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Help with 1 week old baby boy - NO NAME!

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armt · 11/05/2025 14:48

Help please
i’m in tears every day about this but he has no name. Im desperate to settle but i cannot find a name we like.

We have 100 girl names but nothing for a boy.

we do not like “traditional common” names such as Chris, Tom, Harry, Nick, Ben.

we do not like names like Otto, Otis, Arlo.

we have a little girl called Aria (was not popular when we chose it) if this little one was a girl he would have been Otillie or Delilah.

we liked Jude but I’ve now met so so many baby Jude’s I just feel lost….

we quite liked Ellis but DH thinks it’s girly sounding. Also quite liked Dylan and Quin for a while but now it sounds so…. Over used?

urgh

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user1492757084 · 12/05/2025 15:11

Aria and ..

Inigo
Victor
David
Lloyd
Gillon
Vance
Banjo
Digby
Hamish
Rex
Leo
Max

TheHerboriste · 12/05/2025 15:16

Reddelilah · 12/05/2025 07:57

What puts me off Dylan is the nickname Dill or Dilly!

i prefer Quinn.

Or Dildo!

TimeTaken · 12/05/2025 15:25

I went with a musical link, given Aria.

Marius ( Les Mis)
Emile (South Pacific)
Kurt (SoM)

SaffyWall · 12/05/2025 15:26

New baby boys I've met recently are;

Digby,
Ziggy,
Laurence (Laurie)
Asa,
Basil,
Sylvester,
Sullivan,
Percy,
Micah,
Casimer

Newmumhere40 · 12/05/2025 15:27

I just had a boy and went with Jude because I love it, fuck it if it's popular.

SorrowsPrayers · 12/05/2025 16:08

Barney
Gus
Digby
Jasper
Hugo
Mungo
Jago
Samson
Horatio

s3tut0y3r · 12/05/2025 17:41

Any regional associations? Bryn is nice

s3tut0y3r · 12/05/2025 17:45

Leo / Leon
Zachary > Zack

RuthW · 12/05/2025 17:49

Dylan. Not heard of any Dylans for years.

WaltzingWaters · 12/05/2025 17:57

Jude is lovely, a favourite of mine, but yes, very popular now.
Dylan is lovely and I don’t think very used at the moment. I’ve not met any amongst my DS’s toddler groups or anything.
Quinn to me sounds very feminine, whilst I know it’s a unisex name, I’ve only ever met female Quinn’s (but that may just be from my years living in the USA). Ellis on the other hand, whilst again unisex, I’ve only met male ones.

BreathingDeep · 12/05/2025 18:00

Some of these suggestions are just lovely.

Aria is beautiful, and there's lots of names that would work with that, including some of my favourite boy names:

Kit
Grey
Elias
Elijah
Kane
Gabe
Laurie
Will
Ned

Good luck OP, and try not to feel pressured, you'll find the right name, or more to the point, the right name will find you.

CurlewKate · 12/05/2025 18:02

Patrick

PleaseAndThankYou12 · 12/05/2025 18:12

Congratulations OP, hope you’re both doing well! Ellis is a lovely name, and flows well with Aria. I love an E name - what about Enzo, or Ezra? Also love the name Sonny.

AmateurNoun · 12/05/2025 18:17

Milo

Ethan

Robin

Rowan

Hayden

Tobin/Tobyn

NoCureForLove · 12/05/2025 18:41

Moses
Amos
Ralph
Malachi
August
Prosper
Asa
Asher
Theodore
Zack

DiaryofWimpy · 12/05/2025 19:10

I have a Dylan he’s 25 now. I like Ethan too

BeaLola · 12/05/2025 20:02

Seth
Otto
Theo
Guy
Nathaniel
Kit
Peter
Rex
Max
Leo
Isaac

LilDeVille · 12/05/2025 20:08

JOEL. It’s always Joel. Gorgeous!

Or, for me, boy equivalents of Ottilie & Delilah could be:

Felix
Sebastian
August
Laurie
Oscar
Caspar

Hmm you like Ottilie but not Otto!

Usernameaplenty · 12/05/2025 20:11

Aaron
Adam
Jonah
Owen

Eenameenadeeka · 12/05/2025 20:25

I think Dylan is a great name, and not popular either. Or Ryan, Adam?
I know more girls called Quinn and a couple of boys, how about Finn

MaryGreenhill · 12/05/2025 20:45

Hudson

Sailawaygirl · 12/05/2025 20:59

Jude was on out boy list, our others
Miles or Giles
Robin
Julian
Dylan
Did a name come to mind when he was first born. I struggles for a few days but we went back to the name the We both said when we first met him
Congratulations

Hazelmaybe · 12/05/2025 22:32

Jonah
Otis
Max

whereimfrom · 12/05/2025 22:43

I’ve got an Aria as well & her brother is Caleb?

PennywisePoundFoolish · 12/05/2025 22:46

Congratulations!

Tobias
Magnus
Owen

I really like Dylan and Jude

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