Nathaniel vs Cooper

[Beepeony]

DH and I can’t decide between Cooper and Nathaniel (Nate). Baby due in several weeks.

My only concern it that Cooper is a bit chavvy? compared to Nathaniel. We already have a Miles.

I really like
Henry
Edward
Joseph
But DH vetoed all of these!

All opinions welcome!

Miles and Nate / Nathaniel sounds lovely.

Don't like the name Cooper at all.

Love the name Nathaniel. It's the real name of Hawkeye from the Last of the Mohicans by the way, strong and romantic!

Nathaniel is the safer option, I had both of these on my list of boy names

Also some people call their dogs Cooper which really put me off

A friend from a rather posh background recently had a baby and named him Cooper. I admit my initial reaction was one of surprise, because Cooper strikes me as… er…the opposite of posh.

I don’t think it matters if siblings names go together, but Miles and Cooper have completely different vibes.

Nathaniel is nice.

Nate is lovely with Miles. A cooper is someone who makes barrels.

Nathaniel. It's a proper first name.

Cooper is a surname and the only "person" I know of with it as a first name is a Labrador

Cooper is a surname. Means barrel maker.

This.

Pub near us call The Master Cooper when I was a kid.
It was a proper dive!
Cooper is a surname!

I like Nate

Nathaniel , although I prefer Nathan

I prefer Nathaniel and love Nate as a nn

I like "different" names but just going off the other names you like and your existing DSs name I would go with Nathaniel. Nate is a very cool shortening

I absolutely love Nathaniel

My DS4 is called Cooper. It's not known as a chavvy name where we are from. Clearly I'm in the minority liking the name according to the responses on this post though 🤣

If you like it and he likes it then that's fine @lozrox90 .

Nathaniel please

Nathaniel, much nicer. I have a relative called Nathaniel uses his full name at work etc, Nat to friends, Spaniel to his sister!

Definitely Nathaniel out of those two options.

I really dislike Nathaniel. I would be working to change dh’s opinion if it was me instead, I like your original choices.

Nathaniel. Cooper is s surname or a car

Are you American?

Nathaniel 100%.

I don't like all these Coopers, Fletchers, Archers etc.

Nathaniel, no contest. I don’t find Cooper chavvy (its probably not popular enough to determine that for that for a start and the young one I know personally is solidly middle class, professional parents etc) BUT it is trendy. We just don’t know how well the current “surname as first name” trend will date. Whereas like Miles, Nathaniel is relatively timeless - a name with long history that’s only occasionally had popularity rises.

Nathaniel.
Cooper is so nothingy. As a name, it's so bland. I love -iel names. Prefer Gabriel, Daniel and Ariel to Nathaniel although maybe not Ariel for an actual child. Persil ditto.

I love Nate, really don't like Cooper.