I Need Boy Names (edit: because its a boy)

[starfishy]

Congrats!!

Our boy list right now is Benjamin, Nicholas, and Edward. DH also loves Calvin.
Other maybes are Matthew, Henry, Bradley, Oliver
Other names we like but can't use Joseph, Charles, Timothy, Jonathan/John, Daniel, and James.
Obviously, my favorite is Thomas so we are having a hard time choosing a boy name.

[MissMusic]

I think I just dislike most boy names in general

Maybe I'll just wait until delivery and name him after a website for $1 million or whatever they offer nowadays.

"Yes, his name is GetRich Dotcom. Its a family name."

[MissMusic]

Oct 9, 2015 15:15:03 GMT -5 aimeefarrahfowler said:

Oct 9, 2015 15:04:34 GMT -5 summergirl1211 said:

I also love Evan, Noah, Lucas, Logan (this would have been Riley's name if she were a he!). Lots of good suggestions out there!

Also, I'm betting your H is happy now that you guys didn't name Lillian Isis!

This is totally OT, but I remember when there was the whole discussion about what to name this board and someone actually suggested Isis. The reaction was like - are you f-ing serious? come on, read a newspaper. Or Buzzfeed. Anything.

Its a stripper name.  I can't believe I had that argument with him for MONTHS.  DH is soooo down to earth and shockingly normal, and then THAT.

Edit: and lets not forget that a terrorist group with the same name started making headlines shortly after our kids arrived.  That would have been awkward.

I'm bummed that we didn't use my grandmother's name (Irene) for L's middle name and now we don't have another girl, but it may have been worth it to strike Isis from the list.

[roo1582]

Well, our boy name list was Andrew, Joshua and Wesley. We ended up nixing Wesley since I didn't like it with Kayleigh (the Lee sound at the end of both). I also liked Adam and Ethan. Boy names were a billion times worse for us than girl names.

[sarasansh]

Oct 9, 2015 12:27:01 GMT -5 aimeefarrahfowler said:

Congrats on the boy! How exciting.

I think Alexander is a great name

My favorites that were vetoed by H:

Connor, Calvin, Benjamin

and if you name him Calvin, you can crochet a stuffed Hobbes like this and it would be the greatest thing ever

+1 for Calvin!

My friend named her boys Zane and Felix, which I like.

[sarasansh]

Dominic, Arthur, August, Gideon, Tobias.

[MissMusic]

DH just came across "Killian".

Lillian and Killian.

He doesn't know what the big deal is...

[britbratjf]

Oct 9, 2015 19:41:04 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

DH just came across "Killian".

Lillian and Killian.

He doesn't know what the big deal is...

Oh wow. That would be bad. I do like the name Killian but nope you don't need rhyming names!

[sarasansh]

What about Kieran instead of Killian?

[MissMusic]

Oct 9, 2015 19:57:59 GMT -5 sarasansh said:

What about Kieran instead of Killian?

No no   Trendy!

[mommymadness]

Hmm what about Cedric, Byron, Wyatt, Ethan, Mason or Jude?

[junkytrunk]

I know a guy named Weston, so a little different and not as common as Wesley

[somethingcleverer]

My favorites are Alex, Andrew, Colin, Connor Ethan or Nathan/Nathaniel.

Shane was almost Liam or Declan which are pretty popular in my area.

Another name that hasn't been mentioned is Tristan.

[babywinks]

Oct 9, 2015 19:41:04 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

DH just came across "Killian".

Lillian and Killian.

He doesn't know what the big deal is...

You would HAVE to try for the trifecta with a Jillian.

[babywinks]

Oct 9, 2015 7:30:31 GMT -5 babywinks said:

Malcolm, Caleb, Richard, John, Alex, Nathan

Names I love: Charles (Charlie), James, Connor, Xander, Alex, Andrew (Drew)

So I was really hoping you would be more amused by all the Nathan Fillion character name references. Did you miss them? Or am I just not as funny as I think I am?

[MissMusic]

Oct 9, 2015 22:05:07 GMT -5 babywinks said:

Oct 9, 2015 7:30:31 GMT -5 babywinks said:

Malcolm, Caleb, Richard, John, Alex, Nathan

Names I love: Charles (Charlie), James, Connor, Xander, Alex, Andrew (Drew)

So I was really hoping you would be more amused by all the Nathan Fillion character name references. Did you miss them? Or am I just not as funny as I think I am?

I MISSED THEM!  My friend have already put in for Mal and Richard but DH sees right through it  

Its me not you HAHAHA!

[trixi282]

Oct 9, 2015 21:41:16 GMT -5 somethingcleverer said:

Another name that hasn't been mentioned is Tristan.

I was going to say Tristan... it is one of my favorite boy names but was 100% nixed by H early on when we were pregnant with Joey.

Some of these I think have been offered up already, but I can't keep track, so forgive me... some of these are boy names I offered up for our spawn, some made our list, some were vetoed... others are names of friends kiddos or just names I've come across that could work.  Girls names were much easier for us than boys.  Boys were always much more debated, and I'll admit, I was a bit pickier too... I don't *love* a lot of boy names.

Everette, Miles/Myles, Elliot, Emmett, Preston, Ari

Side note I saw you list Chase (J would have been Chase if she were a boy)  

Names my husband proposed.... Kirby, Hubert, Harmon  

[justbeth]

I like mostly traditional names for a boy. Patrick, Adam, Matthew, Jack, Luke, Charlie, William. But also like Liam, Jude, Emmett. If Emma has been a boy her name was already picked (family name) and would have been easy for us, but we won't get to use it- Bennett.

[tribute17]

Oct 11, 2015 10:36:32 GMT -5 justbeth said:

I like mostly traditional names for a boy. Patrick, Adam, Matthew, Jack, Luke, Charlie, William. But also like Liam, Jude, Emmett. If Emma has been a boy her name was already picked (family name) and would have been easy for us, but we won't get to use it- Bennett.

You and I must have similar taste.  Both of our names are listed.  We also like Bennett but it doesn't go well with our last name.  

[xanthepants]

Ike. That was our only name of agreement for a boy. I still love it. Strong and succinct.

[USCgirl]

MissMusic, congrats on team blue! We wanted names ending in an "e" sound, so we will be using Riley for our little guy. Some others on our list were Westley, Kinley and Bradley. My sister just named her son Brayden and his middle name is Scott, which I also like as a first name. Good luck!

[mrsplaydoh]

Catching up today from staycation so just want to say Congratulations on finding out its a boy!!! Love Marcus!

[MissMusic]

Thank you for all the suggestions!

So far the traditional names are striking me: Benjamin, Matthew, David. Other names I like are Marcus and Westley, so at least I have a "like" list now and not a "never ever" list!

I DO like Scott and Michael, but those were names of guys I had major relationships with so...haha no!

[mommymadness]

Lol my ds's name is Benjamin, mh is Matthew and my dad is David!

[MissMusic]

Oct 13, 2015 21:14:22 GMT -5 mommymadness said:

Lol my ds's name is Benjamin, mh is Matthew and my dad is David!

You've got some strong, classic names in your family, I love it!

Our male family names are not great: Manuel, Antonio, and Harry.  DH's family names are all Chinese, but one of those is "David" loosely translated.  So I guess we'll see!

[tribute17]

It was so hard coming up with strong traditional names that hadn't been used in our family. We have John, Michael, James, Christopher, David, all either husband, dad, brother, uncles, etc. Patrick and William were the only ones we liked that weren't taken.

[mightythorgi]

I like Marcus!

On the list for baby A were: Angus, Lachlan, Magnus, Odin and Orion.

I also like Erik and Eugene.