frazzled, can't find your boy threads, but I know what you should call your son!

[LiffeyAndFriends]

Roscoe.

posh but not pretentious
unusual but not wtf
quirky like 0 and 0
Scottish

Lysander is nice but a bit poetic. I see his long fingers and think how beautiful they must look playing the piano. I bet he always carries foolscap and a biro around, to jot down his thoughts.

Campbell is ok. Bit too soupy for me! sorry. I don't like Erin for the same reason.

If not Roscoe, then Bruce (after Parry not springsteen) and Donald or Victor. Victor not Scottish, but it has a lot of good attitute. Not bad attitude!

Did you go off Grey short for Gregor?

Victor is a terrifying name for a little boy

Please not Victor!

Grey is nice.

Is Victor so different from Oscar or Jasper or Caspar?

Is it not in the same style, but a bit more individual, a bit further ahead of the fashion curve?

{liffey ponders]

I love the name Roscoe. Mostly because of the song by Midlake.

I wish I'd thought of Roscoe myself for my own mcboy.

Grey? Oh God, no.

Roscoe is quirky. Not my cup of tea, but I can see the atrraction. Ros is not a good nn for a boy, though.

I know of a wee boy called Grey and have to admit my first thought was

what a horrible colour to name a child after

choose Donald it is a great name!

Ah thanks Liffey I'm so touched you've started a thread all for me!
I love Roscoe but will have to work on DH I think. It sounds good with our surname too.
Still like Campbell, but have gone right off Dougray (which would be Gray for short).
Currently liking Billy (obv short for William) - not sure where that has come from and probably a short-lived fad! DH is still insisting on Hamish or Rory but I've really gone off both - esp Rory due to that dreadful 'Rory the racing car' programme that drives me nuts every morning during breakfast (DD2 loves it)
Bruce - no, it's a close friend of ours so would be too weird
Nothing beginning with V as initials would be silly with our surname
Am unsure about Lysander now too
Was thinking of stealing Hector off the other thread, with Tor for short.....quite like that
I also like Heath. DH doesn't, especially as one of the middle names will be Keith!
Why are boys names so bloody hard!

Hector and Heath are FAB

what about Hugo?

I am loving Victor, pops off to add it to my list...

I love Victor too. Not Scottish but does it have to be?!

I love Gregor with Grey for short. That makes more sense to me than Dougray really. I like Dougray, but I prefer Gregor. What does your husband think of Gregor?

I love Roscoe Gregor. Oh, just give birht and then while they are stiching you up say " his name is......."

MsBearegarde can't have Victor as V would be silly as an intital with my surname.
Dh not keen on Gregor (and it makes me think of a gay man, not sure why TBH???!)
I like Roscoe a lot but DH just says it makes him think of the sheriff in the Dukes of Hazard (Roscoe P Coletrane I think his name was?) so he has dismissed it. Boo.

And ahem, stitches??? I hope not

dizzy I quite like HEATH but as i said, not with middle name of Keith (which we will have as one of the names) for family reasons.
And we have a Hugo already in the family so that's a no-go.
Not so sure about Hector now.....DH seems to think it would be cruelty.

Tell your husband he's showing his age, mind you, he'd have said Roscoe Tanner if he were really old!

Heath Keith would have a certain ring to it

Hector it is then, love it!

Frazz and dizzydixies

I LOVE Heath Keith, if your surname was Neath a la a friend of mine so much the better......

hell grumpy [waves] thanks for visiting my thread! Glad you like Heath Keith. Our surname is actually Sleath. No kidding.

No it's not but wouldn't it be wonderful if it was!

that should have said 'hello' grumpy not hell!
oops

whatabout Horatio? not v. Scottish tho.
or Harland?
surely the short form of Roscoe would be Ross, not Ros, which is a good Scottish name anyway, isn't it? (could be wrong about the Scottish bit of course...)

I like Horatio (but am second guessing a thumbs-down from the DH)
Harland - that's an interesting one as that's an old family name .......... but not sure about using it as a first name, what would it be shortened to in the playground - 'Har'?
DH still thinks Roscoe is silly. I think he is silly. Stalemate.
[boo to DH]
Have just been on the Wolf thread, and am now liking Wolfgang.
[no snorting with derision please, save that for DH]

frazzle don't be ridiclious, we all know if you're Scottish or have married a Scot your surname is obviously McSleath

oh, and behave yourself with the wolfgang, no offence but if he's a wee slip of a lad who likes model planes and computing rather than rugby he's in for a bit of a hard time of it

the reason I couldn't call my 10lber Grace or my 11lber Lily

I'm with your dh,Hamish is a fab name.

anyone said Lachlan?

I know a Pharic which is gaelic for Peter

What about Duncan?