Ready or not... (boys)

To make a long story short, I found out today that I am 13 weeks pregnant. It was completely unexpected and the timing isn’t great, but I suppose there are bright sides. One of them, for me, is definitely names. The suggested names in this thread will go on a list to be yea’d or nay’d by the SO.

Besides the names in my signature, some other boy names I like are [name_m]Milo[/name_m], [name_m]Seamus[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Soren[/name_m], [name_u]Rhys[/name_u], [name_u]Niall[/name_u]… Not all are first name material, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Preferably no C, L, or W names.

[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Roan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Egan[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Ciaran[/name_m]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_m]Brogan[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Trevor[/name_m]
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Donal[/name_m]
[name_m]Declan[/name_m]
[name_u]Blaine[/name_u]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Darby[/name_u]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Quentin[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]

[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregor[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m]
[name_m]Donnell[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Shea[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_m]Slade[/name_m]
[name_m]Orin[/name_m]
Betram

I am not certain of your name preferences so I took a stab at it. Good luck with your naming journey!

[name_m]Alister[/name_m]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Cato[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
Corgan
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_u]Daryl[/name_u]
[name_m]Dawson[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Devon[/name_u]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Dresden[/name_m]
[name_m]Duke[/name_m]
[name_u]Dustin[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_m]Jasper[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Meyer[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m]
[name_u]Murphy[/name_u]
[name_m]Orlando[/name_m]
Rilo
[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]
[name_u]Shane[/name_u]
[name_u]Shawn[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] ([name_u]Toby[/name_u])
[name_m]Tucker[/name_m]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Wiley[/name_m]
[name_m]Zane[/name_m]

Thank you! I knew you berries would come through with some gems. :slight_smile: Now I’ll have to find out what DH is going to say. I think he’ll like some of these, though!

Congrats! I love [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]. Since you like [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] and [name_u]Rhys[/name_u], maybe you’d like [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]?

[name_m]Tadhg[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_u]Lane[/name_u]
[name_m]Dashiell[/name_m]
[name_m]Teague[/name_m]
[name_u]West[/name_u]
[name_m]Conan[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]

@emsky I do adore [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]! It’s kind of soft, and I seem to like names like that.

Thanks, @gr19! DH doesn’t like any of them except [name_m]Bram[/name_m] and [name_u]Lane[/name_u]. I think he’s attracted to one syllable names. Ha (Except [name_u]West[/name_u], he says it’s too “[name_m]Kanye[/name_m].”)

[name_m]Wilder[/name_m] is my all time favorite along with some like the following

  • [name_m]Nash[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Knox[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Jack[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Archer[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Noah[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Amos[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Quade[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Miles[/name_m]

Good luck with your pregnancy, my wife and I are expecting now as well

Congratulations!

You might like:

[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_u]Theo[/name_u] ([name_m]Theodore[/name_m], or not)
[name_m]Miles[/name_m]
[name_u]Nico[/name_u], [name_m]Nikos[/name_m], [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m] or [name_m]Anson[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m] or [name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_u]Reed[/name_u]/[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Noble[/name_m]
[name_m]Trevor[/name_m]

P.S. I love seeing [name_f]Twila[/name_f] in your signature. Great name! I knew a [name_f]Twila[/name_f] once.

Your DH and I have something in common! I am drawn to one syllable names too!
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] and [name_u]Lane[/name_u] are great!

Here are a few more suggestions:

[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
[name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_m]Keir[/name_m]
[name_u]Kai[/name_u]
[name_u]Dane[/name_u]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m]

[name_m]Seamus[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] !!! Together like that, I love both of them and my last name makes [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] unusable and [name_m]Seamus[/name_m] is always a favorite :slight_smile:

[name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_u]Finn[/name_u], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_m]Keane[/name_m], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], [name_m]Sean[/name_m], [name_u]Rory[/name_u], [name_m]Collin[/name_m], [name_u]Evan[/name_u], [name_u]Neil[/name_u], [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], [name_u]Brennan[/name_u], [name_u]Tiernan[/name_u], [name_u]Quinn[/name_u], [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m], [name_m]Isaac[/name_m], [name_m]Ewan[/name_m], [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], [name_m]Gavin[/name_m], [name_m]Alexander[/name_m], [name_m]Eli[/name_m], [name_u]Aidan[/name_u], [name_u]Riley[/name_u],