names I have suggested that I love and she’s said no to are Knox, Sutton, Sullivan (my faves) Sawyer, Jonah, Bodhi, Asa, Eli, Cove, Holden.

She really likes Maddox which is alright but it doesn’t feel like the one. I know a lot of you on here aren’t a fan of River but that’s the only name we both love but I’m worried it’s getting really popular now and it’s putting me off.

Names we both kinda like are -
Cole, Rowen, Cohen, Parker, Zachary &
Cooper.

When we picked our daughter’s name we had it picked out for years and both absolutely loved it. I feel like we will end up just settling for our son’s name but I want to find something I love.

boys names are the hardest 🥲 help!

@ThatSoddingCat nope not American but I can see why you would think so from the names!

I like Jonah, Rowan and River. Probably Jonah the most.

I think Rowan and Avery go well together.

I like Jonah too but your wife doesn't, so...

How about

kai
roman
fletcher
oakley
harley
beckett
cassidy
lennox
elliott
carter
grady
marlow
jaxon
flynn
finch
woods
brooks
jenson
jesse

Rowan is spelt with an A, and absolutely do not use Cohen if you’re not Jewish. Zachary is nice. What about Marco, Ethan, Caleb, Maxwell, Josiah?

River is a beautiful name and you both like it, so go for it. It was on my list, but dp knew someone with that name that he didn't like, so couldn't use it. You can't control how popular names are, so don't make that your deciding factor. 15 years ago names like George and Arthur were still uncommon and now people love them.

From your list I also love Rowan. People on mumsnet tend to be very Conservative about names, so might not be the best place to ask if you like slightly different ones. I like Carter as a surname first name too.

I love Eli, Rowan and Zachary

River isn’t to my taste, but as you say it would be boring if we all chose the same names!

I love Sullivan, Eli and River @noaddedsugarx @Timemysticaltime
Rowan I prefer for a girl and know a few girls called Rowan. There's lots of baby boys called Roman with an M (name sprung from nowhere, in the top 30 names now and still rising fast) depends if that bothers you that there's potential for confusion and for the names Rowan/Roman to feel more overused and trendy than you may be expecting

If you both love River then go with that! Job done

I like it too fwiw

Go for River if you both love it. Only slight thing for me is it sounds a bit similar to Avery-all the same sounds just slightly different order. But it's much better than others on your list.

Rowan is the best.

I joined the thread to say follow your heart and go with River but a pp may have a point with Avery and River together.
You like R and V sounds don't you?
A bit left field then but also unusual: Virgil
Vinnie
: Are less likely to run together with Avery even though the sounds are similar.
(But go with River if you love it) 🙂

Victor?

Please don’t call a baby Virgil. He will endure Virgin jokes his entire teenage life (secondary teacher here).

Baxter and Fletcher have the same vibe but not sure they sit well with Avery. Although both go better than River, too many letters in common.

I personally love River! I think it’s hard picking boy names but I wouldn’t worry too much about popularity.

I wanted my son to have a unique name so named him Robin and there are 2 other boys with the same name in his nursery class 😂 also there is no harm in seeing how you feel when they get here.

Sorry I'm another one who has mostly completely different taste! Although Rowan and Zachary are fine. For what it's worth i go to a LOT of baby groups over a few years and never met a River - i like the name, too.

But will try to offer suggestions that might have a similar vibe?

Fox
Forrest
Travis
Bear
Wolf
Errol
Logan
Grayson
Otis
Willoughby
Jude
Judah
Asher

I like Sullivan, River is ok but not great.

Ambrose
Christopher/Kit
Harrison
Samson
Wilbur
Evander
Gideon
Jethro
Bruce
Fox
Cosmo
Woody
Ridley
Rupert
Clark
Mack
Roy
Bale
Gasper
Julian
Roscoe
Roman
Warren
Flint
Willis
August
Kline
Fraser
Pierce
Bay
Ramsey

Jonah was a definite veto from my wife as she said it reminded her too much of Jonah Hill ha.
Some of the names I like from the further suggestions are Jude, Brooks, Lennox, Kit & Forrest but again none of those are to her taste.

I also liked Sebastian, Heath and Boone but I totally get why she doesn’t like those.

We do both like Brax(ton) as well but her Mum had a dog named that so wouldn’t feel right using it.

Thank you everyone for your input - it’s actually been really helpful and I think we probably will go with River. It doesn’t really bother me they sound similar and it’s definitely a good point about the popularity - completely out of our control so if we like it why not! feel free to keep offering suggestions though I’m still looking for inspiration just incase aha.

Braxton? Like braxton hicks?

Haha 🙈 Actually now I’ve looked it up I think the names just Brax.

I only like Zachary.
Elias?

Go with River.

How about:

Caspian
Aaron
Isaac
Jake
Beckett
Heath
Marley
Remy
Jude
Oscar
Jasper