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Bumblingalong1 · 18/02/2026 09:28

Hi everyone, I hope you can help us. Our 3rd son was born a few days ago and struggling to decide on his name. We already have 2 boys (Owen and Robin) and our surname is 2 syllables.

Does anyone have any suggestions please? Or from the list below which names work well? We have noted down these names but no clear front runner yet:

Samuel
Sebastian
Ellis
Callum (Cal)
Eric
Leon
Odin
Logan
Liam
Joel
Finley/ Finlay
Cole
Rory
Oscar
Leo
Lewis
Christopher (Chris, Topher, Kit)
Ethan
Flynn
Charlie
Connor
Cameron
Caleb
Ewan
Jacob
Blake
Lawrence
Lucas
Aidan
Aaron

Thank you in advance!

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borntooobewild · 18/02/2026 22:59

Laurence is my favourite . Laurie is a lovely shortened version as well. Not too common and suits all professions/ careers etc

Pettenell · 19/02/2026 00:48

My favourites are Oscar and Rory, but that would mean repeats of name beginnings and I don't know if that would bother you.

I also like Charlie, Callum, Finn, Leo, Christopher (Topher or Kit). Samuel and Joel are okay.

LivingTheDreamish · 19/02/2026 03:00

Nice list - I like Callum best. How about Evan instead of Ewan?

Guerlainade · 19/02/2026 03:19

My favourites are Caleb, Callum & Flynn. I also like Finn & Otis too

Maraudingmarauders · 19/02/2026 03:28

I like Samuel. If you like Kit you could go for Christian rather than Christopher and it maintains the ‘n’ ending of Robin and Owen.

sparklyblueberry2 · 19/02/2026 04:18

I have a Louis (pronounced Louie not Lewis). No one ever says or spells it wrong if you point it out just once. I love Flynn (very popular) and Ellis (unisex name). Finn is also great but was my dogs name before my first son arrived so couldn’t use it. I also have an Oliver (he’s never had it shortened)

NamingNoNames · 19/02/2026 09:29

There's another thread where some posters are saying that Samuel is 'Sam-yule' or Sam-yel. I've not heard those but they are off-putting.
Samson might be an alternative.

17caterpillars1mouse · 20/02/2026 09:23

Flynn or Lucas

Wowsersbrowsers · 20/02/2026 09:28

I found the third boy really tricky too. In the end we picked a nickname and worked from there.

Think you probably need to decide if you want to repeat the -en sound at the end or not as a starting point.

Kiki25 · 10/04/2026 06:39

Toby, Oscar, Ollie, Freddie

themidnightmoon76 · 12/04/2026 01:30

Kiki25 · 10/04/2026 06:39

Toby, Oscar, Ollie, Freddie

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Kiki25 · 12/04/2026 06:40

Ollie and Freddie are both names i absolutely adore but i know someone with children called Ollie and Freddie plus i have a daughter Freya and i want all my children to have a different starting letter

MythicalEphemera · 12/04/2026 18:28

My favorites are Charlie, Jacob and Aiden.

I would also suggets Collin, though I might have a bias for that name lol

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