Sigh. Ok, people, I know I have asked for your help with this before, but frankly, it didn't help. So I am going back to the well one more time in hopes of brilliant inspiration that will save me from an absolute mental breakdown and allow me to get back to the critical business of laundering itty bitty fleece footie jammies and vacuuming the inside of my freezer. (No lie on that one, I vacuumed the inside of my freezer. It seemed the easiest way to get all the bits of frozen waffle out. Worked like a charm.) Anywho, when I say "go," I want you to give me your very best boy name. Or your top three. Or five. But absolutely no more than five. No restrictions, just whatever you want to throw at me (although I lean strongly toward very traditional names, so if you want to be actually helpful here you may decide to keep that in mind.)
You have got to help me here. If we don't come up with a name soon I may experience a moment of pregnancy-induced insanity and succumb to my husband's recent campaign to name this poor, unsuspecting fetus after my former cat. And do you all really want a travesty like that on your heads? No, you do not.
So, go!

Comments (248)
First!
No that is not my name suggestion. Those would be:
Elijah (Eli)
William (Will)
Are they my boys' names? I'm not sayin'.
Posted by Jen | December 13, 2007 10:35 PM
Sebastian
Alexander
Brian
Posted by Daria | December 13, 2007 10:51 PM
Landon
Seth
Chase
Jackson
Devon (Devin, Deven, Devan)
Posted by susan | December 13, 2007 10:55 PM
Jack
Henry
Charles (Charlie)
Jason
Sam
Posted by Type (little) a | December 13, 2007 11:00 PM
People are going to think you're talking about Callie or Pixel and think Chris is totally crazy here :)
Favorite boys names that I wish we could have used but I swear to god are just not going to happen no matter how good an idea David thinks four kids would be:
Jack, Sam, Charles, Joshua, and David was a favorite of mine even before I met my own.
Posted by Laura GF | December 13, 2007 11:06 PM
If we have a boy it will have to have a name starting with J which is SO HARD to find an interesting one. So here are my favorite non-J names I'll never get to use.
Luther
Miles
Milo
Martin
Why? Why couldn't it be an M name that we need?
Posted by Leah | December 13, 2007 11:08 PM
Type little a and I have a lot in common when it comes to baby names -- I adore Henry too, just forgot it. I came back to see if you're going to issue a prize to the person who first enters the name you ultimately choose.
Posted by Laura GF | December 13, 2007 11:09 PM
I love the name Justin and I couldn't use it because I gave it to Tammy and Ritch.
Since you don't know them, you are golden.
I also love Josh (Joshua), but I couldn't use that because of my last name.
What do I win?
Posted by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | December 13, 2007 11:09 PM
I'm a traditionalist, so bear with me and don't hold it against me if we use one of these names:
- Samuel (Sam!)
- Elijah (Eli!)
- Benjamin (Ben!)
- Adam (my husband's name, and what a shame of that, because I love it.)
- William (Will!)
- Nathaniel (Nate!)
Have you alerted Swistle to these goings-on? She's going to be so excited. SO EXCITED.
Posted by jonniker | December 13, 2007 11:10 PM
Hunter
Wyatt
Gavin
Miles
Kigh
Good luck, I just went through this with girls names.
Shannon
Posted by Shannon | December 13, 2007 11:11 PM
Hunter
Wyatt
Gavin
Miles
Kigh
Good luck, I just went through this with girls names.
Shannon
Posted by Shannon | December 13, 2007 11:11 PM
Isaac
Sean
Gabriel
(Samuel, but someone already mentioned that one.)
William
Posted by Kendra | December 13, 2007 11:15 PM
Chris Jr? Chris the Second?
Posted by TheQueen | December 13, 2007 11:16 PM
We were going to use Alexander John (the names of two of our grandfathers) before we found MM's name.
I'm fond of Charles (another grandparental name), Jack (again!), and Reginald (favorite author).
Posted by Liz | December 13, 2007 11:21 PM
I have a Joe and a Billy. Both have good strong full names and nice, fun nicknames (see also: Joey, Will, Liam, not Willy though, don't go there). I also like that the names don't say much about them. Anyone can be a Joe or a William. Presidents, doctors, tatoo artists. It doesn't steer them toward being anything, you know?
Anyway, with that criteria, I also love:
John (common, but I dig that), Jack (getting kind of popular though and while I like common, I don't care for trendy), Matthew, Charles (only didn't use because hearing a Boston accent, even my own, bellowing Chaaaaah-lie every 5 minutes would have driven me crazy). Last one that I love but my husband hates and I probably would too if I hadn't met the sweetest little boy with the name: Gus. I know but you really had to see him.
Good Luck
Posted by Em | December 13, 2007 11:22 PM
I like Benson - Ben for short
Chadwick - Chad
Jonas
Xavier
Keaton
Posted by Amanda | December 13, 2007 11:23 PM
Also, Robert (Bob) and David (my dad and stepdad).
