Your thoughts on DH's name suggestions please

[Santosha]

Ok, so I was trying to keep bub's gender a secret but I'm having a name crisis so letting the cat out of the bag.

We're having a boy!!! Which is extremely exciting, but for the fact that at this stage he will be named 'baby' or 'Mr Bump' for the rest of his life. I picked DD's name. DH liked it, but didn't love it. It's grown on him and of course now he says he can't imagine her being named anything else. This time round, he gets to choose. I have the right of veto but am really doing my best to keep an open mind. Problem... nothing he has suggested so far really resonates with me at all.

Following is his extremely short list. It's like pulling teeth to get him to come up with anything, so this may be it. I'm hoping some friendly BB input might help me warm to one of them or completely rule out. Tell me what you think. HONESTLY - it's not like I'm particularly invested in any of them. Do they make you think of anything in particular. I won't lead you, but to me, one seems a bit 'bogany', another a bit geeky... Curious if others have the same associations.

Heath - his favourite
Max
Devin
Owen

[nothing2lose]

I like Owen best.

Good luck!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Heath's nice. Max would probably be my favourite of the names. But I keep thinking of Prince Max from Insektors (you may need to youtube that if you're curious) and he was fab, so no worries there.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

DP liked Max for a boy, it's cute, timeless!


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[tellytubby]

Heath and Max are my fav. I would probably go Heath first, as it is a little more uncommon these days

Owen is the geeky one??

Devin reminds me of that deli ham (sorry!)

[Winter]

I like Max the best too. Devin sounds too bogany to me or like the other name for Polony sliced meat - Devon roll. I like Owen & Heath, but I don't love them.

[Santosha]

Haha TT and Winter, that's what I think about Devin too. But DH is Scottish so hasn't heard of the ham. That, or my brain hears it as a weird combination of devil and Kevin. Not good at all. That one's a complete veto really. Just left it in because without it there's only 3. ONLY THREE! C'monnnn DH, give me more to work with! My shortlist is 8. He doesn't like any of them.

[feeb]

Max and Heath are my favs. I do like Owen as well.

Devin I don't like its bogan name to me.

What about:
Alasdair
Angus
Hamish
Douglas
Donald
Ian

[Santosha]

Thanks Feeb. Angus and Hamish are on my list but DH won't consider them. Says that Angus is a cow! Shame, I love it.

Oddly, the others you listed are all names of immediate family members!

[wysiwyg]

Congrats on the boy, I like Heath and Owen. I have Scottish friends who have a Niven, which is similar to Devin but nicer in my opinion. They also have a Roan, and an Innes. I really like Scottish names, and with our surname go well although no links to Scotland in family only Wales.

[Kimbles01]

I like Heath.

One of my fave names is Rhys for a boy, but DH worked for Reece for awhile, so have reluctantly ruled it out...but happy to suggest to others!

[MummyNaomi]

Here are my honest opinions babe

Max is the winner for me - a Max to me is a strong, kind soul and it does go with your surname and I like it with your DDs name too - they sound good together. Max means 'the greatest'

Heath - its ok, but I reckon it could grow on you

I don't mind Owen too, thats my #2 from your list

Devin - its just a little to quirky for my liking heheheehehe

[nickers]

The only one I'm not overly keen on is Owen.. Seems like an old name?
Devin is nice, but might be associated with devin sandwich meat.. There is a Sydney news reporter i am sure his name is devin and Always sounds good when he says his name at the end!

[feeb]

Thanks Feeb. Angus and Hamish are on my list but DH won't consider them. Says that Angus is a cow! Shame, I love it.

Oddly, the others you listed are all names of immediate family members!

LOL my DH said Angus is a cow as well and makes good beef lol and Hamish and Lachlan are bully names!!

They drive us all mental!! Good luck!! otherwise Mr Bump lol

[kristi14]

Owen is a very strong, old fashioned name and i like it. It says "wise" to me.

The others dont do much for me, but thats just my opinion. I would just keep suggesting names you love to him.

What about Luca, Isaac, Roman, Xavier, Evan, Drew, Lleyton, Eamon?

Im not a good boys name comer upperer lol. We have 2 DS's and we had 2 names on our shortlist for one, which became his first and middle name and 3 on our shortlist for the other, which 2 of those names became his first and middle name lol, so now we only have 1 boys names left out of the lot we had. And we had 10 yrs in between them to come up with more boys names we love too :P

[Ginger]

I really like max, Heath and Owen. I actually think they're really good suggestions from your dh!
We had a situation where I was allowed to name girls and dh was allowed to name boys. We ended up with 2 boys so dh got to name them both! Tbh, I didn't love either of the boys names before they were born, but dh was convinced and committed on them and wouldn't budge. I decided to 'go with the flow' and now their names have grown on me (and on them) lol. You've met my boys, and their names really suit them right?
I also get complimented quite a lot that their names are quite unique and you don't hear them around a lot iykwim?
So, I guess what I'm trying to say, is that even though you might not absolutely love a name, maybe you should just 'go with it' a little iykwim? Which one does your dh absolutely love?

[ButterflyForever]

heath is cute.

[Nai]

I went to school with a Devin and I associate it with being a bit of a bogan name too (sorry)

I like Owen and Heath though - Heath always reminds me of Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights.