Baby boys names ?

yourdeadwright

Hey guys
Just wondering what baby boy names you guys like,
We have settled on Sophia (for the moment) if its a girl but for a boy we really have no idea I never thought it would be this hard to pick one,
So any idea's or even just names you like

Tombo2001

Not being smart but if you want a sense of what names are popular, check out the CSO - these are the names that people like right now.

http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ibn/irishbabiesnames2015/

Pick one, any one, of the top 20 ......and its one of the names that "people like at the moment".

There is no name that will descend on you and be the perfect name. Its more a sense of picking something that you are comfortable with, doesn't inflict humiliation on the kid, and then you get used to it.

Tombo2001

I would add - if you want to pick something that is nice but unusual (as many people do) then try going against the grain by pick a nice name that's gone out of fashion.

This would be in Irish the likes of Dermot, Fergal, Fergus, Niall, Brendan, Seamus.

In English, Martin, Stephen, Andrew, Gerard, Gareth.

infogiver

Is there an older family member that means a lot to you?
I think its a pity that the tradition of being named after a grandfather or uncle is fading away.

yourdeadwright

Tombo2001 wrote: »

Not being smart but if you want a sense of what names are popular, check out the CSO - these are the names that people like right now.

http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/ibn/irishbabiesnames2015/

Pick one, any one, of the top 20 ......and its one of the names that "people like at the moment".

There is no name that will descend on you and be the perfect name.  Its more a sense of picking something that you are comfortable with, doesn't inflict humiliation on the kid, and then you get used to it.

Ye I suppose after 6 months you can't imagine the child with a different name if you get what I mean ,

Tombo2001

One super cool name (I thought) that I came across is Wolfie; short for Wolfgang.

Mother was German.

beans

If the child's likely to be swarthy, how about 'Dubhaltach'?

My 'boys names list' contained 'Lucifer' & 'Senan'. I rather like 'Osiris', too.

4Ad

I know someone that called their son Cassius...

I tried not to laugh ( I know, none of my business) but WTF....

beans

4Ad wrote: »

I know someone that called their son Cassius...

I tried not to laugh ( I know, none of my business) but WTF....

Classical Roman name? Not for me, but I kind of like it. I've known a Brutus which would be along similar lines. I'd draw the line at calling my son 'Caesar'

mordeith

Why are these threads called 'baby names'? It's not like they get a new name after a few years. Pick a name that you like but also one they won't hate when they're a teenager / adult.

Lux23

I like names with one syllable like Sam, Ben, Kit, Sal etc. They just seem to match any type of name.

John Mason

there is a Samson in my circle

laughed my head off at that one

juneg

Funny my dh loved the name Sophia and while I didnt mind it too much I gave all my kids with Irish names. My daughter did get Sophia as her second name and she loves it, often uses it as her internet name etc or calls herself by her two names. My boys are hardly aware of their second name. Any other Sophia/ Sofias in her school are of East European heritage though. Patryk is very popular for boys with Polish links.

Looking back I think a strong one syllable name works best for boys, Tom, Ben, Dan, Joe, Sam, Jack, Sean etc.

catrionanic

My wee boy is called Liam. It took us forever to settle on names. We eventually got a girls name, but couldn't think of anything for a boy so he was Baby No Name on his first day on earth! Liam wasn't even on a shortlist... I just thought he looked like a Liam and suggested it to my husband and he agreed. And I love his name now!

beans

I think it's funny that both 'Liam' and 'William' are in the top 10 lists for boys in the USA at the minute

catrionanic

beans wrote: »

I think it's funny that both 'Liam' and 'William' are in the top 10 lists for boys in the USA at the minute

Sure even most British don't know it's the same name!
Was surprised to see it at no. 2 in America. Thinks it's around no. 20 here in Ireland.

beans

Liam Neeson responsible for that, I'd reckon.

catrionanic

Apparently it's due to One Direction's Liam Payne!

Wardling

We had settled 100% on Oscar if our baby was a boy, which he was.

We were told prior that a name will come natural and what you've picked might not work. I dismissed this, sure a names only a name.

