HELP!! Baby boy names!

[Elle20244]

Hello All!

I need help desperately. I am pregnant with baby no.3. We don't know what we are having. We have our girls name picked out, that is no problem. We are in desperate need of a boys name that we both love.

We already have 2 children, a boy named Frederick who goes by Fred and our little girl Evelina.

Some names we love but are not sure on to give an idea of our 'style'-
Ziggy
Osmond/Ozzy
Elwood/ Woody
Rudy
Sonny

It really needs to be unique, I love Fred's name but there is 4 in his class so we opted for a more unusual choice in Evelina and so far haven't come across another.

I feel like I have been through every baby list, forum, youtube videos and book going and nothing seems to fit. Please help!

I like ziggy, I remember him in grange hill.
How about Siegfried, nn Ziggy?

Ziggy is an absolute embarrassment of a name. Don't do it OP. It's so try-hard it's pathetic.

There’s a Ziggy in one of my little boys classes 🤷‍♀️

I love your list OP, including Ziggy. I gave my son an unusual name because my husband and I loved it and it’s no issue. In fact, I feel baby announcements these days are more likely to be names I’ve never heard used before.

I like Osmond and Sonny from your list. How about Oxford/Ox, Leonard/Lenny or Sidney/Sid?

There was only 60 babies named Evelina the year she was born and roughly the same last year so I'd really love to find something similar that sits similar.

Frederick was a family name so we never really questioned it but I hate how there's so many, gets very confusing at the park/parties and other social interactions.

Love the suggestions

Ha are you an SJ Strum fan perchance? She’s a YouTuber/instagrammer baby name consultant and 2 of her kids are Frederick and Evelina. Her other boy is Fin!

I found her when i was pregnant with Evelina! Which is obvs where I found the name.
I didn't realise her older son was Frederick for a while aha😂

Clement/ Clem ?

Phineas - Phin

https://cms.law/en/gbr/people/ziggy-gray
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Switkowski

He’ll be fine.

i also know an Iggy, which I believe is short for Ignatius.

Rudy

Haven't read all of the responses, but i'm really surprised by some I've read, if I met an adult named Ziggy, my only thought would be "what a cool name". I love Ozzy too, you could possibly use it short for Austin if you dont want to go down the Osbourne route?
I'm definitely not a traditional name lover.

Osmond/Ozzy
Elwood/ Woody

I think both of these would work. Although I did think of Elle Woods from legally blonde but I'm very sure an early 00s romcom will not be much of an issue for a baby born in 2024 😂

I don't like Ziggy, Rudy or Sonny compared to your other children's name they feel full enough

Laurance is a great name, it's been used in my family already for this generation so we wouldn't but there are a few going back.

I love Benedict but DH didn't

Orson
Atlas

There isn't a lot you can do about you DD being shortened in future. I had a friend in school 'Annabelle' we called her Anna her mum would correct us every time. She wanted to be called Anna at school, so that's what we called her. Usually forgot around her mum and got corrected again. In a very stern voice, 30s now and still Anna!

Love the name Rudi

There is a Iggy on New Amsterdam. I thought that was nice.
like Rudy and Remi

I guess Iggy is Ignatious?

Balonz

Love pp idea of Austin with Ozzy for short

That was my thoughts that's why we won't use those names and I just can't settle on Elwood or osmond just yet.

No danger of my DD going to Evie, it's my nieces name, on the odd occasion she does get anything shorter it's Lina and I'm okay with that, not a name you come across 4 times on the register aha!

Love your ideas, thank you!

I don’t think any of the names on your list work for grown men, however cute they are on kids (and I don’t think any of them are cute either, except Woody, perhaps).

Ludo
Rocco
Ivo
Angus (Gus)
Nico

I get you OP. My child has a unique name as I didn't want others in his class (my brother James had 7 school friends called James!) However my child's name is not "yoonique" in the sense that it's 'zany' - it's just not commonly used. It's actually fairly classic in its origins.

I looked at the ONS survey and saw that only 2 babies in England were called this the year he was born (so only 1 other child). Could you do this for last year, and scroll down to find names least used?

Love love love Ziggy! It's been top 3 on my name list for years! Would actually love it for a girl (but think boy is perfect too!). But unfortunately Ziggy doesn't go too well with my husbands surname. If it flowed well, our child would most likely be Ziggy.

Also don't understand the poster who was so triggered by Ziggy 😂 it's a very normal name and has been around longer than I have! I'm in my 30's and there was a Ziggy a couple of years older than me, and I grew up in a very small cosy village! 😂

I don't have any suggestions for you OP, but I love your DS and DD names!! And I know exactly what you mean about wanting a unique name- not a made up non-name name, just a not over-used known name! I get it! ☺️

This is a great idea! Thank you!!

Thank you! It's so weird how triggered people get about others choices😂

Ziggy and Sonny are not as uncommon as people seem to think.

Ocean
Banks
Arlo