If you wanna go off-beat, you could try Thornton (BIL).
Posted by Liz | December 13, 2007 11:25 PM
Ok, I love:
Elliott (good with Amelia!)
Vincent? I dunno..
Lyle
Roland (the headless thompson gunner)
Graham
My best not common, sorta traditional names...
Posted by Hanna | December 13, 2007 11:28 PM
Some are repeats (sorry!):
Seth
Kyle
Michael
Jack
Posted by She Likes Purple | December 13, 2007 11:32 PM
James. shortened to Jamie. Can be Jim or James later in life.
Jeffrey. Was my #2 choice.
Jacob. Jake.
Justin.
and something not with a J....
Nope, can't do it. Jack and Joshua. Love the J names for boys.
Posted by Chrissie | December 13, 2007 11:33 PM
Seth
Evan (Mia & Evan sounds really cute)
Darren
Noah
Isaac
Ooh! And Max. Please don't bich-slap me for a 6th name...Mwah!
If you don't want him to have a name that 4 other kids in his class have, make sure it's not in the top 40% of the list in a baby book.
You'll do great. Mia;s a precious name.
Posted by Holy Schmidt! (Melanie) | December 13, 2007 11:52 PM
Richard
Adam
Byron
Joseph
(also, I can't count to three accurately)
Posted by Procrastamom | December 14, 2007 12:03 AM
Samir?
Abdullah?
Abdelkadi?
Oh, you meant white people traditional. My bad.
(Picture me saying the above like we're real life friends and that I'm gently teasing, not being a bitch. Because I'm not a bitch! I'm sugar and spice and everything nice!)
Seriously, I like Alex (not Alexander, just Alex), Adam, Aaron, Mason, Peter, and Caleb. Rhys (pronounced "Reese" - Welsh) is nice. And I agree with Holy Schmidt that Evan goes really nicely with Amelia/Mia.
Posted by Quirkybook | December 14, 2007 12:06 AM
Franklin!
Posted by Lauren | December 14, 2007 12:18 AM
Hmmm, traditional.
William
Cole
Henry
Harry
Spencer
Samuel
Maxwell
Malcolm
Atherton (my son's middle name!)
Jack (son)
Tobias (Toby)
Bennet
Beckham
Okay, now I'm out of suggestions. Anything else, and I'll be handing away my future sons' names!
Posted by Ashley | December 14, 2007 12:19 AM
I love playing 'Let's name the fetus'. I also like 90% of what your commentors have written. Nice work.
I will pick my favourite students' names. I can never ever use them, for that reason, but you can !
Joseph
Joshua
Noah
Jackson **(I like it alot)**
Henry
Hayden
Isfar (I guess that might be odd)
Ryan
Eric
Ian
Sam
I teach alot of classes, I didn't just name all the boys in one class :) Good Luck ! You should ask Santa to bring you the perfect name for Christmas.
Posted by Heather | December 14, 2007 12:20 AM
Oh yea, my favorite game.
Harrison
Henry
Benjamin
Nathaniel
Jackson
PS. I loved the picture of Mia with Santa. SO freaking cute.
Posted by Phoenix | December 14, 2007 12:21 AM
All my favourite boy names happen to also be the names of relatives, so I wasn't allowed to use them based on the "baby's first name can't be the name of someone we already know" rule imposed by husband! All are fairly traditional, so maybe you will like them, too :)
Timothy
Eric
Jeffrey
Stephen
And the bonus 5th, also "traditional" but rather unconventional: Calvin
Posted by mrsgryphon | December 14, 2007 12:22 AM
I am expecting a girl this time around, so here's my list for boys that I won't be using.....
William (Will)
Andrew (Drew)
Alec
Jack
Nathan (Nate)
Dominic
Liam
Marcus (Marc)
David
Posted by Jenn | December 14, 2007 12:24 AM
I'm not into all trendy names, especially for boys. I tend to think what it will sound like once they are grown up. Repeats, but my likes:
Michael
Bryan
Luke
I don't like a name that you can associate with a year of "popularity"
JMHO =)
Posted by Nancy | December 14, 2007 12:25 AM
Tyler (don't tell your husband you'd be naming the kid after my dog)
Christopher is nice
Jake
good luck! We named Biscuit on the way to the hospital :)
Posted by Melissa H | December 14, 2007 12:25 AM
Cameron
Aidan
Scott
Brian
Posted by Laura | December 14, 2007 12:30 AM
Ooooh...fun! Boo...only five? I could do this all night.
I lean toward slightly funkier names, so I had to consult one of my baby name books for inspiration. I'm sure you'll hate them and think I'm a loony, but here goes:
Two traditional names that aren't maybe absolute favs, but have been the names of several incredible, intelligent, and kind men I've known are: Anthony (Tony) and Nicholas (Nick). I don't know what it is...all the Tony-s and Nick-s I have ever known were just good eggs.