So Oscar it was...cue 3 days in and my OH in tears about making a mistake with his name. Never felt right and I had to agree. It just didn't work. After 6 months of being so sure oscar was the one we were left with nothing.

So after an off the cuff suggestion by a family member he's Sam now and it's perfect.

My advice would be to have your 3 favourites picked for a girl and a boy and see what fits when your holding the little bundle of joy. You'll know what's right at the time. Sorry for the long post.

Best of luck & enjoy.

Jfrost

Had Marcus Cole lined up, but it didn't happen :-(

If "Marcus" had been a girl then Robyn Sophia, but we already had Eva Marie.

Off to check in on my Eva now and remember the possibilities that weren't.

Lolococo

We picked Tom Francis after both grandfathers and I'm delighted we did.

Big Bag of Chips

Tombo2001 wrote: »

There is no name that will descend on you and be the perfect name.

That's exactly how our children were named. We had ideas of names before they were born but once they were born none of them sat right on them. So none of our children had names for a few days (one baby was 10 days before his perfect name descended!)

I know people who found out the sex, picked a name, decorated the room, complete with name plaque and have always been happy with their choice. Then I know others who waited until the baby arrived and a name eventually stuck.

Toots

If you're ever looking for a laugh, go on some of the American sites and have a look at the top 100 or so boys and girls names. We were looking through one the other night and my husband was caught between hysterics and outrage at half of them.

stevveyg

We are having a baby boy in September and are really struggling with names.. We found it much easier picking girls names. Maybe we are too fussy and overthinking them too much.

Geuze

CSO data published today.

http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibn/irishbabiesnames2016/

Geuze

evolving_doors

Tombo2001 wrote: »

One super cool name (I thought) that I came across is Wolfie; short for Wolfgang.

Mother was German.

Felix is another one... I've heard of a few auld fellas around Dublin with that name so it might do the rounds again.

A kid in my child's school is called Cooper... I never met the kid but it goes well with his surname.

evolving_doors

Geuze wrote: »

Is it me or is the 'highest climber' infographic backarseways?

ciaradx

No it climbed from 119th most popular to 83rd most popular so the graphic is correct.

evolving_doors

ciaradx wrote: »

No it climbed from 119th most popular to 83rd most popular so the graphic is correct.

Ah yes sorry I thought it was the amount of names.

Hyphy

Whatever you pick, you have to do the name tests. We do the "mad mum" test- ie can you yell this name easily if you are absolutely about to blow your top? Tongue twister names make mad mum sound like a lunitic (even more so at least!) haha.

Also the initial test. We liked a few names when we named our little girl that spelled awkard things. After all you don't want to be the kid that's named Arthur Samuel Smyth when you are 12.

Have a few options in mind as well, its aweful to get totally hooked on a name then take one look at the little and realize hes definately not suited for it.

We wrote down names we liked and checked in occasionally before our 20 week scan. I've known what girls name I wanted for ages, and my husband loved it too, but boys names we couldn't come together on at all! Thank goodness she was a girl!

Good luck!

pc7

I've heard 2 boys recently called Cuilann (as in Cú Chulainn) both have spelt it differently but I like it. We had Cian, Sam, Luke on our boys lists.

pwurple

Do a quick review of family pets as well... I know two couples who inadvertently named their baby after dogs they had when they were children. They have an attachment to the name, and couldn't quite remember why.

Teyla Emmagan

Oh yeah, I have a friend whose best friend bought a dog after my friend's first baby was born. And called the dog the same name as the baby. That went down real well...

borderlinemeath

pwurple wrote: »

Do a quick review of family pets as well... I know two couples who inadvertently named their baby after dogs they had when they were children. They have an attachment to the name, and couldn't quite remember why.

I mind dogs so lots of boys names coincided with various dogs I knew. My favourite name was also given to a few dogs! As it happened my husbands cousins baby arrived 6 weeks before ours and took the name anyway which left us in a bit of a limbo around boys names. We had a girl and our girls list was longer and far easier to decide on a name once she arrived.

