Oh Gawd! Please help. Baby 5 weeks old and still no name...

[theboyneedsaname]

Please give your opinions on the following for a boy:

Dara
Bran
Gabriel
Patrick
Felix
Hugh
Niall

That's our longlist, but please suggest other similarish options!

TIA

Right theboyneedsaname Off to bed now.

Will check in again in the morning. Night all!

Does he look at all like a Patrick?

Dara...not keen
Bran...not keen
Gabriel...not keen
Patrick.....OK, hate Pat though
Felix..OK
Hugh...dislike
Niall...love it

I like Niall best. Great name. Unusual but not weird.

Patrick is nice but all the ones I know get Pat.

I also like Nathan, Ryan and Sean.

Had to help DP cook an authentic curry - still not ready!

I will show him this thread and I think we will go for Patrick - it has been near the no.1 spot all along.

'New baby' as we've been calling him could carry the name well, too, so yes, he does look like a Patrick.

DP thinks you have to see the baby first to be sure of what to call it.

Hmm, quite 'manly' sounding! (As opposed to Gabriel and Dara which DP thinks are too soft).

Thanks all.

Dara- nice, not heard it before
Bran- not keen, breakfast cereal
Gabriel- ok
Patrick- nice if kept as Patrick and not shortened
Felix- my fave of your list, really nice
Hugh- cute and nice
Niall- know a noce guy called Niall but not keen on the name itself and he always gets called neil must be annoying

I think you need to think like the cruellest 8 year old when choosing a name.

Gabriel us a lovely name but it will become "Gay" at school and your child will curse you.

I have a friend who has a daughter who is "Dara". If it does "cross over", again, your child may not thank you.

Hugh will become Huge if there is any tendency to porkiness

Bran will keep you regular..

Niall is harmless but I think Patrick Felix or Felix Patrick is best.

My ds1 is Patrick, its my fav name

I like Hugh best, then Niall, then Patrick.

Agree with OP's DH that Gabriel and Dara are too soft.

I thought Niall was pronounce Neil unless of course you are watching Frazier when it's Nile.
I know a few Nialls that are Neils IYKWIM

DP's name is Neal, so Niall might be too close (esp if pronounced as 'Neil', although he'd probably like him named after him).

I do like it but think it would be too confusing.

I like Dara but spelt Darragh

what about Tadgh?
Gideon
Patrick nn Patch is fab

Malachy
Caleb
Hugo
Aidan/Aiden
Cathal
Evan
Kilian
Keiran
Keir
Finn/Fionn/Finlay/Finian
Cor an
Roan
Emmett
Eammon
Dermott
Corman

Elliot
Ellis
Flynn
Lauchlan
Saul
Sonny
Lyle
Nairn
Donal
Liam

there I think thats me done

Be thankful. In Ireland he would be shortened to Patsy or Packie

We have announced his name to our families and it is:

Patrick Sean Robert

Quite relieved it is done now and your input really helped.

No way is he going to be called Patsy or Pat! Might go for Paddy or Patch though.

Thanks all.

Thats lovely!

Yay !

Lovely name

Lovely name!

I hope he's as funny, loving and enchanting as my Patrick.

Mine is called Patrick, Pat, Patch, PJ, Patio (his best friend - they both think this is the funniest joke anyone's ever made)) very occasionally Paddy, P, or even Rick, depending on his mood or the company he's in. To his Irish family, he's Little Pat, in honour of his Grandad who was Big Pat.

Lovely!
I really like Patch as a nickname.

Lovely name - by far the best of the list

Our Patch just happened. We were going to shorten to Paddy but it never really happened.

May he enjoy his name!

It's funny, my dd started calling her baby brother Patch when he was born and she was 5. We thought she had invented it until I discovered Mumsnet!

I like Gabriel, Patrick (Paddy) and Felix.

Oh fab, fab name.

You have excellent taste

I like Dara, Hugh and Gabriel.

Tadhg (pronounced tad or taig)
Connor (sounds lovely in irish accent but awful in essex accent!)
Malachy is cool too
I like Bran although people might think it's short for something like brandon
I knew a Ben short for Benedict

Great choice

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