Is James too boring?

[mags98]

Due first baby in about 7 weeks and am wondering about names - we know he is a boy.

We want something traditional, not too dating for the poor little lad and not anything off the wall. We are both in our mid - late 30s and really don't want a son called cougar or bracken or anything...

We both like James, and are seriously considering it. It does have family connections - my Dad is James and so was my Mums father.

But now I am worrying it is just too, well, dull. And also too popular at the same time.

What do you lot think?

DH's name is Andrew George and we are also thinking about using one of those as a middle name if that is any help. I like James Andrew better, but George is a family name on his side so he prefers that.

I like James, i have a Jamie, both nice friendly approachable spellable names!

I like George better than Andrew.

i love the name James

also Benjamin, Daniel, Simon, Paul

James is nice and I know a few but not loads of them. I also really like the name Jamie.

No, it's lovely.

Andrew james and George are all lovely names and will not date. Jamie is cute for a baby or young child as well

I think James Andrew sounds much better than James George

I love James and I also think that as George is also a single syllable name you could easily use both Andrew and George as middle names:

James Andrew George sounds really good (imo).

James is fab my DS would have been a James/Jamie if I could have called him it (an exes name so a tad too close!)

James George doesnt really go together though, too many 'J' sounds.
Would have to be James Andrew

I prefer George to James as first name. Bit more interesting. Have you any other family names you could use as a middle name?

Or how about Alexander George?

Lovely name, classic and timeless.

Agree with Shona, I really like James Andrew George.

Alexander is no good as our nephew is called that.

Anyone know any names derived from James that might be an option?

I love the name Jamie, my nephew is James Andrew - known as Jamie.

James is lovely - a classic name.

No its not too boring. Its lovely.

Seamus and Hamish are both forms of James.

no. a positive breath of fresh air in these times of rampant "originality" i quote a recent threat "find me a traditional name that hasnt been used yet"..

I love it, DH and I were torn between James Joseph and Joseph James for a boy.

We sort of went for Joseph in the end, on the basis that we like the nn Joe, but didn't like any of the nn for James.

I love the name James though and think we might use it as a first name if we had a boy, as we ended up having a girl anyway.

James is not boring....it's lovely.
It's my DS's name...I love it.

I do think James is a touch boring, sorry.
How about Jim as a nn?

James is my favourite boy's name. Couldn't have it in our case because:

• it's my nephew's name
• it's an ex-boyfriend's name
• dd is a girl

I have a James so I think it's lovely! To address the popularity of the name issue - my James is almost 6, we have only ever met one other of his age, and that includes his school year group, in which there are at least 50 boys - he's the only James.

MY DS is officially a James but known as Jamie- it's a fab name!

No, not boring. James is a lovely name

i shall say not boring at all! my ds is named james after his great granddad. i love it!