I actually went back and looked at relatives in the 1911 census for name inspiration. If we had a boy, he may well have been Theo after a great uncle Theophilus.:D

Lady is a tramp

pc7 wrote: »

I've heard 2 boys recently called Cuilann (as in Cú Chulainn) both have spelt it differently but I like it.

It bothers me that Cuilann doesn't follow the "Caol le caol, leathan le leathan" rule.

I really like a couple of the newer girls names on the CSO graph above. Matilda and Indigo are both lovely. I quite like Aria too.

xzanti

I have my boys name picked already, however, since recently seeing Chulainn (here) I think I'm changing my mind I really like Chulainn, it's a very strong masculine name imo.

Lady is a tramp

xzanti wrote: »

I have my boys name picked already, however, since recently seeing Chulainn (here) I think I'm changing my mind I really like Chulainn, it's a very strong masculine name imo.

Not spelled like that though, please! The H has no business being there, for a start.

Lady is a tramp

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

Not spelled like that though, please! The H has no business being there, for a start.

Sorry that was probably a bit shorter/harsher than I meant it! Was on my phone.

I'm not 100% sure of the correct spelling, but my understanding is that the H and the I are only in Chulainn because of the "Cú" being before it. So if it's Culann on it's own (as opposed to Cú Chulainn) I would think Culann is the more correct spelling, though I'm totally open to correction on that. Chulainn definitely doesn't look right though.

Personally while I love Irish names, I'd be more inclined to just go for Cullen rather than Culann (assuming Cullen is the pronunciation you're going for.) I think a lot of people would pronounce Culann like Cool-Ann, emphasis on second syllable, it's one that you (and he) would be endlessly correcting.

Mars Bar

I had a conversation with a teacher last week about how some children you deal with will put you off names for life. I coach soccer so I mainly deal with boys and Luke, Aaron, Donnacha, Craig and Oisin are all off my list.

wherearemykeys

I have a gr? for Irish Names:

Oran
R?an
Rua
Cillian
Daire
Finn
Riley
Caolan

Loveinapril

I could name a hundred boys but no girls. We find out the gender in a month! We liked Indigo (Indi) for a while but apparently there's an Indigo on Home and Away so that's done! We like quirky names that are uncommon. I am not into fluffy girly names at all so am struggling to like any I hear. My husband loves Middle Eastern names but they all sound wrong with his surname.

Tilikum

John Mason wrote: »

there is a Samson in my circle

laughed my head off at that one

They're is in mine too, but he's a dog.

Chocolate fiend

Loveinapril wrote: »

I could name a hundred boys but no girls. We find out the gender in a month! We liked Indigo (Indi) for a while but apparently there's an Indigo on Home and Away so that's done! We like quirky names that are uncommon. I am not into fluffy girly names at all so am struggling to like any I hear. My husband loves Middle Eastern names but they all sound wrong with his surname.

I wouldn't worry about H&A it's not like everyone watches it. I don't know anyone who does. It's a great name.

ION08

Sophia? Sophie? wow, talk about unoriginal

Neyite

ION08 wrote: »

Sophia? Sophie? wow, talk about unoriginal

Mod:

Cut out the personal digs at other posters, please.

Lady is a tramp

Loveinapril wrote: »

I could name a hundred boys but no girls. We find out the gender in a month! We liked Indigo (Indi) for a while but apparently there's an Indigo on Home and Away so that's done! We like quirky names that are uncommon. I am not into fluffy girly names at all so am struggling to like any I hear. My husband loves Middle Eastern names but they all sound wrong with his surname.

What about Imogen maybe. I've always thought that to be a beautiful name. Or Iris. Also I wouldn't let the H&A thing put you off Indigo, it's just lovely!

Or for a different slant ... what about Violet? Another beautiful one.

pc7

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

What about Imogen maybe. I've always thought that to be a beautiful name. Or Iris. Also I wouldn't let the H&A thing put you off Indigo, it's just lovely!

Or for a different slant ... what about Violet? Another beautiful one.

I'd Imogen on our girls list until husband said it sounded like Imodium or some sort of medicine and ruined it. Also people would shorten it to Jen which would annoy me.