Next in no particular order:
Jonah
Andrew
Gabriel
Posted by Marcia | December 14, 2007 12:37 AM
Gabriel Joseph
Noah James
Posted by Alicia | December 14, 2007 12:47 AM
Jameson
Ethan
Joseph
Michael
Thomas
Spongebob
Patrick
Posted by Rachel | December 14, 2007 12:51 AM
Kieran
Brennan
Julian
My biggest thing with choosing a boy name was that I didn't want a name that would morph into something cute for a small child, but ridiculous for a man (for example, Timmy, Tommy, etc.) How much of a pain would it be for little Timmy to try to convince people to call him Tim? So I went with Kieran - no short form, no cutesy form. Just Kieran.
(I do realize, however, that people would call a Julian "Jules". I could live with that one, provided it wasn't too frequent. So yes, I'm also wishy-washy. Deal with it.) :)
Posted by Carmen | December 14, 2007 1:12 AM
OMG I really don't like alot of those names! I had no idea I was so judgemental! I think I just associate them with people I don't like.
(?Beckham?)
I had a terrible time with my kids' names, and took my daughter home as "baby girl" which became her nickname for 15 years (actually in Spanish: nena)
So: my son was supposed to be Max Elliott, but when he was born he was obviously a Brendan Nicholas. I still love both names, but it depends on the fetus. My daughter was supposed to be Connor Ross, but then she was supposed to be a boy. One name in the lists above stood out: I really like Calvin.
I also try yelling the potential names in a stern, authoritative voice, including the middle and last names, just to make sure they are truly effective. Even though my kids are teens, they still jump at loud full-name reprimands.
Posted by Kathi | December 14, 2007 1:28 AM
Ryan is my personal favorite. Since I don't know you, I can give you that one. :)
Posted by shayze | December 14, 2007 1:33 AM
Miles
Sebastian
Oscar (no really)
Posted by Kathryn | December 14, 2007 2:17 AM
Martin
Robert
Vincent
Richard
Christopher
Posted by Andrea | December 14, 2007 2:25 AM
of course, i might use one of these myself one day, so... no promise of originality.
Jack
Oliver
Elliot
Tucker
Parker
Posted by jodiferous | December 14, 2007 2:43 AM
I love the name Andrew. :) If my fiance and I ever have kids (or, I guess I should say, when. whenever that happens, lol), and one of them is a boy, I wanted to name him Andrew (Andy or Drew... or I personally like Andyroo, lol), but my sister's boyfriend's name is Andrew, so unless she gets rid of him, I can't use that name. :(
Posted by manda | December 14, 2007 3:29 AM
Declan
George
Noah
Gabriel
Adam
Posted by Addy | December 14, 2007 3:54 AM
Tom
Luke
Chris
My husband is called Chris too so i'll probably never get to choose that one!
Posted by Pol | December 14, 2007 3:54 AM
My top picks would be:
Chris, Jr.
Duncan
Lucas
Stockton
And my personal all-time favorite, but not really traditional: Kjel (pronounced Chell)
Posted by Tess | December 14, 2007 4:00 AM
Well, here are our three front runners so far...I enjoyed reading the list (for ideas) but unfortunately there weren't many names that could be said nicely in both French and English (we're predominantly french canadian and speak french at home to one another...so translation is a huge issue in any name we choose)...
So far, we've got:
Max (Maximilien, Maxim)
Xavier
Felix
Posted by wn | December 14, 2007 4:32 AM
Jacob
Isaac
Alistair
Cameron
Zachary
Hope that helps...
Posted by Katherine | December 14, 2007 4:36 AM
I've got a Tristan and an Ethan. Those are my favorite names, so if I have another boy, I'll be lost.
A lot of comments have suggested Milo and I was going to suggest that as well.
Milo and Mia has a nice ring to it.
Posted by Nila | December 14, 2007 4:44 AM
I have two boys and we gave them both traditional names. David Stewart Andrew and Thomas James William. (My brother then had a son and claimed we had pinched all the best names. He called his son Alex which we liked too)
Posted by Loth | December 14, 2007 4:51 AM
Philip
Thomas
Oliver
Adrian
Benjamin
Two of those are ex-boyfriends, one is my brother, so I personally wouldn't use those three names should I ever need a boy name, although I love them. I am purposely not saying which are which, just in case that changes the way you think about them. Good luck!
Posted by Catharina | December 14, 2007 5:33 AM
I like Jack, Noah, Michael!
You could go with a Dutch name like Mees, Thijs or Rein. VERY original ;)
Posted by Nadine | December 14, 2007 6:05 AM
My kids are Christopher and Andrew, so obviously I love those names. Other names we bounced around were:
Maximilian
Derek
Colby (not traditional enough though)
Justin
Good luck!
