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DownInOldVirginnie · 28/10/2026 19:05

Struggling to find a name we both like and keep seeing the same names recommended so please help me find a name me and DH could love. Trouble is I like less mainstream names (not wacky but just less used, not trendy, not "vintage" and not American) and DH likes what I would class as bog standard. On the maybe list are:
Frances
Cormack
Joshua
Robert
Miles
Calvin

DH's suggestions were Daniel and Patrick. I have nothing against either but not names I love and want to give to my son. Some of my vetoed suggestions were Yves, Sasha, Solomon, Beau, Rufus and Hugo.

Any suggestions? Possible middle name/s will be Robert James I will also be prowling the baby names board for some other ideas in the meantime!

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Piche · 31/10/2026 19:51

The first name Cormac is spelt without a k, so Cormac. Really like it, but it’ll get a bit mangled by an English accent as the r won’t be pronounced.

It’s Francis, not Frances, for a boy.

LoudPlumDog · Yesterday 12:10

Frances spelled this way is the female version.

I like Francis. Joshua is lovely but very popular.

Ayrton
Trey
Seth
Tobias
Elias
Victor
Evan
Elliot
Jeremy
Christian
Weston
Dominic
Heath
Wade
Kurt
Jacques
Leighton
Kane

LoudPlumDog · Yesterday 12:17

Quinn
Finn
Finlay
Ike
Rudy
Ashton
Curtis
Hamish
Bartholomew
Kai
Trent
Cosmo
Regan
Uriah
Laurence
Frederick
Matteo
Matthias
Ernest
Lyle
Niall
Jonas
Kalman
Christian
Owen

ItalianChineseIndianMexican · Yesterday 12:24

Amos
Nathaniel
Magnus
Roscoe
Angus
Ellis
Ciaran
Monty
Fergus
Leon
Justin
Marcus
Antony
Zachary

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