Baby boy name

yourdeadwright

Hey guys
We are expecting a baby on the 1st of January , we have the name picked if it is a girl but are unsure if it is a boy,
What do people prefer of the four below
FINN, JACOB,LEO ,HUGO ?

Romantic Rose

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Hey guys
We are expecting a baby on the 1st of January , we have the name picked if it is a girl but are unsure if it is a boy,
What do people prefer of the four below
FINN, JACOB,LEO ,HUGO ?

I love the name Finn but probably because I pass by the river Finn in Donegal everyday.

Love them all to be honest but I could take or leave Leo.

yourdeadwright

Romantic Rose wrote: »

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Hey guys
We are expecting a baby on the 1st of January , we have the name picked if it is a girl but are unsure if it is a boy,
What do people prefer of the four below
FINN, JACOB,LEO ,HUGO ?

I love the name Finn but probably because I pass by the river Finn in Donegal everyday.

Love them all to be honest but I could take or leave Leo.

Its getting to the stage now where it'll be deciding when we see the baby

catrionanic

I like them all. My only reservation would be that Hugo is a jokey stereotype of a super posh English boy (think Eton and straw boaters!)... so I’d be a bit worried he would be judged on his name if you know what I mean? But it is a lovely name.

We had a baby boy last January, and like you, really struggled with boy names (had a girl name picked). He was nameless when he was born, and then the name Liam just came from nowhere that night and that was it. I thought that, “you’ll know when you see them” was nonsense, but turned out to be true for us.

tommythecat

You don't want your baby named after the current Taoiseach!!

SusieBlue

I love Finn, Jacob is ok, and I don't like the other two.

Day Lewin

January Jacob? Cream Crackers? I wouldn't.
Shortened to Jake, it's ok.
Names ending in O are classy, in my opinion. (One of my sons has an --o name) - Hugo, Milo, Bruno, Leo....
Enjoy the game, it is a a rare privilege to name another person.
And best of luck with your new baby!

Craggo

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Hey guys
We are expecting a baby on the 1st of January , we have the name picked if it is a girl but are unsure if it is a boy,
What do people prefer of the four below
FINN, JACOB,LEO ,HUGO ?

Don’t call the poor child Leo! The last thing we want is another varadkar knocking about. Jacob sounds the best.

yourdeadwright

Seem Varadkar has ruined a nice name for People, he'll be out of sight and out of mind in a year or two ,

Pawwed Rig

Day Lewin wrote: »

Names ending in O are classy, in my opinion. (One of my sons has an --o name) - Hugo, Milo, Bruno, Leo....
!

Yeah my buds Anto, Steo and Mullo are well classy

LandoCalrissian

Finn - Love
Jacob - Like
Leo and Hugo - no thanks

You wanted honesty I presume

yourdeadwright

LandoCalrissian wrote: »

Finn - Love
Jacob - Like
Leo and Hugo - no thanks

You wanted honesty I presume

Yes of course:)

mordeith

LandoCalrissian wrote: »

Finn - Love
Jacob - Like
Leo and Hugo - no thanks

You wanted honesty I presume

+1

khaldrogo

yourdeadwright wrote:

Hey guys We are expecting a baby on the 1st of January , we have the name picked if it is a girl but are unsure if it is a boy, What do people prefer of the four below FINN, JACOB,LEO ,HUGO ?

Pretentious.........imo

khaldrogo

Day Lewin wrote:

January Jacob? Cream Crackers? I wouldn't. Shortened to Jake, it's ok. Names ending in O are classy, in my opinion. (One of my sons has an --o name) - Hugo, Milo, Bruno, Leo.... Enjoy the game, it is a a rare privilege to name another person. And best of luck with your new baby!

Anto????

Day Lewin

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Yeah my buds Anto, Steo and Mullo are well classy

A fine old Dublin tradition, Patto.

Day Lewin

khaldrogo wrote: »

Anto????

Ah, Rollo - and Khal Drogo. Even Frodo!

bee06

I like Finn. We have Fionn on our list but are really struggling for boys names as well. We’re going to do the wait and see what he/she looks like before deciding anyway.

Pidae.m

Hugo was ours last time but we’d a girl

Martina1991

When i hear Hugo I think of Bart's evil twin in the Simpsons.

Teyla Emmagan

I don't like Leo. Nothing to do with Mr Varadkar.

Finn is the best of those IMO.

shesty

Hugh instead of Hugo, if unsure?!

pwurple

Leo is the only one I’d pick, the others are a bit too dublin for me... but then again, you are in Dublin, so why not pick name that is Fashionable there.


But really, there is nothing wrong with any of them. It’s very personal. Toss them into a hat if you cannot decide.

heldel00

Due in Jan.
Leo has always been my boy's name.
Teaching has spoiled a lot of good names for me and even though i have the boldest little yoke in my class called Leo i still love it! Works very well with our surname IMO

Wesser

All 4 are awful.

Pawwed Rig

I hate Finn actually. Leo is not bad. Hugo is a bit pretentious for my liking. Jacob is too biblical.

neonsofa

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I hate Finn actually. Leo is not bad. Hugo is a bit pretentious for my liking. Jacob is too biblical.

