by Lisa W.
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August 31, 2005

Help Me Name My Next Baby: Your Help on Cool Boy Names Needed

October 15, 2009 01:39 PM EDT (Updated: October 15, 2009 01:40 PM EDT)
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We found out last Friday that we are having another boy in March and a full on naming war has broken out in my house.

My husband feels that with our first child I somehow "tricked him" into giving his first son an uber "Waspy" name (Boden -- see pic) turning him into the very douche bag father he dreaded becoming.

This time around, he is determined to thwart my attempts at naming our kid something the screams bow ties and boat shoes and is pushing for either a Hebrew name or Italian name as a shout out to his own background.

We are at a standstill. My list of names are handpicked to match Boden (who by the way, as I remind my husband, was actually named by a Jewish friend of ours).

 

My husband's list of names he's proposing are beyond traditional, scream nerd, and in my humble opinion, simply do not gel with Boden (not to mention our dog Kenzie -- yes I "tricked" him that time too).

So friends, I am bringing this problem to you. Please share any ideas you have for a name for boy #2.

My needs on name #2? To sound good with Boden and not set him up for a life of being Boden's nerdy little bother ___________.

My husband's needs on name #2? To NOT further his spiral into douche baggery that as an Audi driving, yellow lab owning, Cambridge living, Boden-naming father he has begun...hmm, think we can solve his dilemma without therapy?

I won't share any of the names we've already discussed so it is anyone's game.

 

 

 
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Comments: 25

MaryAnne, Director of Member Services Oct 15, 2009, 1:52pm EDT
First off, congratulations!!!! Baby boy #2 is only 5 months away. You have plenty of time to fight... I mean decide.

My favorite is Colin. If I had a second boy he was going to be named Colin.
Christine Mailey Oct 15, 2009, 1:54pm EDT
Oh, I like Colin! My cousin is named Colin. It's a strong Irish name. =)
MaryAnne, Director of Member Services Oct 15, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
Probably why I like it!
Bridget ♥ Oct 15, 2009, 1:55pm EDT
Hubby and I struggled to agree on a name with our son, Chandler. I had a list of names that I LOVED and hubby didn't like ANY of them! After months olf going through name books and such, I said Chandler and he actually said YES!

With Stephy, we didn't have any issues at all! she's named after my Dad, Steven, she was due a week before his 50th birthday!

Good luck!
Bridget ♥ Oct 15, 2009, 1:55pm EDT
Oh and Yes, CONGRATS!!! Chandler is a March 9th baby! :)
Michelle DeLuties Oct 15, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
yikes, you're vicious. My husband chose both of my sons' names and I wasn't a fan of either of them. he says we agreed that he would chose the boy names and I would chose the girls names. For the record, I have no recollection of every agreeing to this compromise. You're not going to like this but I say let him chose this time. Whatever the name ends up being, your son will own it. I'm Italian so I vote for Anthony or Christopher, strong and masculine names. :)
MaryAnne, Director of Member Services Oct 15, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Michelle, my mother-in-law and father-in-law had the same agreement. She would name any girls and he would name any boys. They ended up having 6 boys! By boy #4 she stepped in and put her foot down on his name choice. They found names they agreed on for the youngest 3 boys.
Jeff Cusson Oct 15, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
First of all, congratulations!

Second, I'm personally not a fan of alliterative sibling names (see: Duggar nut jobs), so nothing starting with 'B'.

Here's a quick list: Aaron, Eli, Luke (they could be like Bo and Luke Duke from the Dukes of Hazzard!), Ryder (if you wanted to keep it Wasp-y), Max.

You could also go with John (because Johnny W. could never be a dorky name).
Meagan E. Oct 15, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
I love the name Boden - I do not think it's WASPY, I think it is unique! I love love love the name Noah....Boden and Noah, sounds very nice, and seems to be a nice compromise. Plus, Noah is only the 23rd most popular name for 2009.....
David Cooperstein Oct 15, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
I too like Noah. Or Nate.
David Cooperstein Oct 15, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
You should name him James or Jamie. That way he can be waspy, jewish and/or gay.
Michelle DeLuties Oct 15, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
I love it!
Dania G. Oct 15, 2009, 4:53pm EDT
How about Brock...
Dania G. Oct 15, 2009, 4:55pm EDT
wait not done... Chase or u can use my sons name
Joaquin
Bea N. Oct 15, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
My sons name is Gabriel but if i do have another I love the name Tristin.......
Wendy S. Oct 15, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
Yeah - join the boy club! I am due with baby boy #2 in about one week. Once we name our little guy, I will share some good, strong boy names we did not go with.
Lisa W. Oct 19, 2009, 10:27am EDT
Wendy -- good luck with #2! I can't wait to hear your extra names. I am sure you have some good ones :)
Kimberli T. Oct 16, 2009, 12:54am EDT
If I had a son named Boden (cool name by the way) I think that I would name a second son Brayden... I like that name anyhow, but your hubby prolly wouldn't like any name I'd come up with anyhow.
Michele F. Oct 16, 2009, 9:44am EDT
Some of the names are from above...Aaron and Ethan are good names and I will not use them if we have a boy (no i'm not preggers) since i have nephews with these names:-) I also really like - Eli, Evan, Noah and if you really want to go crazy two of my favs are Hank and Harry:-)
Chris Bauer Oct 16, 2009, 10:57am EDT
I have two Hebrew names that I really like, yours for the pickin':

Ezekiel (Nickname: Zeke)
Maccabee (Nickname: Mac)

Good luck lady!
Dusty Hubbard Oct 16, 2009, 12:49pm EDT
Well my Jewish friends are named Gabriel and Michael, one of them named his son Zander. I like Wesley (shortened to Wes), Travis. Lately I've seen way to many Travis's though. I like Chris B's suggestion on Zeke that's a cool way to shorten Ezekiel!
Robin Foster Oct 16, 2009, 5:33pm EDT
Congrats to you all for the new addition to your family. My vote is for Lukas. Not because it compliments Boden's name so much(which I also like), but because it is such a great name. Never mind that it is also my 2nd son's name.
Patti Ann Oct 16, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
To be a little different, if that is how you are, but I actually named my friends daughter. I took a combination of her two sisters names and her mothers name and came up with Tori Ann. (T=Tanya, ori=Cori, and Ann for her mom.) I know that is a girls name but since I don't know important people in your family kinda hard for me to figure something out. Anyways, just a suggestion to help you come up with a really special name for your son that has special meaning to it for people who might be important to both you and your husband.
Rachel B. Oct 18, 2009, 9:18am EDT
When my husband and I met, we both already had a name in mind that we really liked and would love to name a child someday. Mine was a girl name, and his was a boy name. We both liked the other's name, so we agreed that our first child would be named one of those names. Well we had a baby girl, so I got to name her with my choice. We agreed that it was my husband's turn to pick out girl and boy names for the next child, although I told him that I had veto power. That seemed to work-- he suggested a lot of names that he liked, and I got to choose the one I liked the best out of all of them. And if I didn't like one of them, he had to keep searching.

Maybe that would work out for you-- that way he would feel like he got to choose the name, but you could say no if you didn't like it.
Nathan Hedberg Dec 23, 2009, 2:47pm EST
Oakley

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