Boy's name 37w preg please help!! Also advice from people with 2 or more kids!

Well technically I'm only 36w5days but close enough I SAY!

Before we found out what we were having we had Grace for a girl and Spencer for a boy. Initially DH wasn't a fan of Spencer but he changed his mind. So we decided on Spencer Robert (robert after fil) when we found out we were havign a boy at 19w, Phil recently came out and said he wasn't 100% sure on Spencer. He said he just doesn't have the same feeling about it as Noah (ds1) I asked if there are any names he does feel like that about he said no and so we are thinking maybe it's just because he knows Noah but hasn't met Spencer yet and thats the difference?

I also feel as though i love the name Noah more but think it is for the above reason (is this a normal thing for subsequent babies?) We think the name will still be Spencer but after reading the thread re: baby name regret I thought maybe I should post this to get some advices and/or name ideas

We have searched and not found any other names to even really consider, lots of names we like but none that are "the name" the one you would call you child iykwim?

Also our surname begins with M so no m names please. These are the names we considered...

Myles (but don't like with last name)
Flynn (dh doesn't like)
theodore (i've always loved it but don't really feel comfy with it bit too out there or something?)
Max (m thing again)
William (hmmm just too plain or something love it but just doesn't have "the one" feel for me)
Tallon (means claw or nail and we would prefer something with a nicer meaning)

Please help...we will probably choose Spencer but I don't want to make the wrong decision and would like to have some back ups

Braelan
Samson/Sampson
Caspian
Thames

I love Myles by the way - I don't think it matters too much about your last name. Think of famous people like Janis Joppelin, Jesse James, Michael Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Myers, Mary Magdalen!!

Most people don't opt for it but I think it can actually be quite catchy...

X

Cambell
Camden
Kaiden
Jyrah
Eden

I really like Spencer! But here are some more :)

Levi
Nethaniel
Jaxon
Lucien
Charlton
Emmerson
Slaed

I love the name Xander or Zander. And it sounds nice with Noah. It is what my baby will probably be called if a boy! Good luck!

How about Aricyn ;)

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I don't have any suggestions because we don't have any boys names picked at this stage, only girls (which is why i'm stalking boy name threads! LOL) but just wanted to say...I love Myles too but we have an M last name also and I just can't do it.

To be honest, I always feel a bit weird about naming my kids. It's not until they're a few months old that i feel like it really fits iykwim? I don't get these people that name their kids before they're born and are just so sure.

We always like to have at least 2 favourites, then decide when the baby is born. For example, with DS I was ADAMANT he was going to be Levi but then he was born and he just wasn't :dunno:. From your list I'd have Flynn or Max as a back up.

With all my boys I loved their names before they were born, each had a name as soon as I knew the sex and I loved them. Ashton was a little different because he was going to be a Levi until I met a Levi who was HORRID and I changed it quick smart. I spent the next 4 weeks using other names to see which I liked more. I had a shortlist of Hunter, Jaxson or Ashton.

Thanks ladies for your suggestions...nothing is popping out at me yet

Willow, thanks that is reassuring with Noah he was Noah James befoe we even found out the sex, we were that sure he was a boy and we were that sure that was his name. Maybe that is why there is this littlebit of uncertainty, with him we just knew and this time we are just like most parents..not 100% sure

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I love the name Xander or Zander. And it sounds nice with Noah. It is what my baby will probably be called if a boy! Good luck!

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u go girl - Zander is perfect lol - DS2 ....

i also liked archie/archer - bit differeny

Our surname begins with an M and we have Milo.
I really like Theodore, I dont think its out there at all.

Jacob
Fraser
Liam
Rory
Tobey
Jared
Jasper

I don't cross out all first names that start with the same letter as the surname its just with our surname most m names do sound bad, Phil's brother is Matthew and that sounds fine with the last names but not Myles, I think cause it the smae amount of letters as the last name!

I like Fraser
Jacob was actually on our list too

Thanks ladies!

So what do u think is it normal to feel like this about the "right" name? After Willow's post I feel a lot better!

I always thought Noah & Isaiah went well together.
(cousin IL's DS & friends DS, so as much as I love them, can't be used ;))

As soon as we found out we were having a girl (through Amnio) we decided on Matilda as her name and always referred to her as Matilda during my pregnancy but only DH and I, it was a secret to everyone else. When she was born we never even considered changing it, it was her name!

Suggestions:

Mason
Archer (Archie)
Fletcher
Eden
Sebastian

Go on use Fletcher... I can't because our surname starts with Fl... :lol: but I love it.

