Help! Baby boy arrived early - no name.

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Surname rhymes with box - assume what you will😅Thought we had plenty of time to think / decide but baby decided otherwise. We’d like to have a name before we start introducing him to wider family and friends.

Names we like but can’t use for various reasons:

Joel
Ethan
Elijah
Caleb
Levi

Current list:

Jude
Francis
Gabriel
Jonah
Samuel

Would prefer a less popular but still ‘heard of’ name but it’s not a dealbreaker. Any thoughts or new suggestions please?

Such a beautiful boy! Congratulations 💙

Oh he’s beautiful. He’s definitely a Gabriel. It means God is my strength.

He's a Jude 💙

Baby Gabriel! Beautiful x

He’s angelic looking - definitely a Gabriel imo, what a beautiful boy!

Benjamin? Peter? James?

I like Francis

Felix Fox
Elliot Fox
Christian Fox

I’m leaning towards Gabriel I think, I prefer the longer first name with the short surname but DH doesn’t like Gabe as a nn. Our other child’s name doesn’t get shortened so I don’t think it’ll be an issue unless he chooses to shorten it himself when he’s older, obviously that’ll be up to him!

Naming someone for the rest of their life is too much pressure!

I think Gabriel is lovely. If you are avoiding Samuel because of Sam Fox, I think the same logic applies to avoiding Jonah because of Jo Cox (depending on what your actual name is of course).

If your actual name is Cox I don’t like the -Cis Cox at the end of Francis.

Team Gabriel. And choose another shortening if you want. Bree, Abe.

Ooh I really like Abe! I had Abraham on an early list.

Arthur
Owen
Shane
Harry
Lewis
Rhys
Jaiden or Kaiden
Matthew
Thomas
Steven
Benjamin
Lyle
Gregory
Zachary
Robert
Roland
Brinton
Brett
Wesley

Congratulations on your beautiful boy and to everyone else, stop posting names now, she’s got a shortlist 😂