Mamas & Papas
We are having a hard time coming up with a name for our second. We'd prefer a traditional name. The following are off the table because there are too many in the immediate family- Gregory Joseph Michael Edward Anthony James Alexander. The following we've considered but don't love- Nathaniel Ignatius Theodore John Paul George Thaddeus Bartholemew Charles Samuel Christopher Andrew William Henry Richard and Daniel.
We welcome your suggestions.
F. B.
Thanks for all your suggestions. Benjamin and Grant are actually two we have too many of. Would you believe that we have a 7 year old Benjamin, and a soon to be two year old Benjamin. Also we have two Grants, who are known to us as Grant the elder, and little Grant. We have a handful of Steven's too.
We won't be doing Ringo.
Please keep them coming.
We also wanted traditional names that couldn't be mispronounced or misspelled. We also didn't want really popular names. We decided on David and Patrick. Worked out great!!
Also love:
Andrew
Thomas
Everyone always forgets about Ringo!
Rudy, Max, Nate, Zachary, Jude, Adam, Owen, Ian, Finn, Benjamin.
I've always liked:
Thomas
Phillip
Mark (or Marc)
Timothy
Adrian
Nicholas
Stephen (or Steven)
Lucas
If you want to continue along the traditional lines, you might want to google or bing british monarchy baby names and see what comes up. I believe they have a prescribed list of names they have to choose from. That list might give you some suggestions.
Good luck in finding a name,and have fun in this exciting time!
ignatius??
jeffrey, keith, brian, carl, david, ronald, mark, jason, jack, adam.
khairete
S.
You forgot Ringo there.
I've always liked Marshall and Marcus.
Hi F.,
Peter, Thomas, Noah, Timothy, Kevin, Stephen
Congrats!
T. Y
My son is Josh (Joshua) and I love it. It's traditional, classic, easy to spell. Surprisingly, we don't encounter too many other Josh's and he is the only one in his grade at school.
I also like Andrew a lot, which I see on your list.
I do not consider Ignatius, Thaddeus or Bartholomew to be traditional - these days, no one has those names and I would consider them to be pretty unique, even though they have all been around for a long time.
Other ones that come to mind:
Steven
Benjamin
David
Matthew
Nicholas
Benjamin! Our son's name. It's classic and there aren't too many Bens out there right now with people going trendy.
Martin, Gus, Robert, Max, Vernon, Lloyd
How about Robert - John - Kenneth -Timothy - Adam - Jack - Dennis - Gerald - Steven - Eric - Jerry - Charles - Owen - Ronald - Mark - Lewis - Thomas..oops, just noticed that Charles is already on your list.
I would remove the ones you considered and don't like, that will help narrow it down.
Put the rest into a hat and you and hubby pick one name each.
Mark
David
Aaron
Austin
Phillip
Walter
Eric
Out of the names you considered I like:
William-very popular right now
Henry-was popular, but still a classic
Theodore (some great nicknames and this name has not been used too much lately, so seems fresh again).
How about:
Benjamin
Mathew or Matthias
Christian
Jonathan
Joseph
(some of my suggestions might be on your 'no' list since they seem kind of obvious class/traditional choices).
David, Mark, Gabriel, Isaac, Aaron, Benjamin, Caleb, John or Jonathon, Peter, Adam, Asa.
You left Ringo off your list.
My son's name is Benjamin and there are a TON of them out there now. He was in a camp group where 4 of the 10 kids were named Benjamin (and some of the kids were girls).
A few of my favorites that haven't been mentioned:
Dylan or Dillon
Liam
Ryan
Good luck! :)
Your family names sound like the ones in my extended family :) I personally like Henry
Spencer
Jack (another version of James or John)
Abraham or Abe for short
Zackary - Zack for short
Max - short for Maxwell
Caleb
Isaac
Robert
Christian or Tristan
Jacob
Lucas (Luc or Luke for short)
Matthew
Patrick
Colin, Brian, Thomas, Brendan, Kevin
Stephen, Dylan, Patrick, Jacob, Marshall, Zachary, Christian, Caleb, Nicholas, Benjamin.
Congrats, btw - when are you due?
Robert
Jeremy
Evan
Ivan
Peter
Thomas
Benjamin
Donald
Chad
Zachary
Lee
Howard
Adam
Max
Emerson
Frank
Martin
Niles
High F.,
You can never go wrong with a good old fashioned biblical name, especially for boys.
Mark
Luke
John
James
Caleb
Paul
Peter
you get the idea. Break out that King James and go to town. :-) S.
Seth, Allen, Nicholas, Peter, Louis, Craig.
Grant.
pretty traditional but not very common these days. :)
Oscar. Marcus. Thomas. Oliver.
We struggled with a name for our second and third. Try to find two you think are OK and then go from there. I didn't love either of their names but I do now :-)
Cornielus, Gerald, Norman, Melvin, Russell, Donald, Denis, Arthur, David, Derek, Dylan, Tyler, Martin, Thomas, Milton, Larry, Terry, Gary, Alan, Dale, Ingvart, Logan, Kelsey, Mitchell, Timothy, Lucas, Jason, Ethan, Evan, Clayton, Brody, Cain, Bradley, Ryan, Everett, Scott, Duane,
i am sure i know of more names but these are the ones that i can think of off the top of my head. most are names of people in my family.
With as many ethnicities in the USA: Native American, black, white, etc.
From which racial group's tradition are you looking?
Good morning,
I have always loved Micah. Maybe not as traditional as you were thinking, but it's biblical. And it won't work for mine so you're welcome to it :P
