Help me narrow down my 5th son's name. Yes, 5th

[Duckyneedsaclean]

I have a (not very) shortlist, brothers have pretty classic names, starting J,D,A,C and probably want to avoid those initials unless I love the name.

Michael
Elijah/Eli
Levi
Ernest
Leo
Dominic
Francis
Gabriel
Miles/Milo
Vincent

Love Leo and Francis !

Elliott

Yes, I know. Never made my shortlists as, although I do like the full name, I’m not personally keen on any of the shortenings: Mike, Mick, Mikey, Mickey….

Do not let the siblings choose a name.

Michael - like a lot. Likely to be Mike or Mick. Not usable with the surname Hunt
Elijah/Eli - dislike Eli. Not keen on Elijah.
Levi - No. Jeans.
Ernest - No. Will be Ernie.
Leo - like but very popular
Dominic - don't like Dom
Francis - like as a middle name because I'm not keen on Frank
Gabriel - too long
Miles/Milo - like Miles, don't like Milo
Vincent - no. I don't like Vince or Vinnie

Michael is by far my favourite.

Finale.

I only know lovely Nicholas” too 😊

Graham
Gareth
Thomas

The only one I like is Dominic.

Myles is the surname, if that's relevant.

OP, I've always loved Milo- almost chose it for DS3 14 years ago, particularly relevant as my mam was Irish, so doubly nice if you have any Irish heritage.

I always thought Miles was quite posh English, but a lovely friend called her DS Miles & it's a great name. He's now 3 & rocks his name (named after Miles Davis as dad is musical).

5 boys is wonderful. I have 3 & it's brilliant. All the best 💙

I imagined Jack, Daniel, Alfie and Charlie. I wonder if I’m right? Or how many if any I guessed right!

Michael

• classic but probably shortened by peers to Mike or Mikey

• Jackson

Elijah/Eli

• Not ubiquitous - religious? Levi
• Unusual - religious?

Ernest nope

Leo

• quite popular now

Dominic - will get shortened to Dom

Francis - pope?

Gabriel - I like it but mean boys will call him gay, not that there is anything wrong with being gay

Miles/Milo - like the former but the latter is still a Tweenie for me

Vincent - inexplicably popular, will get shortened to Vinnie

Out of all your choices, I like Leo the best and I think Miles is nice.

Samuel
Christopher
Matthew
Xavier

Oh if the OPs surname is Myles then definitely don't use it as a first name, Myles, Miles or Milo! 😆

Or perhaps I misunderstood. Two different yet perfectly acceptable spellings of the same name.

I love Samuel.

Ernest I think is rather cute, but in a "not for my own child" kind of way!

Alexander ?
Christopher?

Quinn

or if he’s going to be your last, Fin

Quinn is a good idea for number 5 op!

Leo

You got 1 right 🤣

Michael and Dominic.

Some quite different options here!

I've always like Michael and it's unusual now. Ernest/Ernie is quite sweet (but also works for an adult man), Vincent and Dominic are also nice. How about Elias/Eli?

Edward, Laurence, Robert. And Michael is my favourite from your list.

Gabriel. I love that name

Gabriel. It's one of my favourite boy's names

James is a good solid name that is coming back. I like the older more traditional names.