We are cutting it fine really here… my due date is 9 days away and still no name for the little boy we are expecting!
Our daughter is called [name]Eden[/name], so we are ideally looking for something similarly unusual or at least outside the usual Top 50s - though not brave enough for anything too off the wall.
The names we currently like, but somehow havent struck us as the ‘right one’ are
[name]Gilbert[/name]-Really like this and would be on-board for a [name]Gilbert[/name] revival! Strongly dislike [name]Gilby[/name], though. Would prefer full [name]Gilbert[/name] or [name]Gill[/name].
[name]Jed[/name]/[name]Ned[/name]-[name]Jed[/name] id a bit country-bumpkin for me. I like [name]Jud/name better. [name]Ned[/name] is awesome but only as a nn for [name]Edward[/name].
[name]George[/name]- [name]LOVE[/name], but not sure it’s right with [name]Eden[/name].
[name]Beau[/name]-Cute, and works with [name]Eden[/name].
[name]Monty[/name]-Not digging this one. I hate names where you really have to enunciate the ‘T’ sound. Feels silly and forced to me.
[name]Milo[/name]-I’m kind of getting tired of this one.
[name]Otto[/name]-Like it!
[name]Giles[/name]-Meh.
[name]Barnaby[/name]-Kind of cartoon villain-ish.
[name]Elliott[/name]-Too cutesy with [name]Eden[/name].
[name]Theo[/name]-Meh again.
[name]Gabrial[/name]-Would prefer [name]Gabriel[/name]. Like this one!
Top picks: [name]Beau[/name], [name]Edward[/name] nn [name]Ned[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name] nn [name]Gabe[/name]. Honorable Mention: [name]Otto[/name] and [name]Gilbert[/name]. Like them but not sure how well they go with [name]Eden[/name].
Anyways, I love [name]Beau[/name] and [name]Elliot[/name]. If you don’t mind two E names you could go with [name]Elliot[/name]. Some other E names are [name]Emmet[/name], [name]Everett[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Eli[/name], or [name]Elijah[/name]. [name]Beau[/name] is cute yet handsome. I think I would go with [name]Beau[/name]. Good luck
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw your daughter’s name [name]Eden[/name] was the Bible’s “Garden of [name]Eden[/name]”. The Bible is a great source of names.
Bible Place Names
[name]Canaan[/name]
[name]Jericho[/name]
Actually bedhead I was trying to ascertain what type of name she was after. You say you aren’t aggressive but you are following me around this site making nasty comments about everything I say. This is the third one! You are a bully.
I find it hard to believe [name]Eden[/name] is in the top 50 but I do realize it is growing in popularity… either way, beautiful choice, I love that name!
As for a brother I like:
[name]Dashiell[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Montgomery[/name], nn [name]Monte[/name]/[name]Monty[/name]
[name]Beau[/name]
[name]Nolan[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
[name]Shepard[/name]
[name]Max[/name]
[name]Tate[/name]
[name]Jonah[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Owen[/name] (though may sound too close to [name]Eden[/name]?)
[name]Oscar[/name], nn [name]Oz[/name]
[name]How[/name] about [name]Theodore[/name], nn could be [name]Ted[/name] or [name]Theo[/name]? [name]Myles[/name], similar to [name]Milo[/name], [name]Giles[/name] and [name]Monty[/name]?
[name]Gilbert[/name] ([name]Gilby[/name]) - love this, but if you are in the UK I get the sense that this is increasingly popular? Not BIG, but perhaps not as unusual as [name]Eden[/name]
[name]Jed[/name] / [name]Ned[/name] - [name]Jed[/name] I am not wild about, but I adore [name]Ned[/name].
[name]George[/name] - I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]George[/name]. It’s a great classic, old world name that for some reason hasn’t been radically reclaimed by the masses like [name]James[/name] and [name]Charles[/name]. I’d use it except we have a Jaw sound in our (ridiculously overlong hyphenated) surname.
[name]Beau[/name] - Hmm. Really? [name]Just[/name] too soap opera for me (You know how there’s a [name]Beau[/name] [name]Brady[/name] in Days of our Lives - or there was fifteen years ago - well, there used to be an actor called [name]Beau[/name] [name]Brady[/name] on Home and Away. Yeah, on behalf of Australia, sorry about Home and Away.)
[name]Monty[/name] - So cute. If I had become a mother at 16 my baby boy would have been Soul [name]Montgomery[/name]. yes well. probably good I waited till I was 28 before procreating.
[name]Milo[/name] - lovely. It feels like its on the rise, but that might just be a namenerd thing and not a real life thing.
[name]Otto[/name] - One of my absolute favourites.
[name]Giles[/name] - Funny, my daughter mention this the other day. I like it! It’s got the [name]Miles[/name] factor but is a lot more unusual.
[name]Barnaby[/name] - GORGEOUS! Wow, you really came up with many of my favourites.
[name]Elliot[/name] - Mm, I see why people like this name, it really is a great soft-sounding but still manly boy’s name. But it doesn’t quite kick it for me.
[name]Theo[/name] - cute, sweet, simple. But not as unusual as [name]Eden[/name]
[name]Gabrial[/name] / [name]Gabe[/name] - lovely, but I would spell it [name]Gabriel[/name].
My favourites are [name]George[/name], [name]Monty[/name], [name]Otto[/name] and [name]Barnaby[/name].
You might also like:
[name]Rupert[/name] (It’s the [name]Giles[/name] thing that made me think of it, will be lost on you if you are not in any way a [name]Buffy[/name] fan)
[name]Dougal[/name]
[name]Mungo[/name] (oh all right, almost no one likes this but me)
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
Thanks so much for your thoughts…really appreciate you taking the time. My short list is now much shorter…just need to see if he looks like a [name]George[/name], [name]Milo[/name] or [name]Otto[/name]!!
First of all, thank for leading me towards the supername [name]Eden[/name]! I love it! Its me 2nd favoriete girl name. I
I think [name]Finn[/name] goes well with [name]Eden[/name]
From your list i only like [name]Elliot[/name] and [name]Gabriel[/name] (not [name]Gabrial[/name])
Im gonna suggest some of my fave names.
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Finn[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Cole[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Beckett[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] and [name]Quinn[/name]
I’m not “following you”, get over your self. I’m sorry you thought ‘really helpful’ was a “nasty comment”. I just thought it was complete unhelpful, random, and unnecessary to tell her [name]Eden[/name] is a popular name when she’s asking for help on boy names.
I love [name]Milo[/name].
More ideas-
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Jarvis[/name]
[name]Levi[/name]
[name]Fletcher[/name]
[name]Josiah[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
I also posted this in reply on the other thread, but to reiterate, I like [name]Rowan[/name]. I like that it’s also nature inspired and that it and [name]Eden[/name] have the -n sound. [name]Just[/name] a thought. No idea if that works with the last name. I like [name]Milo[/name] and [name]Otto[/name] as well.
I love the name [name]Otto[/name] is one of my absolute favorites. I also love the name [name]Eden[/name] and I think they are lovely together. [name]Otto[/name] and [name]Eden[/name] definitely gets my vote.
[name]Otto[/name] definitely would work, I don’t think I saw that before. The other name that would work is a name I would like for a future son: [name]Arlo[/name]. I actually like [name]Charles[/name] nickname [name]Arlo[/name] (just so he has the option later in life for a more ‘formal’ name) though [name]Arlo[/name] would work on its own too!
