[name_m]Hi[/name_m] all
I’m sure I sound like a stuck record, but I struggle with boys names, and nothing seems to stick. I collect them, like them for a bit, then doubt them, pick them apart and wonder if actually, I don’t like them, if there’s too many problems with them, if I like them in theory, but in reality, I’m not sure.
So, here’s a selection of names that I’m thinking on and I’m wondering if you think I should keep any of them? Toss them all?
[name_m]Feel[/name_m] free to pick your favourites and least favourites, make a case for why I should keep one or two, or why I should definitely banish some forever, whatever you want or have time to do!
Disclaimer: I’m not having kids, this is just for my lists, so it doesn’t need to be taken too seriously 
the list
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Clarence[/name_u] ‘Clancy’
[name_u]Clancy[/name_u] (as a full name)
[name_u]Merlin[/name_u]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Galahad[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Davey[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_f]Waverley[/name_f]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m]
Hareton
[name_u]Wilkie[/name_u]
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m]
my own very rambling thoughts if you want
[name_m]Roger[/name_m] → is this a passing thing? a case of ‘i like the character and want it on the list’? possibly
[name_u]Clarence[/name_u] ‘Clancy’ or [name_u]Clancy[/name_u] (as a full name) → cool or awkward?
[name_u]Merlin[/name_u] → used on a guinea pig and maybe too much? I might prefer just [name_u]Merle[/name_u]?
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m] → too clunky? too victorian guy from a novel?
[name_m]Galahad[/name_m] → love it but it’s a lot and i can’t think of any decent nicknames. does this matter when i’m not having kids? no. am i worrying about it anyway? yep.
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m] → very cool and one that i’ve liked for a long time but lots of people dislike it and that makes me doubt, sounds like something else???
[name_m]Davey[/name_m] → don’t know. also, i don’t like dave. or david. or davis (for me). who knows
[name_m]Winston[/name_m] → used on a guinea pig. love win/wynn? maybe just stick to this, especially with the churchill association (and someone unpleasant has this as their son’s name?)
[name_f]Waverley[/name_f] → literary and i love it. but would everyone hate it for a boy?
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m] → awkward and a bit much or rugged and cool and literary?
[name_m]Balthazar[/name_m] → love it, but is it a bit harsh, a bit like a knife? idk
Hareton → (hair-ton not harry-ton/ha-ruh-ton/ha-ri-ton) wuthering heights, yes, but i’m probably the only one who likes it
[name_u]Wilkie[/name_u] → do i actually like it or am i just in a wilkie collins phase
[name_m]Zebedee[/name_m] → so zippy and bouncy but is it too playful? like a name for a kid’s toy??
Thank you to anyone who chooses to answer!
I hope you are all having a good day and if not, that it gets better 
I think if Waverl(e)y doesn’t take off too much more then it’s still good for boys!
It’s also my bff’s “name that got away”-- she’d use it with nn [name_u]Rory[/name_u].
He did, and it was [name_m]Fergus[/name_m]. YESSSS!
I don’t love it for girls because it feels too ‘made up’ like a smoosh of something with [name_f]Beverley[/name_f], but on a boy it’s giving me ‘named after an old family surname/estate’ vibes, kind of like Pemberley…interesting! And it makes me think of Edinburgh (obviously) which is a positive association!
it does really put me off, especially knowing 