Posted by Susan | December 14, 2007 6:14 AM
When my son was born, I went to my family tree in search of names, as I like traditional and old family names best. You might want to research some names back in your family (and Chris').
Good traditional male names:
George (my top favorite, and if I had had another child, I would have picked it)
Cameron
If Chris is a Jr., make him a III. You could even call him Trey.
Seth
Jake (my son's name, but you can borrow it)
Ethan
Garreth
Okay, I'll stop now.
Posted by coolchick | December 14, 2007 6:38 AM
Patrick
Trent
Vaughn
Lucas
Posted by Snapper | December 14, 2007 6:49 AM
No one mentioned
Ryan
Trevor
and only one mention of
Tyler
Posted by Meredith | December 14, 2007 7:29 AM
Paul
Anthony
Fletcher
Mark
Ryan
Posted by Mel | December 14, 2007 7:33 AM
This is pretty much my favorite question to answer ever:
1. Xavier
2. Caleb
3. Beckett
4. Simon
5. Asher
Posted by Lena | December 14, 2007 7:49 AM
well...we have Samson Daniel -- we were looking for strong names, and it just turned out that my homework for my history of the Old Testament class was the stories of Samson and Daniel.
We were also leaning toward Samuel Atticus, but being a beer drinker in the Boston area I just knew he'd end up being called Samuel Adams!
here were the other possibilies:
John
Stephen
Otis
Cosmo
oh, and to coolchick's "Trey" suggestion...Chris is too well versed in random knowledge, and would know that's how Trey from Phish got his name, and rule it out...
Posted by jason | December 14, 2007 7:57 AM
My three favoritest names ever are
Travis Elliott
Cayden James
Jack Thomas
They all have a little ring to them that I just love. I think finding a boy names is so hard. Good luck!!
Posted by Tess | December 14, 2007 8:03 AM
My three favoritest names ever are
Travis Elliott
Cayden James
Jack Thomas
They all have a little ring to them that I just love. I think finding a boy name is so hard. Good luck!!
Posted by Tess | December 14, 2007 8:03 AM
Hayden
Mason
Edward
Stephen
Quinn
Posted by jodi | December 14, 2007 8:05 AM
Hayden
Nicholas
Nathan
Aaron
Andrew
Benjamin
Yeah, I know. More than five.
Hey, is Chris a junior? What about - Chris Jr???
Posted by Anna | December 14, 2007 8:07 AM
I recently found out I am pregnant so we've been playing the name game a lot. Boys names are hard and they just aren't as much fun as girls names.
For a boy, we've decided on Maxwell - it is a family name. I also like Trey, Calvin, Alan, and Evan. There are my 5.
Posted by Michelle | December 14, 2007 8:10 AM
I love Abraham, but I have a half brother in law with that name, so no can do. I also like Alexander but I told my best friend and she used it, so no can do. Finally, the one I think we will/can use, McKinley. The husband and I like to use names of places we have been or would like to go to come up with names, so McKinley was originally after the mountain, but then we realized it is also his grandmother's maiden name, so it is perfect for us. Plus I think it is gender nuetral. But if you use it, I am still using it for my f-ing child too. No more name stealing.
Posted by Stephanie | December 14, 2007 8:29 AM
Cooper
Caleb
Posted by Heather | December 14, 2007 8:32 AM
Carver *** (my favorite)
Elliot
Miles
Benjamin
Calvin
Posted by Amy | December 14, 2007 8:34 AM
Ooh, I like
Rhyddian
Huw
Conyn
Dai
Calan
...though i guess you meant traditional to your part of the world, in which case...uh... I have no idea. Evan's good.
Posted by Seraphim | December 14, 2007 8:36 AM
1. james
2. ben
3. michael
4. stephen
5. brian
the most traditional but nice names i can think of!
Posted by Averil | December 14, 2007 8:41 AM
My son's name is Blake Elliot...I think I picked the best.
I also liked Nathan, Nicolas, Andrew, Jeremy, and Jackson.
Good luck!
Posted by Bah | December 14, 2007 8:41 AM
Jack
Henry
Oliver
Posted by Sparkle Pants | December 14, 2007 8:43 AM
Milo
Maximillian
Noah
Turner
Grayson
Posted by Brad | December 14, 2007 8:43 AM
Jackson
Travis
Sebastian
Elijah
Tanner
Good luck on finding the right name!
Posted by Jessica | December 14, 2007 8:45 AM
Going with my Scottish heritage -
Ian
Kyle
Adrian
Colin
Alistair
Posted by anon | December 14, 2007 8:47 AM
How about Daniel or Adam
Posted by Ruleeta | December 14, 2007 8:48 AM
James
Donovan
Tyler
Jackson
Alexander(I always liked this after watching Buffy and wanted another boy so we could call him Zander)
Posted by Lisa | December 14, 2007 8:51 AM
Here are some of the traditional names i like:
Frank
George
(just met the cutest boys/brothers with those names)
Oliver
Jake
Lucas/Luke
Will
Of course, we aren't about naming kids with traditional names:
Breckin - the alternate name for Squeaker... you can have it if you want! :)
Posted by farfromca | December 14, 2007 8:52 AM
Aidan
Posted by Lisa | December 14, 2007 8:54 AM
Elijah
Jackson
Joshua
Posted by alfredsmom | December 14, 2007 8:57 AM
We're going through the same thing, except we don't know the sex so we are fighting over TWICE as many names.
