Another "help me find a name" thread

HELP!!!

DH and I are at a bit of a dead end when it comes to choosing a name for our baby boy. We both like fairly "traditional" or not-so-out-there names and I'd like the name to be two or more syllables to go with our one syllable surname. Our surname begins with B and I think B names sound a bit funny with it too

I'd quite like an Irish or Celtic name, I know that generally rules out "traditional" or easy names but I wouldn't mind if I really loved the name. I just haven't found one I love yet!

Complicating matters is the fact that between DH and I we have something like 40 first cousins/brothers/nephews/uncles and THEY all have nice, safe names like Michael, Ben, Alex, James, Daniel, William, Matthew .... etc etc.

Both my Dad and FIL are John so we're fairly settled on that as a second name at the moment.

AND Callum's name is the same first initial as SILs DS1 which we didn't think was an issue but has turned out the grandparents/great grandparents/great aunts on DHs side of the family are forever calling the two boys the other one's name IYGWIM! So for that reason we don't really want a name beginning with C or E (nephew2) either!!

Any suggestions?!    Please help!

Hehe! I love the name Josh/ua - it's on our list!

ETA - but one of the first kids I nannied was a Josh and I'm still in touch with the family so it's not at the top of the list unfortunately.

Edited by kiwisj

I tend to like really old "style" english names ..

Hugo
Rupert

I do quite like Llewellyn but that isnt two syllables.

Keiran I think it's spelt Cairen or Ciaren in Irish (correct me someone if I am wrong!)

Cian     "kee-in", Cillian "kill-ee-ann", Conor and Cormac are nice (if you can't tell I'm on a name site link)

Sean is also a good one too!

Also another reason Conor is cool is because there is a woman in Lily's playgroup whose boy is named Conor and it happened to be her maiden name, is it possible for you to have your maiden name as a first name?

More than two syllables is fine too! I just think three one syllable names (first, middle, last) sounds a bit odd.

Sigh. Why do all my friends have to have boys already? We have Hugh and Hyugo in our circle of friends already.

Patrick - not very celtic but is very Irish

Yep, thats what I sing whenever I see the name too .. I could imagine myself singing to my baby Rupert.

Thankfully SDs cousin is called Rupert .. so now I sing to an Elias instead.

I like Cian too

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Edited by jano1

Eoin/Eoghan prenounced Owen
Darragh/Dara
Fergal
Finian
Oisin

Can't think of any more boy Irish names are hard its why neither of mine have one dh vetoed them cause he is Eoin and nobody gets it right over here

Me too Kelly altho I think Callum and Daniel sound good together too. Patrick was going to be Callum's name for ages but we changed our minds at the last minute.

What do you guys think of using one of thr names from a previous baby? As in, it was on the shortlist last time ... sometimes it seems weird in my head to also think of this one as Patrick ... Does that make sense to anyone but me?!