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

Two of my grandsons were named for their great grandfathers and a third has a very old fashioned saint's name.

I’ve no Freds that I know of in my family. I come from a long line of Williams/Wills/Bills on one side, who all seemed to have uncles and cousins called William/Will/Bill. All very confusing.

Sonny
River
Tobias (Toby)
Joel
Jenson
Myles
Let us know what they decide xx

My Dd has two lovely girls,but she said had they been boys she would have named them Elliot and Owen, I also like Ross,Aiden,Fraser

Neither of my Grandads were Fred (it was DH's!) lemongrove
Mine were Edwin and Charles and now I'm wondering if they were called Ted and Charlie

I have 2 sisters and all 3 of us gave our sons Dad's name as a middle name. My only DGS also has James in his name.
DD gave all 4 of her children family middle names.
Mhairi, Beth and Margaret.

Jalima I think everybody ( our age) had a Grandad called Fred.
I certainly did.My Grandma’s sister was also married to a Fred, so my Grandad was known as Freddy to differentiate them.They were both born around 1894.

I like Lucas

My latest GGC made his apoearance a couple of weeks ago and I thought his name was quite unusual - Lucas. But cant be as two PPs have it in their lists

jalima I can't imagine my DH being called Frank after all these years of knowing him by his second name. they were born in 1800 something KatyK!!

When we research family history we imagine that people were called by their given names eg Francis, Frederick, James, William - and not Frank, Fred, Jim, Bill etc

I've got an unusual name - named after my dad's twin sister who died at 3 months. Even in 1925 when they were born, it was not in the top 50 names! I hate it! Please, if your daughter must give her child an unusual name, beg her to give him a more usual second name so he can choose.

Our family tradition for many generations is to always have at least 2 middle names.

Suggest looking on line for names and meanings or a book.
What I do not like is made up names as some in showbusiness/pop world seem to go for or half of one and half of another name. Sure they will make a sensible choice.

I like Jack and Alfie (my late husband was named Alfred after his father and hated being called Alfie (which was his Dad's name) and he decided to call our son Paul as that would have been his chosen name. I also like Zac and Harry. Maybe you could make up a list of possible names for your DD to look at? She will already know the modern names that are going around now so she might have asked you with a view to having a more traditional selection of names to look at?

How about Jairus? (Prompted by this morning's Bible reading in church.)

As some have said - think about the surname and initials. My mum had a teacher at school called Phyllis Irene Greenwood who had her initials on her briefcase! You can guess what she was known as.
I taught a boy on teaching practice called Gordon Bennett!

Oh dear, what's wrong with an "ordinary" name? Years ago, in my work in schools, I learned of a boy (pupil there) called "Blue". He had mega behaviour problems and was very disruptive. When a member of staff spoke with Blue, on a one to one (counselling type) chat, she asked him what changes would help him in his life. His first response was "to have a different first name". I wonder where he is, now....

I gaven't read the whole thread, but my firstborn was named after his 2 grand fathers.
Only argument - which to put first?

With my first child we'd chosen a boy's name but had a girl. Next time round we'd chosen a girl's name and had a boy. We struggled to agree both time and I mostly got my way but my ex chose DD's middle name. Unless they have a strong preference try to avoid a name that is in fashion as there will be loads of the same name at school, but don't go so unusual that they spend their life correcting the spelling or pronunciation! Working in a school I tend to have prejudices about certain names due to associations with particularly challenging young people or people I disliked from my own school days, but then you can meet someone lovely with one of those names and feel very different!

My colleague named her little boy Deacon and it so suits him. I personally like Celtic sounding names like Rory, Isla or Aoifa. My sons middle name is Lindsay which was his grandmothers surname. He isn’t thrilled with it...

jalima I can't imagine my DH being called Frank after all these years of knowing him by his second name. I help out in a school and some of the names are very unusual to say the least.

My DH was christened Francis
DH has some of those amongst his ancestors; I have found out that at least one was known as 'Frank' so probably all of them were through the centuries.

Can’t believe any right minded parent would call a boy Belair! His future nickname doesn’t bear thinking about poor mite

My DH was christened Francis. He absolutely hates it and has never used it. He said he was teased at school if any of the children found out. They said he had a girl's name and other such comments. He has always been known by his second name

Do you remember Phylissan - fortifies the over forties? (Not sure how to spell it). One of our lecturers when I was a student told us about a couple he knew who had a baby late in life and called it Phyllis Anne . . . . (I think in all innocence).