Anyway, five of our boy contenders:
Daniel
Owen
Nicholas
Zachary
Graham
Posted by Laura | December 14, 2007 9:06 AM
Ethan
Evan
Daniel
Brett
Oh, who am I kidding I am having enough problems naming my own fetus! Got any good girl names?
Posted by Tuesday | December 14, 2007 9:07 AM
Kingsley
Henry
Do you have any good family names you could use?
Posted by Amy | December 14, 2007 9:12 AM
Bennett
Garrett
Daniel (Danny)
Peter
David
I used to work in OB and would have to type up birth certificates - oh the things that people would name their children!
Posted by Maggie | December 14, 2007 9:14 AM
I'm not reading any of the proceeding comments, so forgive me if I repeat any names.
1. Mason is my favorite boy's name. I doubt you want "Mia and Mason," though.
2. Oliver
3. Christian
4. Andrew (Drew for a nickname)
5. Jackson (Jack for a nickname)
Posted by Erica | December 14, 2007 9:16 AM
you may have rejected my choices once before, i believe...
i said Jack (you can't use that one, right?)
Nathan - Natie, or Nate. love love love
Ryan
Ethan
(those were our boy names...you can have 'em...since i'm all done with the whole baby thing!)
Posted by ali | December 14, 2007 9:17 AM
Brendan
Justin
Weston
Jonas
Posted by Leah H. | December 14, 2007 9:19 AM
James
Daniel
Michael
Jeffrey
Samuel
Posted by Teresa | December 14, 2007 9:20 AM
Matthias
Posted by Shannon | December 14, 2007 9:26 AM
I have only girls so I will give you my "if they were boys" names
Owen (Summer's intended name)
Nolan (Mila's intended name)
Joshua
Nicholas
William (Will)
Posted by Amanda | December 14, 2007 9:31 AM
Jonathan [Could go with Jon or Nathan for short]
Samuel [Sam, Sammy]
Chad/Chadwick
Corey/Cody
Jason
I can't stop at 5! I'm sorry, I'm on a roll here!!
Michael [Mike, Mikey, Mickey, Mic]
Brandon
Alan Michael?
Jeffrey
Justin
Caleb
Matthew/Mattheau
Martin [Marty]
Trevor
Dustin
Daniel [Danny]
James
Douglas
Sean
Andrew [Andy, Drew]
Clayton
Trey
Troy
Kevin/Devin
Mitchell [Mitch]
Luke
Elliot
Harrison [Harry]
Lamar
Morgan
Brock
Brady
Timothy
Okay.. I'll stop. I'm sorry, I really got on a roll there, but if you need more, just lemme know! I can spew names like nobody's business! lol
Posted by Suzy | December 14, 2007 9:42 AM
You don't like what I have to say most of the time, but I'll throw my favorites in.
Jet Danger - ( he can always say, "Danger is my middle name )
Isaac ( call him Zack ) Isaac means laughter
Creek
Stone
Easton ( maybe better as a girl name )
Posted by Edge | December 14, 2007 9:42 AM
David
Isaac
Ian
Mason
Cecil
Posted by jaime | December 14, 2007 9:45 AM
Trevor.
Posted by Maggie | December 14, 2007 9:47 AM
My all time favourite boy's name is Owen, but I can't use it (last name issue). Runner's up: Jeremy, Nathan, Timothy, and Benjamin.
Posted by Karey | December 14, 2007 9:54 AM
Joel
Colby
Carson
Henry
Jordan
Ryan
Daniel
Posted by Emily Jane | December 14, 2007 9:55 AM
Zane
It's my brother's name, and I love it!
Posted by Dirka | December 14, 2007 9:58 AM
I'm sort of partial to Joshua because I named my 2nd Joshua and his first day his brother (5 years older) came to see him and announced that I could name him Joshua, but HE was going to call him Justin. . . so for the past 21 years, his name has been, of course, Justin :)
I also love Jason, Justin :), Jared, Adam, Alan, Aaron, and Alex.
For some strange reason, I also like the name Caden. (thats pretty left field compared to the others!)
Good luck!
Posted by 3jaysmom | December 14, 2007 9:58 AM
William (I call mine, WILLZ!)
Alexander (but call him Zander, like from Buffy)
Vincent (Vinny or The Vinster)
Posted by Catizhere | December 14, 2007 9:59 AM
We picked Eric for our son because it is short, easy to spell and you can't really make fun of it!
