i'm so stuck for boys names..i like xavier,dh likes oisin..help!

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dh is irish and would like an irish name.fine by me,but think oisin sounds a little harsh.we already have a fin and poppy and very irish surname!

i would like it to be quite unusual...my name is really common and there were 4 in my class,always hated that!
any ideas?

I like both names!

Not sure how Oisin is pronounced but i LOVE Xavier.

your surname isn't sauce is it though?
I prefer Xavier to Oisin

I love Oisin - beautiful name

I don't think Oisin sounds harsh, gentle if anything. It is a beautiful name.

I prefer it to Xavier if your son is half Irish - more fitting.

oisin is pronounced osh-een...no our surname is gallagher!
dh says no way to xavier,but i love it..we live in an area where oisin could be said in a number of ways,we are kind of in the middle.i always hated the way some people pronounced my name..think cilla black!
fern was on my list for a girl but has been discounted because of the numerous ways is could be said,none of them sounding very pretty!
thats why i think oisin could sound harsh.im sorted for girls,it's either hope or phoebe.but for boys? am stumped!

no one has any ideas for unusual names then?!!

I love Oisin. My friend has one and it's pronounced, where they are in s Wales, Osh-an.

My DD would have been Atticus had she been a boy - that's fairly unusual.

Congratulations by the way. How long to go?

oisin is lovely but really don't like Xavier. I love Hope for a girl.

How about Joel, Niall, Micah, Caleb or Hayden?

thanks very much timelord! i have 18 weeks to go.i do love hope as well, but think i prefer phoebe elizabeth,dh has vetoed elizabeth as too english though.
oisin growing on me i think,but my mum doesn't like it,and that puts me off. i do like caleb,how do you pronounce micah?like the pop star? went to school with a pratty hayden,so thats a no!

Xavier Gallagher has too many -er sounds at the ends. Oisin (pr. usheen) goes much better, imo. Kieran or Ciaran, Kian or Cian, Killian or Cillian (the C spelling is Irish) might go well with Gallagher?

What about Odhran (pronounced, and sometimes spelled Oran)? It's softer than Oisín, and would go nicely with pother names

pother? other

I love Oisin, but I'm not fussed on Xavier. My 2 favourites would be Cillian or Callum.
I quite like Oscar too.

Nice one, Sazisi.

There's also Aran (like the islands).

Love Xavier (Have one) but really don't think it would go with an Irish surname.

Cillian, Naill and Callum are lovely.

Know a few Oran's - sounds nice. How about Lorcan, Donal, Diarmuid, Daragh, Jarlath, Naoise or Senan .

thank you ladies...all except oisin have been rejected by dh.just asked lids 3 and 22 months if they liked oisin or xavier...one said daisy aand the other said roisin!!! helpful..noooot!

what about Orion? Always reminds me of stars.

Xavier pretty awful, imo. Anything here? Bit confused as to how an Irish name fits in with Fin and Poppy though!

fin is irish! i got away with poppy,but i've loved it since i was a child and met a beautiful african girl called poppy.he couldn't deny me!his family weren't happy though,they thought i'd picked it because i'm english and it was a reference to rememberence day...which obviously they do not acknowledge
not keen on orion,and can't see anything on the list skegness but thanks for that.sooooo difficult to pick a name you'll love for life.
i wanted ethan all the way through the last pregnancy,changed my mind at the last minute and am SO eternally glad i did!

Milo?
Padraig?
Seamus?
Moling?

My DS is Caelan, shortened to Cael (Kell).

Pronounced (Keh-linn).

This is more of a girl's name (short version of Caoilfhionn)? Or is it the Welsh name Kellan?

no thanks mathanxiety,do like milo..but then there'ws the tweenies connection! and dh has old uncles called the rest!

allets..dh's nephew has same name