Baby Boy Names

moomoomama27

Oblique wrote: »

I wouldn't necessarily call any of the names in the poll "lovely". They're all quite ordinary/bland. That pretty much reflects in the voting pattern. No clear winner.

The fact that this thread exists is a classic example of the lack of imagination prevalent in the majority of people.

Shame.

Don't be ridiculous! There's nothing bland about good traditional male names!

Not everyone wants to name their son Rocky, or something else ''u-neeq''

Oblique

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous! There's nothing bland about good traditional male names!

Ermmmmmmm...yes there is. That is entirely the point. Traditional and bland are practically synonyms. All the names in the poll are bland. Pretty much equally bland, possibly with the exception of Oliver. That's why the poll results are so even.

Plans_all_plans

Personally, I'd prefer a traditional (so-called "bland" name) than one that identified my parents as tasteless chavs!

moomoomama27

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

Personally, I'd prefer a traditional (so-called "bland" name) than one that identified my parents as tasteless chavs!

Quite! :T:T:T

moomoomama27

Oblique wrote: »

Ermmmmmmm...yes there is. That is entirely the point. Traditional and bland are practically synonyms. All the names in the poll are bland. Pretty much equally bland, possibly with the exception of Oliver. That's why the poll results are so even.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oblique

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

Personally, I'd prefer a traditional (so-called "bland" name) than one that identified my parents as tasteless chavs!

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Quite! :T:T:T

So now you agree that they're bland?

thatgirlsam

ailuro2 wrote: »

You need to watch out for things that rhyme, and names that are the same as men's names for their bits'n'bobs, or anything that can be turned into a girls name.

So Daniel = Danny, rhymes with...

William = willie = definitely along the same lines as calling a kid Toby , other problem with William is it gets shortened to Billy, which has sectarian connotations in some regions.

Joseph becomes Josephine and "not tonight Josephine"

Oliver is far too common and will be "twisted" no matter how hard you try to stop it.

That leaves Joshua and Benjamin - both lovely names, just like the rest of the list, but a bit harder to find something to do with. I'd go for Joshua, as long as I was happy when it was shortened to Josh.

Ben = Bend over

Well it did for the Ben in my class at school!

Out of the list I like Daniel the best

moomoomama27

Oblique wrote: »

So now you agree that they're bland?

No that they are lovely, traditional boys names

thatgirlsam

William is nice too - I know a Will.. His name is actually Wilson though which I like

thatgirlsam

Oblique wrote: »

So now you agree that they're bland?

Its all personal opinion isn't it?

You surely can't expect everyone to agree?