Posted by Eric's Mommy | December 14, 2007 10:06 AM
Christian
Michael
Jackson
Derick
(The last 2 are my kids' names. :)
Posted by Kristie | December 14, 2007 10:09 AM
Lately, I have been all about:
Graham
Posted by MRW | December 14, 2007 10:09 AM
Jack
Sam
Clay
Posted by Sarah | December 14, 2007 10:20 AM
Holy crap, Beth. If you don't get a name from this extensive list of replies, you're screwed. My favs are...
Willem
Prine
Gabriel (Gibby)
Tavo
Zane
Wyatt
Hank
Posted by Mrs. Fantasy | December 14, 2007 10:28 AM
Atticus
Liam
Keaton
Posted by Crystal | December 14, 2007 10:30 AM
Well these are my Favorite names
Bailey (son 1)
Bryn (son 2)
Jack( very common near here)
Alfie
Darcy
All very cool names
I know loads of boys so I could rattle all those off as well if you wanted.
x
Posted by Kerry | December 14, 2007 10:32 AM
Kevin
Colin
Benjamin
Posted by Annie | December 14, 2007 10:38 AM
I haven't seen this listed yet. I am almost not wanting to share it. It is my little guy's name. I LOVE it. I don't want it to become uber popular, But? Here:
Clark
You can thank me later. lol!
Posted by Beth | December 14, 2007 10:46 AM
Nathan.
I wouldn't have noticed the man who's now my husband of 5 years if he wasn't called Nathan. I have a soft spot for Nathans.
Posted by lia | December 14, 2007 10:47 AM
Forgive me if these are repeats; I didn't read through all the others.
This is exactly the reason I am thrilled to have girls. Boys names are TOUGH.
I love Owen, Oliver, Henry, and Samuel. Not necessarily in that order.
Posted by Susan | December 14, 2007 10:49 AM
Maxwell (Max)
William (LIAM)
Gavin
Posted by ckirby50 | December 14, 2007 10:55 AM
Jacob
Marc
Isaac
Posted by Florida Transplant | December 14, 2007 11:02 AM
Daniel
Alexander (Alex or Xander)
Ryan
Sean
James (but straight up James, not Jim or Jimmy... maybe Jamie)
I actually have always loved the name Christopher, but that probably won't work for you.
Posted by Stephanie | December 14, 2007 11:03 AM
My one-year-old nephew is named:
Grant.
Love it. Also, I love James, as was previously mentioned, but my husband hates it, so we won't be naming our kid that. He likes Lock. I put the kabosh on that real fast.
Recently found your blog - have been entertained by Chris's for quite some time.
Posted by Kelly | December 14, 2007 11:06 AM
Ethan
Jacob
Adam
David
Joshua
Posted by E | December 14, 2007 11:08 AM
My faves are Ryan and Nicholas.
Posted by Melissa | December 14, 2007 11:19 AM
Our son is Andrew Michael and we were going to use Patrick Jacob for our third, but ended up with a girl... I'm almost tempted to try for a fourth so we might be able to use the name.
Posted by Sarah | December 14, 2007 11:20 AM
My favorites are:
Blake
Kyle
Marshall
Good luck!! :)
Posted by Amanda | December 14, 2007 11:20 AM
Mine:
Kurt
Harrison
William
Ryan
Posted by Katy | December 14, 2007 11:23 AM
I don't have any better suggestions but I was amazed at how many people used my son's name: Elliot! I think it's a good one, and one that's coming back into style. We also liked Isaac and Emmitt.
Posted by Claire | December 14, 2007 11:24 AM
Elijah
Daniel
Isaiah
Samuel
Benjamin
Posted by Sheila | December 14, 2007 11:29 AM
HAHA Edge! I LOVE the thought of little boy with the middle name DANGER...
Posted by catizhere | December 14, 2007 11:39 AM
You are brave to even ask this. Seriously. The internet feels strongly about names!
For some reason, I love old Jewish names. (I'm not Jewish. At all.)
Ira
Linus
Chaim
Best of luck!
Posted by Isabel | December 14, 2007 11:40 AM
1. Joshua
2. Jack
3. Matthew
4. Nicholas
5. David
And that's all folks
Posted by Maribeth | December 14, 2007 11:40 AM
My top five were:
Noah
Samuel
Nathan
Alexander
Benjamin
I ended up going with Samuel. :-)
Posted by Becky | December 14, 2007 11:44 AM
I'm late to the party, but here are my favs:
-Leo (Could be a nickname for John or a name by itself).
-Marco (I think this sounds great with Mia!)
-Jacob (Jake)
Good luck!!
Posted by Kelly | December 14, 2007 11:49 AM
Benjamin
Alex
Spencer
Cole (of course!)
