Baby boy name help!!!

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Registered: 01-18-2007
Baby boy name help!!!
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Thu, 01-18-2007 - 6:07pm

Hi all,

I'm new to this, and about seven months pregnant with a boy :) Unfortunately we can't find a name we agree on. We want a traditional-sounding name that isn't too common... I thought maybe Theodore, but he hates it. Robert, Michael, Alexander, David, and Thomas are taken in our families (multiple times as both first and middle names). Anyone have any good ideas?? Thanks!

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 6:14pm

Not sure if you're into nn's so I'll list some possible nn's too.

Everett nn Rhett

Emmett

Nathaiel nn Nate

Jeremiah nn Jem

Marcus nn Marc

James nn Jem or Jamie

Charles nn Charlie or Chaz

Zachariah nn Zack

Adam

Harrison

Nicholas nn Cole

HTH,
-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 11-01-2005
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 6:25pm
Adam
Aaron
Allen
Carl
Charles
Darren
Daniel
Edward
Edwin
Franklin
George
Henry
Harris
Isaac
Jeffrey
James
Kenneth
Lawrence
Lyle
Matthew
Maxwell
Norris
Nathan
Paul
Patrick
Richard (nn Rich or Rick)
Stephen
Samuel
Terrence
Timothy
Vincent
Walter
Wyatt
Wesley

AJ, enjoying life with C.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-29-2003
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 7:32pm

Ideas:

Peter (never used, solid, immpressive)
Paul
Robert
William
Andrew
Brian (so much better than Bryson, Brayden, etc)
Ryan
Christopher
David
Daniel
George
Henry
John
Matthew (never hear this anymore; masculine)
Samuel

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-29-2005
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 7:35pm

Depending on how common/uncommon you want (Michael, Alexander and David are all in the top 20, for example):

Thaddeus
Tate
Matthias
Phineas/Finn
Oliver (not quite in the top 200)
Simon
Henry (not quite top 100)
Harvey
Hugh
Heath
Miles/Milo
Luke/Lucas
Bridger
Thatcher
Fletcher
Dexter
Edwin
Alister
Dorian
Nolan
Adrian
Julian/Jules
Gabriel/Gabe
Gregor(y)/Rory
Corbin
Conrad
Winston
Westley/Wesley

HTH

~Kelli


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Registered: 08-26-2006
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 8:36pm
The first name I thought of was Simon, nn Sy. I will list more later...
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-14-2003
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 8:42pm
Douglas
Hugh
Timothy
Geoffrey
Howard
Frederick
Courtland
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2007
Thu, 01-18-2007 - 9:22pm

Charles, William, Nathan, Ethan, Evan, Micah, Luke, Jack, Zachary, Andrew, Clayton, Christopher, Jacob, Christian, Gavan, Kellan, Colin, Ian .....

There are so many good names. Not sure what your naming style is so I threw in the names that I like :)

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-19-2007
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 5:40am
What about James, Joseph, Cameron, Joshua, Nathan, Nathaniel, Henry, Donald, Gerald, Richard, Matthew, Luke, Johnathan, Aaron, Abraham, Issac... hopefully some of these are helpful.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-07-2006
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:37am

Gregory, is strong and classic but not too common right now.

other suggestions:

Roland
Leo
Kevin
Allen
Calvin
Warren
Martin
Peter
Duncan
Gary
Phillip
James
Harrison
Lawrence
Scott
Kenneth
Randall
Charlie
Jared
Dean
Patrick
Spencer
Bradley
Marcus
Lewis
Gerard

HTH!




Edited 1/19/2007 10:45 am ET by alaina_in07

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Carly + Phil
proud parents of our four princesses: Alaina Rhoslyn (Lainey) 2.15.07, twins Georgia Carol and Natalia Lorraine (Gigi and Talia) 7.31.08, Penelope Julia (Penny) 8.25.10 and our newest littl

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-01-2003
Fri, 01-19-2007 - 12:31pm

most traditional names are common/popular, it's hard to get around that

my favorite boys classics are Matthew, Joshua, Michael, Marcus, Gregory, Zachary, Andrew, Christopher, Luke.

others that I don't necessarily like a whole lot, but fit your criteria - Anthony, Benjamin, Nicholas, Nathan/Nathaniel, Timothy, Stephen, William

good luck