Wavering on our boys name!

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I'm almost 39 weeks so getting close now and for months we've been set on Eddie. Everyone, DH, DD etc are all quite set and have been referring to him as Eddie. I do still love it but I'm having second thoughts as I don't feel 100% like I did with my DD.
Other names I'm thinking about are Archie and Alfie, I'm a fan of the ie/y names and our last name is Smith so very common. My DDs name is not common so I like it with Smith, but I don't know if that's why I'm wavering on Eddie.
I also dislike the nn's for Eddie and some family members have already referred to him Ted or Teddy or Ed and that bothers me 😂
Any advice? ❤️

Christopher
Thibauld
Frederick
Roderick
Wilfred
Timothy
Edwin
Felix

All classic and unusual with super cute nicknames.

Thank you all feeling a vitore reassured now ❤️ will be sure to report back when he's born and let you all know what we went with!

Edward is lovely. But l have Smith relatives. I would give him a more unusual second name, is your maiden name suitable?

Barnaby would be a good -ie sounding name that is uncommon but also classic.

Much much prefer Eddie to the others!

Ned would be my favourite shortening.

Have to say though I’d go for something less common with Smith.

Albie
Buddy
Barney

Mine is only slightly less common, I've doubled my surname but my DH is still just Smith. Annoyingly his mum has a lovely, Celtic maiden name that two of his siblings have and I'd love it if he did too 😂 but his bloody dad said no to that.

I love the name Eddie! I would imagine that it will get shortened to Ed eventually by his peers, but Ed is a good classic nickname. I like Edmund as the BC name (Edward is a great name too - I like the nn Woody)

Stick with Eddie, it's a great name

Edward Smith is the most handsome.
Others ..
Rupert - Rue
Edmund - Eddie
Bertrand - Bertie
Montagu - Monty
Charles - Charley

Edward is a brilliant, noble name.

Edmund would be less common and less likely to be shortened to Ted/Teddy.
But with Smith surname, how about something more unusual : Kenny (Kenneth), Perry, Benny (Benjamin), Bernie (Bernard), Ralphy (Ralph), Raffy (Raphael), Lenny (Leonard).