my daughter cant decide on boy's names for her first baby

All my grandchildren have unusual or less than common names. My daughters love their very unusual names and this made them choose unusual names for their children. Victorian names are becoming popular now. My son was called George after my dear father. 40 years ago it was not common but is popular now. One grandchild has Irish names...Irish roots on both sides. The most important thing to do is remember that the child will have the name as an adult...something cute on a baby does not work for an adult....hahaha

I have a Wolf and an Indigo! Fred is back in fashion, for the poster who thought it was a "grandad name." I have a nephew of 12 called that and his younger brother is George. What I can't understand is the return of Arthur, Stanley and Albert to popularity.

My three sons had to wait for three weeks before we decided upon a name, no rush to name babies, just love them!

Our DD would have been Paul if she had been a boy. You don't hear of Pauls now. If it had been now I would have chosen Jacob or Joseph.

What has a new born's appearance to do with it ?Obviously the babe's sex needs to be considered but who knows in this day and age what with the name Bear and River becoming the norm for a boy that someone out there will not call their son Daisy!, perish the thought, or another name frequently given to a female. A name that cannot be shortened, which it is common to do, and if I had a son would have been registered as Brad. My grandfather was a Bradley but every one would refer to him as Brad.

How about:
Alexander (so you can shorten it to Zander, Alex, Alec)
Sebastian
Jude
Francis (shortened to Frank)
But whatever is chosen it has to sound right with the surname and don't forget the initials!
Please let him have a second name though - he has a fall back if he doesn't like his first one when he grows up!

Try looking back in your family history, there's bound to be a few unusual names there.

My GS was William for 5 days my DD just didn’t think he looked like a William so they renamed him Edward!!

Sean and Christopher were our choices for a boy. One of them was used first and then we had a girl next. My son and his partner had Noah and Oskar at the top of their list, but they had two girls!

I have a few really unusual names in my family history but don’t think that my DS would have appreciated calling his son Younger or his daughter Tamer!
We also seem to have a lot of Harold’s.?

It is much easier to remember an unusual name I have found lately. I didn't notice that in the days when I could remember names far easier.

My MiL suggested that my son had a middle name from my family as his surname came from his dad's family. When my son became a dad, I suggested that the middle name came from DDiL's family.

www.bounty.com/pregnancy-and-birth/baby-names/unique-and-unusual-baby-names

Loads of names lists online.

My DS was named after the pharmaceutical company delivering supplies to the hospital.

Possibly that's true Horatia - although I must say that DH always had a problem with a couple of friends of the DD who had unusual names!

Your username reminded me:

What about Horatio Laine69?

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I am imagining a little boy answering the class register to:
Glaxo Smith Kline Craicon
Here, Miss

Lance and Ambrose are our recent additions for boys. Sushanna and Isobel for the girls.

I have some unusual names in my family history:
Thorben
Cornelius
Vincent
Pearson
Jacobus
Clement
Jesse
Austin
Leonard
Oswald
Thornton
Archer

Mildred
Clarice
Constance
Magdalena
Henrietta
Gertrude
Lillian
Imelda

We have some unusual female names in our family history but the boys were all James, William, John, Jonathan etc.

Imelda - I wonder if she was fond of shoes ga?

I think Constance has returned as 'Connie', Lillian (or Lilian) as 'Lily' but Gertrude has definitely disappeared from the lists.

We have a friend called Mildred

We have a Ruaraidh, Orla and Ailbhe among our family names.

What about naming him Florence.
You have got to admit that that is an usual name for a boy.

If you are a family history buff it would help searchers, in the future, if families tagged on a father or grandfathers name. It makes life so much easier for us.

I like Seth, my grandson's name.

We have unusual girls names in our family too. one is taken from obscure Greek mythology. one from a Shakespeare play, and another from the first folio of a different Shakespeare play, where in fact the spelling is different to the later versions! we blame the book loving academics in the family for these names ?

Much depends upon the surname as you will probably want the name to sound good with it. In the end, they will decide for themselves but how about:-

Max
Levi
Theo
Finn

Elijah
Jacob
Isaac
Zachary
Caleb
Ethan

If you want traditional, how about:-

Alexander
Oliver

I wish your soon to be born grandson all the very best of luck and health.