My list vs. his list- please help!

Help, our baby is due in less than two weeks and we don’t agree on a boy name. We don’t know the gender, but a girl will be [name]Josephine[/name]. So, my picks are:
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Andre[/name]
[name]Anton[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]

His picks are:
Allister
[name]Frank[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]

Please help!!

I think you both have great name taste! I particularly like [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Cecil[/name], [name]Cole[/name], Allister, and [name]Gabriel[/name]. One way to compromise is to figure out what you are each looking for in a name and find a name that fits both sets of criteria.

Other names that I think would fit with the names you listed:
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Carl[/name]
[name]Atticus[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Cedric[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]

I second that, you both have very good taste :slight_smile: Some suggestions that could work (sorry for repeats):

Names like [name]Oliver[/name] & Allister:
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Eliezer[/name]
[name]Eamon[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Enzo[/name]
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Inigo[/name]
[name]Ivan[/name]

Names like [name]Cecil[/name] & [name]Gabriel[/name]:
[name]Michael[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Uriel[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Emmanuel[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Ezekiel[/name]
[name]Saul[/name]
[name]Virgil[/name]
[name]Pascal[/name]
[name]Torquil[/name]
[name]Dougal[/name]
[name]Raul[/name]

Names like [name]Frank[/name] & [name]Cole[/name]:
[name]George[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Mark[/name]
[name]Clyde[/name]
[name]Gus[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Rex[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]

Other ‘A’ names:
[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Axel[/name]
[name]Angus[/name]
[name]Archer[/name]
[name]Aaron[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Abner[/name]
[name]Adlai[/name]
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]August[/name]

[name]Hope[/name] this helped!

  • [name]Charlie[/name]

Have you asked him what he likes about the names on his list? This might give insight into finding other names he might like. Does he like any of the names on your list ( even a little)?
ideas- (sorry if there are repeats)
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Clement[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Lincoln[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Theron[/name]
[name]Lyle[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Harmon[/name]

I don’t have any fresh suggestions, but I love [name]Cecil[/name] and Allister!

[name]Glad[/name] to see that Allister gets a warm response at least. It is far and away his favorite name, but I’m bothered by the potential nicknames of [name]Al[/name] or [name]Alli[/name].