Baby Boy Names

Spendless

With the exception of Joshua and Benjamin all those names appear in my kids school years (4 and 7) and in every case the child is known by their schoolmates as their full name. I have only ever heard Daniel and Oliver called Dan and Oli by their respective parents. I don't even know if kids make the conenction between William to Bill/y since Billy appears now as a 'stand alone' name.

Flora_Poste

I'm sure I saw a survey last year or so that said children with imaginative, unusual, celebrity type names were more likely to misbehave. It said that teachers knew who would be trouble simply by skimming through the class list before the children arrived. Children called Ben or James or Charlotte or Elizabeth behaved better than Heidi-Mae or Kai.

Must be something in it.

Oblique

thatgirlsam wrote: »

Its all personal opinion isn't it?

You surely can't expect everyone to agree?

Does any other sort of opinion exist on an Internet forum? And I don't expect everyone to agree, but I expect people to be able to defend or explain themselves without resorting solely to the use of smilies, or by using combinations of words which make sense.

Disenchanted

I voted Joseph but I'm a bit biased as that's the name of my lovely boyfriend

neverdespairgirl

Oblique wrote: »

Really, why?

Because "Imaginative" in children's names too often equates to "chav", or "stripper", or "parents just can't spell" names.

heretolearn_2

This poll isn't going to help you much! All very even.

all nice solid traditional boys' names. I've gone for Joseph as just being less likely to be one of about 5 kids in the class with the same name, while still being a very trad name.

I'm all for giving kids names that will fit their future lives, whether they end up working as a window cleaner or a barrister. All of these names do that job (although personally I prefer something a little more unusual).

pleasedelete

I have 3 nephews called Joseph. 1 Oliver and 1 Benjamin. They all have at least 1 other of the same name in their class.

tori.k

You could find your baby finds their own name once their born, I brought my youngest home from hospital as a Benjamin for three days i kept looking at him and was thinking "your not a Ben" then his name just came to me it wasn't any that we had even thought of before but i can't imagine him with any other name it just suits the way he is.

Aubrey_Thompson

pleasedelete wrote: »

I have 3 nephews called Joseph. 1 Oliver and 1 Benjamin. They all have at least 1 other of the same name in their class.

I actually have same names here in the office, and I don't like it...as for the boys names, the lists are also common names, for me maybe Benjamin is fine.

Oblique

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Because "Imaginative" in children's names too often equates to "chav", or "stripper", or "parents just can't spell" names.

Or "new", or "fresh", or "innovative", or "thank goodness for people who embrace change rather than fearing it, or the world would stand still" names.