Pick Five

Boy Names
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My SO and i are trying to conceive and are working on a list of potential names. This is our top ten right now for a boy. What i want you to do is to pick five of your favorites and rank them.

The names are:
[name_m]William[/name_m] ([name_m]Way[/name_m] too popular for my liking, but i love the name so much that i can see past it)
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]

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[name_m]Henry[/name_m] - adore
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] - love, also [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m] - feel neutral about [name_m]Jesper[/name_m], love [name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] - feel neutral about [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] but adore the nicknames [name_u]Teddy[/name_u] and [name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]- feel neutral about [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] but is an honor name so will put it in my top 5, adore [name_m]Bennett[/name_m]

I feel neutral about the rest.

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  1. Thomas - I love Thomas, and I think it’s underused. Thomas feels friendly and green and I like the soft final “S”. Less excited about Tom and Tommy, but I don’t mind them.
  2. Henry - Another comfy, warm-sounding name. I don’t love the hipster predictability of it, but a classic is a classic. I have taught a couple of kids named Henry, and I just like saying it.
  3. Benjamin - Benjamin is a bouncy name. I love Ben, but saying Benjamin in full is so fun! There are a million Bens in my life, so it feels a bit overused to me, but it’s just the friendliest, most reliable name. I’ve never met a Ben I didn’t like.
  4. William - Lower only because I really dislike Liam. Actually to be honest, I don’t even love William, but I do LOVE Will. Will reminds me of Susan Cooper’s Dark is Rising series. Very British-adventure.
  5. Alexander/Edmund - I really couldn’t choose for the last spot. I like the stateliness of Alexander and the cool “x.” Edmund has the nice “m” sound and reminds me of Narnia. They’re at the bottom of the list because I grew up with a million Alex’s (boys and girls) so the name feels both ubiquitous and a bit dated, and I hate the nicknames Ed/Eddie.

This list is much more classic than I usually go for, but I like it! As for the rest, Maximillian would be #6 for the nickname Max, and the only one I really hate is Leonard – definitely not ready for a comeback.

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  1. [name_m]Henry[/name_m] -literary, sweet but strong
  2. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] - classic but cool, fresh, youthful but mature
    3)[name_m]Maximillian[/name_m] -lovethe granduer and the possibility of nn [name_u]Max[/name_u]
    4)[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] - classic, soft but strong
  3. [name_m]Jesper[/name_m] -intiriguing and nice sounding
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Sure.

Here are my top five:

  1. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]

  2. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]

  3. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]

  4. [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]

  5. [name_m]William[/name_m]

I would have put [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] & [name_m]William[/name_m] ahead of [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] if it weren’t for nn potential. I think that [name_m]Ben[/name_m]/[name_m]Benny[/name_m]/[name_m]Benji[/name_m] are all adorable, but don’t care for [name_m]Tom[/name_m]/[name_m]Tommy[/name_m]/[name_m]Will[/name_m]/[name_m]Bill[/name_m] etc. (yet do like [name_u]Billy[/name_u]!) .

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps. :slight_smile:

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  1. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]: I feel the same way about this man me the same way u feel about [name_m]William[/name_m]. It’s so popular but I love it so much I could definitely see using it.
  2. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] “Bash”
  3. [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
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  1. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]William[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
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  1. [name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
  3. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
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  1. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Jesper[/name_m] (Also, I’ve always loved the nn Jes)
  3. [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
  4. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
  5. [name_m]William[/name_m]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this is helpful! :slight_smile:

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  1. [name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
  2. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (particularly with nickname [name_u]Sasha[/name_u])
  3. [name_m]Henry[/name_m] (not so much with nickname [name_m]Hank[/name_m] though)
  4. [name_m]William[/name_m] (especially with nickname [name_m]Wim[/name_m]…oh how I adore “[name_m]Wim[/name_m]”)
  5. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
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[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
Side note: I have never met a male named [name_u]Sasha[/name_u]. Only girls, female dogs and cats.
Would also be concerned about the name [name_m]Jesper[/name_m] being called Jester. Maybe [name_m]Chester[/name_m]?

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[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jesper[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximillian[/name_m]

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  1. [name_m]Henry[/name_m]: short and sweet, but substantial
  2. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]: love how versatile this name is
  3. [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]: bit long for me, but nn Bash is super adorable
  4. [name_m]William[/name_m]: strong classic
  5. [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]: also long, but I like [name_m]Ben[/name_m]

Not a fan of [name_m]Jesper[/name_m], but I love [name_m]Jasper[/name_m]! I also don’t mind [name_u]Max[/name_u] and like [name_m]Maxim[/name_m], but not [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m].

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Thank you everyone for your inputs, it’s very appreciated :slight_smile: