Boy's name to go with Aidan...

[angel1976]

Hi,

Found out today that DC2 is going to be a boy! We are really chuffed! DS1 is Aidan and we now need a boy's name to go with it. Surname ends with -lee sound and two syllabus so don't want any similar ending sound names. Also, his middle name will be two syllabus as well and a bit unusual as we are using something from my culture. And nothing too popular (though I can see Aidan is creeping up the popularity list ). I kinda think we ended up with the perfect name for DS1 so a bit short of ideas for DS2.

I really like Tristan but thinks Aidan and Tristan is a bit much. Like Owen as well but not 100% sold on it. Lucas I like but too popular now I think and DH not sold on that one... Yeeks! HELP! Thanks!

Ax

Seek? Aiden Seek - geddit

Aidan is a Northumbrian saint. Cuthbert is the other famous one.

Flynn seems to be coming up a lot... Interesting choice as I wouldn't have seen it as a popular one. It sounds very 'Zorro'!

Patrick is a 'strong' name - might consider that actually. Interestingly a friend of mine seriously considered Cormac for her DS but decided it was too 'obscure' and went for the now very popular Max!

LOL at titchy - DH will be very worried. I have cousins named Royce and Joyce on my side of the family so it's not beyond us... at Cuthbert!

Cuthbert is great

Avoid Quinn, Aiden Quinn is an actor I believe.

Haha TwoSunnyDays - I hadn't thought of that! Used to fancy him rotten circa Desperately Seeking Susan!!

Yes! He was lovely, very good in the Handmaids Tail.

This could have been my post - DS1 is Aidan and DC2 is expected, so I will be following your thread with interest. Not peeking in advance but girls names are sorted.

Also on our list 1st time round were:
Justin
Lewis
Harvey
Morgan
Francis
Laurence

I also like Marcus but no positive vibes from DH on that score.

When are you due?

Good taste BlueChampagne! LOL... I'm due early November. I have to say that out of your list, DH was keen on Lewis the first time round but I wasn't as I found out it was number 1 popular boy's name in Scotland and also with Lewis Hamilton just getting famous, I can imagine legions of Lewis out there very soon! When are you due and are you going to find out the gender of DC2?

Out of interest's sake, what are your girls' name, would be interesting to see if our choices would have matched!

Lewis got ruled out by my DH because of Hamilton! But my family are Scottish and it's a name I've liked for a long time.

No, we're not planning to find out in advance if it's a boy or a girl, though I confess I'm more tempted this time round. Due 10th Dec.

Girl's 2nd name would be Corinna but 1st name is strictly under wraps - sorry! However, here are other girls' names from our list 1st time round:

Tamsin
Helen
Meredith
Rhiannon

Hmm... Not the same for the girls but someone did say that it seems there is a bigger choice with girls.

Love:

Sophia (too common now...)
Amelia (ditto with Sophia)
Mathilda

Good luck for the rest of your pregnancy!

Hooray - another Aidan's mummy!

Aidan is our middle child - he has an older and a younger sister. Dd2 would have been Matthew if she had been a boy but Rachel suited her better!

LOL weegiemum, would have liked to meet a little girl called Matthew...

My Aidan is one of only 2 in the school - I like unusual but not ridiculously unusual names! Our other idea was Brendan but we went off that.

Our other dd is Katherine. So our girls have really straight down the line ordinary girls names, wheras ds has an Irish name (dh is Irish). But they all seem to go well together.

Congrats on your next little boy, btw!

I have a Struan. His middle name is David because I always liked the story of David.

Actually, I wanted to call him Levi because I like the story, but DH said no.

I have always thought Abet a lovely name
and it goes so well with Aidan...

Hi

I love all boys Irish names and have a couple on the list for future DS

Ryan
Aidan
Liam
Connor
Callum
Keiran

I also love Samuel & Lewis

Good luck

Struan is lovely! Quite unusual too. Hmmmmmm...

I do love lots of the irish boys' name but for some reason or the other, don't want to use them... I.e. (no offense to anyone suggesting them, just personal reasons...)

Malcolm - DH's ex-girlfriend's dad's name who is a lovely man but very slobby...

Liam, Callum - Just a wee bit too popular for me now...

Keiran is lovely but I don't know if it will go with our surname that starts with R so it could be a bit of a mouthful. Ditto for Connor.

Was talking to a colleague today about names and she said she never thought so much went into a name (she is unmarried and childless at the mo!). LOL.

Another one we considered was Brodie. I too think Struan is a fabulous name!

Oh... Saw this on another thread... What do you think of Finnegan, Finn for short? Always loved the name after watching Great Expectations with the lovely Ethan (another beautiful name but I think too American?) Hawke (though not so lovely after he left Uma...). DH thinks it's too Irish? And I guess the meaning is fair, which I'm not sure we will get with our racial mix! LOL...

Oh dear, saw Dashiell on another thread and loving that too... Save me from myself! Meaning: French for page boy, not riverting is it? BTW, I've always loved that DS's name means little fire and he really does have a firecracker of a personality!

Cillian?

I'm not too keen on Finnegan, tbh. It sounds like something an American would name a child because it sounds Irish, but like something a real Irish person probably wouldn't name a child, IYKWIM.

Struan is a Scottish name, though.

I prefer Finn on its own to Finnegan.
I like Brodie too.
And always thought Ethan was lovely name, not too American for the UK.

i really like brodie.

the only ethans i know are british, tbh.