Thomas
Posted by heels | December 14, 2007 11:50 AM
Patrick
Denzel
Allistair
Scott
Elliot
Posted by Sysha | December 14, 2007 11:51 AM
We had a terrible time coming up with a name for our son, so I'm bookmarking this page b/c there are lots of good ideas if we have another boy!
My favorite - Evan (my son's name)
Posted by Jennifer | December 14, 2007 11:56 AM
See now boy names were easy for us and then we had a girl, go figure.
Here are my favorites-
-Benjamin (Mia and Ben, that is so perfect together but not too cutesy)
-Kason
-Oliver
-Almost anything with a J like Justin, Jared, Jeremy...
Posted by Dawn | December 14, 2007 11:59 AM
William
Alfredo
John
Micheal
Richard
Maximillien
Posted by katherine | December 14, 2007 12:08 PM
Tyler (for obvious reasons)
Timothy (which Tyler would have been if hubs had only liked it)
Griffon (because I always wanted a dragon).
Posted by Candy | December 14, 2007 12:08 PM
Rhett
Donovan
Michael
Posted by Cobwebs | December 14, 2007 12:09 PM
Michael Austin
Mitchell Allen
John Allen
Carlton Blake
Clark Steven
Jason Robert
Chris Steven
Posted by linda | December 14, 2007 12:19 PM
Boy names I'm good at, 3 times over. It took way longer to settle on the ONE girl name. My favorites are of course, my favorites ;)
Seth
Will(iam)
Grant
Posted by sweethomealagirl | December 14, 2007 12:23 PM
Jonah
Baker
Max (ok, so I've got that name on the brain because every 30 seconds Shepherd asks, Max? and wants me to read Where the Wild things are... again. For the frillionth time today).
Posted by Corinne | December 14, 2007 12:24 PM
We've been having the boy name debate for awhile now but haven't found one that we both really like. Here's a few that I love:
Jack
Gabriel
Judah
Raphael
Good luck!
Posted by Eleanor Q. | December 14, 2007 12:40 PM
We've been having the boy name debate for awhile now but haven't found one that we both really like. Here's a few that I love:
Jack
Gabriel
Judah
Raphael
Good luck!
Posted by Eleanor Q. | December 14, 2007 12:41 PM
Jeffrey
Hunter
Jeremy
Posted by stephanie | December 14, 2007 12:48 PM
Emmet
Samuel
Jeremiah
That's what I got today.
Good luck!
Posted by hannita | December 14, 2007 1:08 PM
Well, my first boy is Lucas, which I love. Easy to spell, uncommon but not weird, works in lots of languages.
Second boy is Ezekiel (Zeke for short). Difficult to spell and weird, or so I've been told, but I love it anyway.
I love Hebrew/Old Testament names in general: Gabriel, Josiah, Joachim, Micah, Malachi. Perhaps too odd to be traditional.
Posted by Maria | December 14, 2007 1:09 PM
Just a thought, if I remember correctly Mia is named after her grandmothers or great grandmothers, what about going along those lines for the son? If not, may I add:
Robert
Donald
Edward
Joseph
Christopher
These could all be shortened for when he was a child, but would be very strong for his career.
Posted by Krush | December 14, 2007 1:12 PM
I have two girls and spent both pregnancies figuring out what to name them. I like traditional names, so we decided to name them after people in our combined families. Even though I thought that would be simple, it was not. My evil, now ex-husband, had unreasonable opinions about almost every name I came up with.
I was determined to not give them names they had to explain or spell for people the rest of their lives. My name is Margaret, but I am called Peggy, and practically no one understands that.
So my first is Elizabeth Mary Ann, and the second is Emily Kathleen. I also was very careful to not let their initials spell anything.
If it were me, I would also have to consider Mia's name and have a boys name that goes well with that.
So much to think about!
Here are the boy names I like:
Edward (Eddie is such a cute nickname)
William (Billy, also cute)
Owen
Charles (Charlie is cute and my dad's name)
Colin (sounds good with Mia)
Kevin
Mark
Matthew
David
Sorry, I went over the name limit.
Posted by Anonymous | December 14, 2007 1:13 PM
Samuel James was our boy's name, so I'll throw that out there first.
Julian
Oliver
Posted by Kelley | December 14, 2007 1:18 PM
I only suggested one before, so I can suggest another and still be within the rules :-)
Mia and Max is cute, but instead of Maximillien or Maxwell, I like:
Maxton
Posted by MRW | December 14, 2007 1:24 PM
not knowing your last name, the first traditional name that comes to my mind is Samuel.
my son Hayden is just 4 months old, so here's the other names we were considering:
Conor
Liam
Ben
Dane
Posted by Laurie | December 14, 2007 1:25 PM
Milo
Carter
Elliot
Simon
Jasper
Posted by Aurora | December 14, 2007 1:28 PM
I like classics that won't go out of style:
James
Andrew
Kirk
Kent
Eric
I just named a brother/husband (they both have the same name, don't squinch your nose up like that, jeez), a good friend, and 3 nephews.
good luck! drawing a name out of a hat always works, too!