I love biblical names despite being a heathen :pac:
I love Jacob as an official name and Jake for everyday use. I love Isaac too and Elijah, Zach and Eli for short.
I'd pick Jacob. Not a fan of the others. Don't like Finn at all.

I realise you didn't ask for alternatives to your 4 suggestions but just putting them out there!

Delphinium

Whatever you choose make sure he won’t spend his life telling people how to spell or pronounce it. Also if he is to be know by a short version use that as his official name. I’m sick of signing my full name on documents as it has never been used as my name.

yourdeadwright

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Its getting to the stage now where it'll be deciding when we see the baby

Yes you will. We had a shortlist of names but when I saw my daughter they seemed far too "girly" for the 9 pound, two foot long giant that I delivered Whatever you plan, you'll possibly change your mind completely when you see the baby.

Blndbby

Jacob is nice. We considered Hugo ...but then I realised it sounds like U Go.... !!!!

borderlinemeath

Finn would be my least favourite
I like Hugo
I love Leo (was on my list, as was Theo)
I met a baby Jacob last week, think it's lovely

Dravokivich

Practice chanting the name, just to be sure it works.

Neyite

Dravokivich wrote: »

Practice chanting the name, just to be sure it works.

Yes, yell the full name including middle names and surname up the stairs to see how it works adding the words "if you don't get down here right this minute, we are going without you!" for maximum effect.

ted1

When ylrhe baby arrives you might decide on a different name. Baby’s have little personalities see what works when he or she arrives.

We called our youngest Hugo. I guess living in Killiney made us pretentious

Tom Mann Centuria

Finn - Hipster
Leo - Varadkar
Jacob - Old Testament
Hugo - English Public School idiot

no.8

Delphinium wrote:

Whatever you choose make sure he won’t spend his life telling people how to spell or pronounce it. Also if he is to be know by a short version use that as his official name. I’m sick of signing my full name on documents as it has never been used as my name.

Nonsense. You get that nearly everywhere while on your travels and it's actually quite a way to break the ice in scenarios / get into a conversation (don't have a difficult to pronounce name, rather a long name 10+ letters). I would be genuinely ticked off if my name was officially documented in short-form at birth, without my consent. It takes a while to write it vs.
most names but in time I grew to love that.

I like Finn, possibly more common. Leo is a bit short for me (:D). Hugo or Hugh (depends on the parents gut feeling) and Jacob is quite nice / works well at all ages.

no.8

Tom Mann Centuria wrote:

Finn - Hipster Leo - Varadkar Jacob - Old Testament Hugo - English Public School idiot

....or Hugo...a name quite common in Latin speaking countries with no association to English public schools

borderlinemeath

no.8 wrote: »

Nonsense. You get that nearly everywhere while on your travels and it's actually quite a way to break the ice in scenarios / get into a conversation (don't have a difficult to pronounce name, rather a long name 10+ letters). I would be genuinely ticked off if my name was officially documented in short-form at birth, without my consent. It takes a while to write it vs.
most names but in time I grew to love that.

I like Finn, possibly more common. Leo is a bit short for me (:D). Hugo or Hugh (depends on the parents gut feeling) and Jacob is quite nice / works well at all ages.

To me, Finn sounds shorter, as it's monosyllabic. Probably why I'm not all that drawn to it from the OPs list - I myself have a monosyllabic forename and surname and I've always thought it sounds very blunt. I always fancied something a bit longer!

Delphinium

no.8 wrote: »

Nonsense. You get that nearly everywhere while on your travels and it's actually quite a way to break the ice in scenarios / get into a conversation (don't have a difficult to pronounce name, rather a long name 10+ letters). I would be genuinely ticked off if my name was officially documented in short-form at birth, without my consent. It takes a while to write it vs.
most names but in time I grew to love that.

I like Finn, possibly more common. Leo is a bit short for me (:D). Hugo or Hugh (depends on the parents gut feeling) and Jacob is quite nice / works well at all ages.

I am telling you of my experience. My official name means nothing to me as it was never used since my birth. I love the shortened version as it's fairly unusual and differentiates me from cousins who were also named for a grandparent.
Told priest who married me that I would say no if he used the official version during the ceremony but I did have to sign the register using the long version. Seems I am legally married but my husband often jokes that he has a get out of jail card!!
I feel that it doesn't suit me and always like I am signing for another person.

ted1

Your signature can be anything, it doesn’t have to be your full name. You seem to be hung up on it.

John Mason

I like all of them. we have a Leo so slightly biased on that one

s7ryf3925pivug

I see these Facebook posts of this guy's dog named Hugo, and I always think, that's a great name for a dog.

nikpmup

I laugh at these posts; potential baby names are the only times a person's name is openly scoffed! My son is Hugo, my nephew is Leo, and I'm pretty certain that if I met any of you IRL and introduced them, you wouldn't dream of telling me that Hugo sounds like a pretentious twat! And, FWIW, my 8yr old nephew thinks it's cool that he is named after the Taoiseach, and no adult has to date slagged him about it! Both myself and my partner have slightly unusual names (in my case, there hasn't been one child called my name in about 5 yrs according to the CSO!) and I like that all three of us have names that not many others have.
OP, call your son whatever you like, once he's named, people's opinions won't matter, and he'll become that name. I think all the names are nice.
(but maybe not Hugo, I like that there's not many of them around )