Stuck for baby boy names, our favourite just got vito’d by my mother!

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We are due our first baby - a baby boy in mid November but we are really struggling with names.
The middle name is going to be George after my dad.

Our top name was Archer, but when I told my mum, she quite angrily said it wasn’t a real name and I should be using Archie, as Archer sounds stupid. So it has put a spanner in the works and now we regret telling her our front runner.

The rest of our list includes:
Wilf
Charlie
Otis
Hugo
Seb (Sebastian)
Tobie (Toby)

We don’t want anything too out there but also don’t want anything too common. Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated.
Middle name George.
Surname starts with a W if that helps.

Thank you :)

Yep, same here. I'm still a rebellious teenager at heart and would be more determined to go with first choice now.

My step daughter had a baby boy this morning and has called him Freddie.

Stick with Archer 🏹 nn cupid.

I'm quite traditional when it comes to names. But I definitely think Archer would grow on you. As someone else said its the same vain as Mason, Hunter and Cooper etc.

If you like a name you should use it and not pay any attention to what your mother says. I will admit I was a bit 'meh' about DGS's name when I first heard it - didn't hate it but didn't love it. 5 years on and I couldn't imagine him being called anything else (and I most certainly never voiced my opinion or ever would have).

YOUR MUM DOESN’T GET A VOTE.

Keep your name private until he’s born and you make the announcement.

Why the fuck are you listening to your mother?

You want to call the kid Archer, call the kid Archer. Yeah, she might end up calling him Archie, but my Mum ended up calling my daughter Banana instead of Lana for the first 10 years of her life, DD loved her special nickname.

I like names from Nature; Alder would make a good boys name I think.
I also like Xavier

I'm afraid I agree with her on Archer (I dislike it) but she doesn't get to veto your names. If you like it, go for it.

The rest of your list is much more to my taste, but rather than Tobie, I'd go for Tobias. All these names do however have a different vibe from Archer (more traditional). If you want a name similar to Archer, I'd go for Arthur. But that's still quite traditional.

If you want a name with a vibe similar to Archer, I'd go for something like:

• Lucas
• Elijah
• Wolfie
• Elliot
• Aiden
• Liam
• Ashton
• Oscar
• Max
• Noah
• Axel
• Abel
• Alfie

I like Hugo, Seb and Toby/Tobie

It’s non of mothers business what you choose to name your baby.

If you will regret not going with your choice just do it. I let my family and in laws dictate names for first two and reject my choices. With the third I ignored them all and names him Felix. Guess how many people say it is a cats name or a cartoon character? Maybe two in 16 years. And it suits him.

I like Tobias, Sebastian (though I would shorten to bastian), Emerson, Remington, Maximillian, Willoughby, Everett, Theodore.

I would agree with this. I kept my children’s name a secret and I defo think eyebrows were raised a bit with my second child’s name and had a said it earlier I know my parents would have tried to put me off. But they didn’t get a say and were told when my child had arrived and had the name and now no one would imagine them called anything else

I regret listening to my mum on my name choice, honestly it doesn’t matter what she thinks, it’s your baby go with the name you love.

I told close family our top two choices. One family member text me the next day saying how much they liked one of the names and we should use that. It made up my mind that I would use the other name. It was my favourite anyway, and I don’t like being told what to do! Said family member now tells me how lovely the name we chose is. Go with the name you love.

I have two DDs but their planned boy names were Marcellus (Marco) and Blaise.

Your baby your choice. If you choose Archer or Archie people will shorten it to Arch.

Just don’t mention it again. Archer is better than Archie but even it it wasn’t it’s not your mothers baby. However angrily she says it.

Tell your mum after the birth that you’ve decided on Karcher, but she can call him Archer or Archie for short. I was the only girl at school with my name, Cynthia, hated it, just wanted to be Susan or Jane or Wendy (That was a long time ago). I didn’t have a middle name which I could have used, so use Archer and give him a suitably boring middle name like Henry, George, Jack etc that he can choose to revert to later if he dislikes Archer.

I like the name Hunter. It has a similar sort of meaning to the name.

Your mother doesn’t get a veto, she gets to advise. If you want Archer go for it.

On your others:

Wilf - no, Boris Johnson called one of his (many) kids with Carrie that. Would be a dealbreaker for me.
Charlie - very common name, also there was a footballer in the 70s I think called Charlie George.
Otis - they make elevators. Also the really dumb character in the Christopher Reeve superman movies.
Hugo - too posh. Also if your surname is Wells, would be HG Wells.
Toby / Tobie - a wet version of Hugo,

Seb, I like. Would be my top choice.

Archer is a real name. Sorry but your mum is being stupid. It was our top choice if we were to have a boy, or Forbes. Just stick with Archer it's a great name.

Stuff that. He's your baby, and she already got to choose your name.

Call him Archer!

This really should get covered in the first appointment. Avoid alcohol, deli meats, and telling anyone the names you are thinking about.

Just use the name you like and shut down any attempts at a nickname.

It wouldn't be my choice as I keep picturing Jeffrey Archer but you pick whatever is your favourite. Your Mum will get used to it so quickly and not be able to imagine him with a different name.

My DS's name was the most popular that year (annoyingly) but my Mum thought it was a bit too out there 😆.

Names, except for the timeless classics, always raise an eyebrow with the older generations as they run on generational cycles. I think all the current popular names are either too wacky or super old fashioned as I was naming my kids 30 years ago.

My colleagues sons name is Archer, it really suits him. It's your baby, if you like the name then use it, your mother has had her time naming her babies.