Ok we're all agreed (sort of) on girls names, but i have the feeling that i'm about to give birth to the first boy born in my family for four generations. BF & I have VERY different ideas on names, him tending towards the traditional and thinking that unless we know 6 people with a certain name already then is wild and ridiculous. I lean a bit more towards the outlandish, although i can see his point about boys not wanting fancy names, but we know so many Toms / Bens etc.
so... here's what we've rejected to give you a flavour of the issues:
Raphael ? love this BF says no and i can see it is a bit poncy
Gabriel ? as above ? first syllable gay perhaps scope for much teasing
Kit ? I love this but not Christopher and BF is opposed to 'nicknames as proper names'
Tobias (Toby) BF likes this I think it?s a very boring and brown name
Etienne ? wish I was French, otherwise a bit silly
Emmanuel ? see above
Emile ? see French thing
Otto ? i like very much but is it very German?
Rufus - dogs name
Barnaby ? bit meh
Darklis ? bit spooky / peculiar
Wish he was born in august then he could be Augustus Gus for short, but he's going to be a June bug
i've read out Nappyaddicts fabulous lists while he sits there saying 'no, no, no' So any suggestions of nice names somewhere between the traditional but not very common and a little bit unusual / interesting would be greatfully received. Not much to ask eh? x