Partner being difficult about boy names

[RedRobyn2021]

Has anyone else found this?

The only names he likes are

Teddy (Edward, Ted) - I feel this is very popular and not for me tbh
Woody - a no from me
Zack

I love the names

Milo
Otis/Otto
Cosmo

Any suggestions please? Have really struggled with boys names, more so than will our daughter

Ozzie

Ollie

My neighbour has a boy called Cosmo with a sibling Felix

Are they cats?

Tobias Toby

Rory

There's a reason Edward and all its nick names are popular, it's a classic you cannot go wrong with.

I'd imagine a man would rather he was called Edward, Ed, Ted, than Cosmo.

Tommy Thomas

I'm with your hubby I'm afraid. My son is called Zach and my dog is called Cosmo!

Sorry, your names are really twee, not very masculine. Woody is also horrible. Zach is the best of the lot.

I only like Zac (this spelling, not Zack or Zach) from his list and Cosmo from yours.

I like Edward but not Ted/Teddy
Woody - Toy Story, slang for erection
Milo - milk drink
Otis - lifts, seems a wet name
Otto - not keen, but it's not awful

Kit

Sorry OP but I prefer your partner’s choices. Especially Edward/Ted/Eddie. Milo is okay but really not keen on Otis or Cosmo. Could be biased though as the only Otis and Cosmo I knew had addiction issues. It’s not going to easy finding the compromise between traditional names and the more twee names. Zac is good. What about Seth?

There are countless boy's names. Go back to the drawing board.

Your names are faddy and will date. I've met a few of each of them. We'll only 1 Cosmo but it feels very dog name to me and a bit weird

Agree about Teddy but Ted and Edward are nice names.

Woody was a nickname for an election when I was growing up, that or Buzz's friend.

Zachary is lovely, Zachary is nice too I just prefer a longer full name.

There must be names between the two that you both like, not quite so faddy but not Teddy

Zack is the name that seems to bridge your two naming styles best from the lists you’ve shared. Do you like

Flynn
Spencer
Dexter
Cooper
Max
Luke
Cole
Kyle
Ethan
Jake
Victor
Hugo
Casper
Monty
Archie
Oakley
Asher

Harris? Arran?

Have you travelled together and have a favourite place name?

Another poster suggested Indigo. Or Indie. Do you like these? Big up from a teacher for originality.

Ned

Erik

Honestly, at this point, just call him John. It's a lovely solid name that won't date.

@RedRobyn2021 The only names he likes are

Teddy (Edward, Ted) - I feel this is very popular and not for me tbh
Woody - a no from me
Zack

I love the names

Milo
Otis/Otto
Cosmo

I like Edward (it's my cat's name) but not the diminutives.
Woody and Zack are awful.
Milo is a bit pathetic.
Otis, hmmm - Brian Ferry's son and a bit try-hard.
Otto - a big no.
Cosmo - posh, quite like, and the best in the selection aside from Edward.

How about Orson or Orlando?

The no no no sounds familiar, I've suggested names I'm not even that keen on and it's been no

This is a really good idea thank you

Funnily enough I love the name Felix as well 😂

We like Rory... but for a girl

Whose surname is baby getting?

Cosmo? Maybe he thinks you're being difficult.