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HELP!! Baby boy names!

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Elle20244 · 20/02/2024 13:40

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!

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dustcollective · 21/02/2024 12:53

Arlo is everywhere though!

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:31

Twoshoesnewshoes · 20/02/2024 13:55

We had Elwood on our list too 😊

how about
Django
Rufus
Storm
Halo
Romilly
Gabriel
Joel

Romilly is a girl's name.

How about:

Spike
Xavier
Balthazar
Heath
Sylvan
River
Rufus
Otis
Dexter
Xander
Caspian
Melvin

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:35

Elspethelf · 21/02/2024 04:46

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?

Swindon?

ohmyohmy123 · 21/02/2024 22:51

From your list I like Elwood - different nickname options too for him to choose. El, woody, woods, ells, ed etc.

Apollo365 · 24/02/2024 17:58

PeridotSparkle · 21/02/2024 22:35

Swindon?

Hopefully joking, either that or you haven’t visited Swindon 😬😅

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 18:00

@Apollo365 it was in response to someone suggesting Oxford 🙄🤣

Apollo365 · 24/02/2024 18:01

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 18:00

@Apollo365 it was in response to someone suggesting Oxford 🙄🤣

PHEW 🤣

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 18:15

@PeridotSparkle no, Romily is also a male name, I know two!

Notlongtogo2 · 24/02/2024 18:39

How about a name that has two e’s like Frederick and Evelina?

Jeffrey
Emmett
Jesse
Emerson
Bennett
Spencer

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 19:21

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 18:15

@PeridotSparkle no, Romily is also a male name, I know two!

Where?

Maireas · 24/02/2024 19:27

I'm not keen on Sonny because you may as well call him Boy, but your choice.
Sigmund is a great name, though.
Cuthbert
Wilbur
Zebulun
Neville
Raymond
Lysander

DuchessOfSausage · 24/02/2024 20:04

Elwood makes me think of Legally Blonde

Whiskeypowers · 24/02/2024 20:09

Clement
Jerome
Bay
Florian
Joel
Etienne
Viggo

MaryGreenhill · 24/02/2024 20:11

Ivor
Ernest
Clarence
Jude
Batholomew
Malachi
Phineas
Cornelias

Twoshoesnewshoes · 24/02/2024 22:17

PeridotSparkle · 24/02/2024 19:21

Where?

Really?
Devon

mathanxiety · 25/02/2024 04:30

I was going to suggest Sigmund instead of Ziggy.
Also, Montague instead of Montgomery.

I think you need a name that's slightly northern or eastern European to go with Frederick and Evalina. Or a classic name that's unusual.

Casimir
Ivo
Viggo
Ansel
Roald
Henrik
Florian
Stanislas
Rasmus
Alaric
Laszlo
Cosmo
Ignatius
Orlando
Fabian
Maxim
Ludovic
Nicodemus
Jolyon
Ferdinand
Anton
Ambrose
Titus
Merit
Clement
Lorenzo
Jago
Beckett
Constantine
August
Maximilian
Alonzo
Moritz
Atlas

Twelve8Ts · 25/02/2024 22:36

Some people on here are just looking for an argument!
I wonder if some of the parents commenting actually have children at school age who hear the variety of names there are now, or actually have jobs where are offices full of names, from around the world. If you think in 20 years a child called Ziggy won’t get a job, what rock are you living under?

Buddy
Hayes
Ford
Wilder
Milo
Jagger
Lockie (Lachlan)

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