Why is it SO hard? We just want a nice, slightly different without being stupid name that isn't already being used by 10 other children where we live...please give me some suggestions?

[bramblina]

We need boy probably more than girl but all are welcome.

Ds is Jaxon, we'd like something solid sounding along the same line.

Nothing really that ends "ey", as our surname does and they all sound a bit daft.

Everything is welcome. I've looked through a few threads and seems to have an association with them all! I'm going to explode!!!

TIA

I knew someone with a dog called Colin. What is it with this division between names for animals/people?

Re Jago - it is a lovely name. Not a dog's name at all. It is a traditional Cornish name. I love it.

Also meant to say that Jenson is sweet but I do think Jenson and Jaxon may be a little to similar. Also Jenson could get shortened to Jen which is a little girly. Of your other choices I think Harper is sweet and goes with Jaxon.

The other thing is having names with the same letter- two of my nieces have that and as they are getting older, dealing with the post- bank statements etc. can get a bit annoying for them.

how do you pronounce jago? is it with a j or y sound?

I'm always calling my children each others name, I have one boy and one girl with very different names! I can imagine that if you had a jenson and a jaxon that would probably happen a lot. My sister and I had the same initial and it really annoyed me as I felt not individual enough. My ds is Edward, not too common and can be shortened nicely.

No probs Brambolina

You have exactly the right attitude - Sod them!!

It really annoys me when people post rudely about chosen names. If an opinion is asked for, then by all means, give it. If not, butt out

Good luck with your pg!

Oh, and FWIW i think your little lad has a gorgeous name

Hey bramblina, I was thinking of putting up a similar post for feedback on the names I like but have changed my mind now!!! I think I'll go back to the world of May mums, it's nicer there (and I'll keep my names a secret!) Good luck finding the perfect one. Oh, boys names that I like but really won't go with LO's surname - Rowan, Sasha, Eden, Morgan and ones that I can't use because someone beat me to it - Luke, Oliver, Alex. It's not easy this naming business is it?!

Mason
Baxter
Heston

there's a delicious vodka distilled in Shetland called Jago.

mmmm. it is tasty.

i knew an 'asa' and he was so cool.

not mason. please. it's neddy.

Yes,the Jackson/Jenson may confuse. Is cute,though.I have Oscar and Victor,and we are always getting mixed up. We know of quite a few cats and dogs called Oscar,I reckon it's just cos its such a nice name.I think Dexter sounds great.And take no notice of people being rude about your choices,variety is the spice and all that.

The ones I love are:
Tristan
Curtis
Quentin
Tarquin
Seth
Will

I may have another baby just incase it is a boy as I want to use these name so much.

Dh says 'poor baby' when I say these names to him though. I;m aware that are an acquired taste!

Atlas
Raphael
Jerome
Jaspar
Gilbert

Tarquin? Is that like Farquar, something people think Scottish people actually name their kids?

Actually, we had a good larf about that yesterday at our neighbours'.

They asked what we would name our baby, so we said Muireann for a girl but we'd have no boys' name, perhaps Struan as that was our boy name for DD2.

And then my neighbour laughed and said, 'How about Tarquin?' in a joking fashion and the entire kitchen erupted in laughter.

I then brought up Mason and again, the entire room full of West Coasters all fell to laughing. They said, 'You're joking! No one would actually name their son that, right?'

Jackson is what white people who live in trailer parks in the Deep South of the US name their sons.

The other funny one I've heard on here is Campbell.

Even funnier because the family still runs much around this region and the old man duke himself laughs and laughs and reminds everyone that his family name means 'crooked mouth'.

I love Struan and Campbell. Both sound fab with your surname Expat - very Scottish! Didn't really think about Struan when I had ds and Campbell doesn't go with my C surname unfortunately.

My ds has the middle name Duncan, my mother was very scathing about it, but I like it and don't care what anyone thinks.

I would not call my son a surname as forename, though, Fimbo, tbh. I find this trend very naff because it is very American, something that never sits well with me.

I know two wee Duncans around here and they are cheeky wee monkeys who are always into mischief but they are very cute.

Apparently boys were always given their mothers maiden name as their first name. My mother used to go to an over 60's keep fit where she met a man called Morrison. She asked him what his first name was and he repeated Morrison. She was a bit taken aback - .

By that token, my dad should be called Brown!

the trend in Scotland was to give the boy his mother's maiden name as middle name, not forename. which is why you don't hear much of that around here.

some of the nobility would do the surname as forename, but even a lot of them have real forenames.

dh is called his mother's surname, but as middle name.

his forename is very boringly Scottish.

unless it was a West Coast thing.

but i've yet to hear a man called a surname in these parts - Argyll.

the boys around here all have names like Callum, Jimmy, Duncan, etc.

there are many Callums.