Posted by amy | December 14, 2007 1:28 PM
Aidan
Ethan
Alec
Ren
John
Posted by rebecca | December 14, 2007 1:31 PM
Henry
James (Never Jim)
Owen (because that's my son and it's a great name)
I liked the name Finn - but it didn't go with the last name
Jack
Posted by Sharri | December 14, 2007 1:42 PM
Carter
Cooper
Spencer
(apparently I am into last names that end in "-er"
Posted by Shelly | December 14, 2007 1:51 PM
Dylan
Nicholas
Henry
Cooper
Chase
love the "danger is my middle name" comment way up above
Posted by Cynthia | December 14, 2007 1:59 PM
Hudson
Posted by AmyChop | December 14, 2007 2:07 PM
Daniel
Aiden
Shawn
Seamus
Benjamin (Ben)
Ryan
I hated Aiden at first, but it's so growing on me now. It's my husband's favorite.
Good luck!
Posted by Pocklock | December 14, 2007 2:12 PM
Camden
Christian
Noah
Garrett
Alexander
Posted by Dana | December 14, 2007 2:13 PM
Byron
Derek
Adam
Ryan
Scott
and I have to add a sixth- Keegan
Posted by Judy | December 14, 2007 2:32 PM
I only have two for you:
harrison
william
Posted by valerie | December 14, 2007 2:35 PM
Owen
Marco (how cute...Mia and Marco...)
Dante (for obvious reasons)
if we had another boy, it'd be
Giovanni (Gio or Joe for short)
Posted by michele | December 14, 2007 2:36 PM
fave name: zack / zachary. we've got one of those, whose brother is edan, which is my second fave but i'll never tell them that!
Posted by daisy | December 14, 2007 2:42 PM
I worked for a graphic designer who (and I'm not kidding) named her kids Cyan and Magenta. Cyan was cute for a boy, but I always knew it wass a shade of blue. It might fit in with Chris's idea of using Pixel though.
How about Gus, Ethan or Jack.
Or if you need my all time favorite: Kejuan!
Posted by Karen | December 14, 2007 2:45 PM
Gabriel
Noah
Issac
Good luck!
Posted by Mary | December 14, 2007 2:47 PM
Ooh - the name game (again)! Assuming you have a last name that will work with one of these:
Joshua
Jonah (Jones as a nickname!)
John
Jude
David
Gabriel (Gabe)
Graham
Blake
Evan
Also, I love the name "Miles," but would that be too cutesy - Mia and Miles?
I'm sure by now you've probably considered the names of all male relatives, but have you given any thought to any family last names that can be used as first names - like for instance, your mother's maiden name or something like that? Obviously some surnames just won't work, but you might luck out with one that could be a cool first name without being weird.
I'm over the name limit, I know - I'm sorry! (But I hope the suggestions help!)
Posted by erin | December 14, 2007 2:53 PM
Hmmm...I like the vowel-starting names apparently:
Owen
Oliver
Ethan
Ian
Whatever you choose will be lovely!
Posted by kate | December 14, 2007 2:58 PM
Julius/Julian/Jules
Van (short for Sullivan, if you like, but possibly on its own)
Erich (or Eric/Erik, if you prefer, but I'm German, so...)
Posted by MamaKaren | December 14, 2007 3:10 PM
Personally I like:
Ethan
Owen
Mark
Brian
David
We personally had a hard time picking out boys names. Had 2 girls names all ready, and what do I have, but 2 boys! The irony!
Posted by Katie | December 14, 2007 3:14 PM
Elliot
Lee
James (but not nickname Jim, Jimmy)
Charles
Mark
Holden
Posted by Sue | December 14, 2007 3:24 PM
Mark
Mia & Mark...how freakin' cute is that!
and whoever though Kigh was a traditional name must be kidding...all that makes me think about is "high as a kite".
Posted by Elizabeth | December 14, 2007 3:33 PM
Ryker
Jax
Travis
Grayson
Posted by Steff | December 14, 2007 3:43 PM
Thaddeus
Warren
Matthew
David
We had a rash of people around here naming their sons Jarrett. ??? Don't care for that at all.
Posted by Sherry | December 14, 2007 4:03 PM
Brayden~
If I had the chance to do it again...
Leo
Drew
Wil
Jack
Jake
Posted by shannon | December 14, 2007 4:19 PM
Blain
Ian
Michael
Thomas
Paul
I have a friend who wants to name her fetus Talon, but spelling it Talen. All I can think of is hawk and eagle talons swooping down to steal away her baby from that name. Plus she was watching the Hills and I think she got it from there. She asked me what I thought of it. All I could say was that's definitely different and then silently praying to myself that she finds out on Monday that she is having a girl.
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