Name to go with surname?

[SurnameStruggles]

Just found out we are having a baby boy in October and we are struggling for a name!! Our main issue is getting something to match our surname - Ives.

I don’t want anything really popular so top 20 are off the cards really, and I feel like one syllable or S ending names don’t work with the last name.

Any ideas would be massively appreciated!

Ruben
Josiah
Joseph
Jeremy
Rowan
Heath
Ewen/Euan
Rhys
Malcolm

Lachlan Ives
Maxwell Ives
Angus Ives
Charles Ives
Otto Ives
Griffin Ives
Oscar Ives

Octavius Ives - Occa, Octives for nick names

Have you thought about changing your surname, it may be easier

oo I like Dominic Ives!

Alexander ives
nathan ives
vincent ives
daniel ives
zachary ives
frederick ives
henry ives
felix ives
arlo Ives
Milo ives

I love Milo! I do worry about whether it works for an adult though, but it is one I’ve gone back to a few times. Also love Arlo but there seems to be an abundance of them being born at the moment.

I know a few adult Milos, they wear it well :)

Jayden
Dominic
Ryan
Brandon
Dylan
Hamish

• no single syllables
• nothing from the top 20
• not ending in an 'a/ah' or 'er' sound
• not ending with s or n
• not starting with i (or h, someone said)
• nothing too traditional

Hmm ... Adam, Benedict, Bradley, Caleb, Dominic, Elliot, Frederick, Gregory, Jeremy, Liam, Leo, Montgomery, Nathaniel, Patrick, Raphael, Stanley, Vincent, Zachary

Thank you for your suggestions! I know, it’s asking quite a lot 🤦🏻‍♀️ I am flexible with those things if there is a name that sounds right, I’ve just found a lot of names that fit into those categories don’t seem to flow right

That’s good to know, it’s definitely a contender! I also figured that Miles could alway be used as a NN should he want to use it, but Miles Ives doesn’t seem to flow as nicely as Milo imo

Reuben Ives
Jonah Ives
Vincent Ives
Cosmo Ives
Daniel Ives
Dion Ives
Lincoln Ives
Caleb Ives
Stephen Ives
Timothy Ives
Fraser Ives
Anthony Ives
Curtis Ives
Jeremy Ives
Alexander Ives
Carson Ives
Dale Ives
Nathan Ives
Christian Ives

Jonas
Fergus
Dominic
Sebastian
Hugo
Thomas

Weston Ives
Bentley Ives
Hadleigh Ives
Ayrton Ives
Torin Ives
Marcus Ives
Eric Ives
Logan Ives
Tobias Ives
Otto Ives
Rufus Ives
Jordan Ives
Drazik Ives
Corey Ives
Cody Ives
Coby Ives
Brayden Ives
Samuel Ives
Lucas Ives
Baden Ives
Regan Ives
Cameron Ives
Andrew Ives
Matteo Ives
Carlos Ives
Wesley Ives
Justin Ives
Jackson Ives
Hunter Ives
Charlie Ives
Laurence Ives
Joshua Ives
Francis Ives
Tristan Ives
Corbin Ives
Jesse Ives
Felix Ives
Jasper Ives
Casper Ives
Callum Ives
Uriah Ives
Hamish Ives

Merrew Ives

Don't think it's a face palm moment. Some people seem to think a lot about stuff like flow, things the initials might end up spelling, how it sounds when you put it all together (Like Robinngknives!) and others don't so much (and are ultimately relaxed about it after too). Tis just who you are, go with it. Got to wonder if people who end up being called Issac Dick or Theresa Brown or whatever wish their parents thought a bit harder first 😂

I always seem to be the person who points out the initials spell Hives or Dives or whatever after the fact and deals with the awkward silence from the parents. 😬so it's nice to have a thread about it before the name has stuck!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/1186641-Unfortunate-or-odd-first-name-last-name-combinations

I think a one-syllable name would work well, eg

Blake Ives
Flynn Ives
Jake Ives
Dean Ives
Jude Ives
Quinn Ives

Reeve Ives
Conn Ives
B. Ives
W. Ives
L. Ives
Sir V. Ives
D. R. Ives
C. H. Ives

Jasper

Myself and my other half are polar opposites, I seem to think about every little thing that could be and issue and he just thinks I’m overthinking it! It all stems from someone I know naming their daughter (albeit a beautiful name) but the initials being A BJ - and now that’s all I think of when I hear the name!

Jonah was on our list but I’m struggling with not hearing Joan Arrives when I say it - my husband says I’m being ridiculous 😂

You're not being ridiculous.

Consider diminutives. Stephen Ives is fine but Steve Ives is clunky.

If you can find a name with an "ee" sound at the end, that probably runs into your surname less than some of the other options. Jamie Ives, Charlie Ives etc. Anything with a hard consonant sound does merge in a bit I think.

I do like ee ending names, it’s just difficult to find one that we can use that’s not really popular (Jamie and Charlie we can’t use unfortunately). I like Toby and Bobby but they feel quite common.