And for what its worth I have always thought Spencer was a cute name.

How about Wilhem...like William but differnt

I knew all of my girls names before they were born and I never changed either..although i did second guess from time to time

What about Isaac?

I reckon if you love Theodore go with it, you will find yourself wishing you had done it. The names that i like the best out of my kidlets are the ones that are'nt well used, Gabe offically Gabriel just in case he gets knighted or something Sir Gabe does'nt cut it??? and bubs is Poppy, we love it to bits and never had any doubts. If she was a boy we were looking for names not so common like Theo, we had Ned, Jed,Josiah, Issiah on the list just love the old names. Tegan was going to be Lucinda Lousie and would have got Luci Lou, but we could'nt do it and she often says she wished we had, "not boring like Tegan". Sophie is cute but there are so many of them...ouch!!!!
Good luck, we waited until they were here JIC they did'nt look like the name we had picked, which happened twice.

Samuel
Harrison
Connor
Thomas

ATM I like:

Keethan
Quade
Treston
Kierce
Cruise

:D Good luck

the more i am reading other names the more I am realising I love Spencer! I think DH os feeling like this cause he's not born yet and his doubt has lead to my speck of doubt

I really like Fletcher.

Jas - I know how you are feeling - it is hard to feel that you are picking the right name. I have heard you should just know when you here a name and for me that hasn't happened. I guess it is how you felt about Noah. I think Spencer is a nice name although I do like Flynn too.

And its hard when DH is not sure ( we are having same issues with girls names)

I keep searching for more names i might like or suddenly stumble accross and fall in love with, that has been happening for months yet i still go back to the same names. (maybe thats telling me something?)

Hi Jas,

I am in the same situation as you, if this baby was a girl she was going to be Grace, we found out at the 18 week scan, and have had it confirmed at a second scan that we are having our 3rd son.

We have decided on the name Jack, but even now I keep saying to DH are we sure, have we put enough thought into the name because with my other 2 sons we both new that they were the names they were going to have (we didn't know their gender prior to birth)

I keep looking through name books just to make sure we have considered everything our other pick is probably Archer but DH doesn't love that. And we keep coming back to Jack, so Jack it is. (I hope anyway)

Good luck, I actually love the name Spencer, and think it goes well with Noah, also know a little boy called Theodore he gets called Theo and I think that is really nice too.

Good Luck

I think Spencer and Noah go well together.

I also think Theodore is not 'out there'. I know a few little boys called Theo. It means 'gift of God', which is rather nice whether your religous or not. I think its a nice strong but gentle name.


From your list I also like Tallon, but I dont know if it goes so well with Noah?

We had trouble naming our 2nd DS. DH had a name he thought was right and I didnt agree, but in the end we went with it - it sort of grew on me and even now Im not too sure, but I dont know what else we would have called him. I had not expected it to be so hard the 2nd time round.

I'm with Kymmy! We love Zander... which is why we called DS#2 that!! By the way, I felt exactly the same with bubby #2... I was unsure about Zander after loving 'Luca' our DS#1... once he was born I love the name just as much, maybe more

I also think Spencer is GREAT! it would have been on our list but we have a friend with a son called that
Good luck xx

I dont know if it was the name or the fact that I suffered from Gender Disappointment, but I have struggled with the 2nd and 3rd names. I use them constantly from the 20 weeks scan though so I know that they have their names, and it is one less thing for me to agonise over.

My surname starts with S, DH's 1st name starts with S as does DD1's but some letters it is not so good to have alliteration with (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck).

I love Tobias and Ezekiel for boys names, would they fit? They also have some connection with Noah.

If you like William, you could use Liam for short??

What about:

Bennett
Cooper
Tristan
Evan
Isaac
Hunter
Callum

Thank you so much ladies for all your wonderful replies! I think we will keep it a bit more open so we have it in our heads we can change the name if we don't feel Spencer suits him but I have confirmed my suspicions that it is common and normal to feel like this

I really do love the name and think it goes well with Noah!! I am so excited to meet our little man

Noah and....

Matthew
Grant
Levi
Josiah
Daniel
Michael
Shane
Isaiah
Jasper
Mason
Jason
Ethan
Nathan
Oscar
Owen
Quinn
Riley
Ryan
Jordan
Felix
Phoenix
Ian
Xavier
Alexander
Wyatt
Gabriel
Hayden
Hamish
Luke
Liam
Eden
Caleb
Caden
Gage
Brett
Brock
Dean

Like any?