Help us with something along the lines of Joseph/Jesse

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DP and I are expecting DC 2. Have a girl name picked but struggling with a boy name.

I am 35 weeks so feel like time is running out but also haven't seen anything I really love.

DP has floated Joseph.

I think it's ok but the more I think about it the less I like it, because:

• not keen on Joe as a nickname and that's probably inevitable
• Joseph Stalin, Joseph Fritzel, I can't shake those connotations off now that they're in my head.

I quite like Jesse. DP not keen because:

• it sounds like a girl's name (Jessie)
• doesn't like Jess as a nn

DS1 name starts with R.

I like Jesse. Joseph is ok just a bit meh
What about
Jacob
Joshua
Jace
Jaylin
Joel
Jackson
Jenson

Jonah

Joel

Joshua

Julian

Jude

Jonny

Jacob
Jessop
Jace
Jackson (Jack)
Jasper
Alexander (Alex)
Benjamin
Callum
Samuel

We have a Joseph who exclusively goes by Jos. There are a couple of younger Jos-es locally too, one whose mum told me she saw my Jos’ peg at nursery and used it for her new baby 😁 a nice compliment. I prefer it spelled Joss but DH is a Jos Buttler fan.

Anyway, just suggesting that because seems to fit between Joseph and Jesse.

Also obsessed with the name Joel! But I couldn’t have a Joseph and a Joel sadly 😆

Boys names are SO hard! Feels like such a small pool to choose from.

Jack
Jake
Jeremiah
Jeremy/Jerry

You mentioned you're other child's name starts with an R, so you like the R sound?
Robin
Robert

Or J names with R in them?
Jeremy

Josiah
Jonas
Jonathan

And in a similar vein (but without the J): Isaac, Sonny, Abe, Reuben, Ezra, Tobias

Jae ?

Jory? (Cornish George)

I think Jonah is less likely to get shortened to Joe than Joseph, and I like it more anyways. Other J names that could work I think are Jace, or maybe Jem for James. If you want a full name for Jace there's obviously Jason, but if you don't like that then I know a teen named Jasper who goes by Jace.

I like Jesse a lot, I don't really think it sounds like exclusively a girl name at all, especially with that spelling. I don't understand why Jesse/Jessie is one of the only unisex names that people can't appreciate as being unisex. I always see people wanting to name their son Jesse but being worried that people might think he's a girl, when Jesse has been an established male name for as long as it's existed.

Jonah is lovely.

Suggestions (apologies for repeats):
Jerome
Josiah
Jasper
Julius
Jordan

Francis
Leo
Matthew
Luke
Samuel
Nicholas
Henry

J names are my favourite for boys.

Joel
Jake
Jacob
Joshua
Jonah
Jonjo
Jethro
Joby
Jack
Jamie
Jay
Jude
Jim

Aww, my grandad was Joseph Jesse. Not that that’s relevant, but it made me think about him, so that was nice!

Julian
Jack
Jonathan
Jerome/Jem
Josiah
Jonty
Jayden
Joel
Jared

Jude
Seth
Nathaniel (Nate)
Theodore (Ted or Theo)

My son is a Jesse (I wanted Albie but it was my husbands turn this time as I 💯 picked my last child's name) and his second name is Dean (my choice) so Jesse Dean seems to roll off the tongue but we call him everything... Jesse! Jesse Dean! Jess! J! J Boy! JD! Second names can definitely make the first sound great 👍

What about John, it is due a revival

I much prefer Joseph, but then I also like Joe so that helps. Jesse isn't for me at all.

Joel is a nice compromise. Jonah, personally, I feel will inevitably be Joe one day too. There's Josiah too, but again Joe is likely inevitable.

Jacob is another J favourite of mine. Jude, James, Joshua, Jared are all nice.

I really like Jonah, Joel, Jacob, James, and Julius (Jules). So many great J names.

Yes our first child is called one of those names!

I love Jospeh but yes he will be known as Joe. I wouldn’t worry about the namesakes as it is such a well known name, I doubt anyone would think of them.

I like Jesse but it is a tad soft and feminine for me name taste

Jude
joshua
jonah
jasper
joel
caleb
elias
jacob
isaac
michael
lucas
rowan
felix

Jethro.

Or Joss as a nn for Joseph.

Our Joseph was called Joey by his baby sister and it stuck. He’s a 37 yr old Joey now!

I have a Joseph and he is always Joseph to us. Now he’s an adult his mates call him Joe but doesn’t bother us, and he’s always Joseph.

Jonah ❤️