I have 3 little girls and am expecting baby 4, a surprise!
Picking a boys name has got harder over the years as more of our good friends have children and ‘take’ all the great names!
my husband and I have agreed that we both want a strong, not too common but not too unusual name for a boy.
Our girls are [name]Halle[/name], [name]Edie[/name] and [name]Lila[/name].
Our current favourites are [name]Zeke[/name] and [name]Jude[/name].
[name]Zeke[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Zeke[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
[name]Zeke[/name] [name]Donovan[/name] (my husband’s name)
Other names we love but can’t have because of close friends / family are [name]Finn[/name] and [name]Oliver[/name]. We love [name]Harry[/name], [name]Jack[/name] and [name]Will[/name] but these names are SO popular in Australia, between my big girls’ school grades there are 4 [name]Harrys[/name], 5 Jacks and 4 [name]Wills[/name]! That’s out of 60 children, crazy.
Does anyone have any suggestions for names for us?
WDYT of [name]Jude[/name] and [name]Zeke[/name] with our MNs?
Thankyou!
Thankyou east93, your suggestions are great, I think I’m swinging towards [name]Jude[/name] [name]Henry[/name] too. It IS dashing, classic and modern sounding at the same time. DH is leaning towards [name]Zeke[/name] but can’t settle on a MN he likes.
I love [name]Zeke[/name] and [name]Jude[/name]! [name]Jude[/name] especially. I really love [name]Donovan[/name] as a MN for them both–but I think [name]Jude[/name] [name]Donovan[/name] is especially brilliant! I also like [name]Oliver[/name] as a mn for them both. Have you considered [name]Jude[/name] [name]Finley[/name]? When I was first considering [name]Jude[/name] as a FN, [name]Jude[/name] [name]Finley[/name] was one of my top choices. I had really loved [name]Jude[/name] [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Jude[/name] [name]Elijah[/name], and [name]Jude[/name] [name]Harper[/name], too, if those interest you.
ashthedreamer [name]Donovan[/name] is my husband’s name so I just love it but he feels like it would be a bit narcissistic to name his son after himself. I think it’s just fine as a MN and sounds great too.
Thanks rachelxoxo. I love family names too. I guess my husband is a bit shy about it, being his name. He has alwaysbeen known by a nickname anyway, most people don’t even know his real name!
Unlike most berries, I’m not a fan of [name]Jude[/name]. I am, however, a big fan of [name]Zeke[/name]. My favorite from your list is [name]Zeke[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]. I do like the idea of [name]Zeke[/name] [name]Donovan[/name], but if your husband isn’t comfortable with it I guess you can’t do it? [name]Donovan[/name] has such a solid, handsome air about it; it’s hard to pass up.
[name]Zeke[/name] [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Jude[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] are my favorites.
I must say that I love both of your top names and all your combinations. I really think you can’t go wrong.
Others in a similar vein:
[name]Zane[/name]
[name]Saul[/name]
[name]Gage[/name]
[name]Tate[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
I ran all the replies past my husband and he has changed his mind on using his given name as a middle name, he was thinking more of the “His Name [name]Jr[/name].” thing for a son, it isn’t his style. So we just love [name]Jude[/name] [name]Donovan[/name].
However, we also just adore [name]Zeke[/name] [name]Henry[/name].
I think we’ll leave these two as our final choices and see which one suits our future little man - should we get a boy
Thanks for your help ladies x
I really love [name]Donovan[/name] as a MN for them both–but I think [name]Jude[/name] [name]Donovan[/name] is especially brilliant! I also like [name]Oliver[/name] as a mn for them both. Have you considered [name]Jude[/name] [name]Finley[/name]? When I was first considering [name]Jude[/name] as a FN, [name]Jude[/name] [name]Finley[/name] was one of my top choices. I had really loved [name]Jude[/name] [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Jude[/name] [name]Elijah[/name], and [name]Jude[/name] [name]Harper[/name], too, if those interest you.