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Here I am less than 5 weeks out from the arrival of my second child, a boy!!  At one of my Ultra Sounds I asked them to double check the gender because I wasn't convinced because at previous scans they had said "well its my opinion its a boy but I like to get a view from various angles and he has his legs tightly clamped together"

This time the Technician said had a good look and said to me "Honey if they bring you in a girl they are DEFINATLY bringing you the wrong baby" LOL, my FI asked proudly when I told him "does that mean he is well hung" hehe, men!!!!

Anyway, I have spent hours trawling through Baby Name Sites and I just can't find ANYTHING I like.  I am stuck on the name Aiden (I love it!!!), but my FI thinks it sounds to pansy-ish.  I totally disagree, I think it makes him sound strong and dependable. And my FI has decided he likes the name Jakob......bbuuutt our daughter is called Jade and I am sure Jakob will eventually be shortened to Jake.  Jake and Jade.....yeah no!!!!!!  So it seems we are at an inpass.....

Do any of you have any baby boy names you love and would be willing to share???

Thanks for all the suggestions Ladies.

I haven't come across Namberry before, I have been checking it out and suddenly feel very tired....must.have.nana.nap.......lol  (and its only 930am for me)

My FI likes Jakob (with a K) because of its Dutch Connection.  His parents are Dutch.  He also suggested Hank (his grand fathers name), but to me Hank is very American (no offence) and all I can think of is Hank Hill and Hank Baskette (sp?).  So that also recieved a huge no from me.

And Ehh5000 hit the nail on the head with the Irish name thing.  I am a wonderful mix of Irish, Scottish, Welsh (with a tiny touch of german thrown in, lol)  And I have always loved anything Celtic.

Its amazing how hard this can be.  And If it was another little princess I was having to name, I have a list 100 names long of options I just love.  But for this little prince.....its exhausting!!

And my Mum seriously wants me to call him Willem.  But we had a West Highland Terrier for 15 years whose name was Willem, called Willie for short.  He was put down due to cancer and a week later they got a cat and called it Billie.  That upset me enough.  So when she put that on the table as a serious option, I became extremely upset and walked out.

1. I am NOT naming my child after the Dog

2. The dog was a huge part of our family for 15 years, and he deserves his own memory!  And literally replacing him with a cat and changing one letter in the name was upsetting enough for me!!

A few times I have flicked through the birth announements in the paper, and it seems everyone in Ausralia at the moment is obsessed wth Cruz.  I can't stand it.  But it is everywhere!!!!!!  Can't we all move past the trendy celeb names??  I do not espire to emulate the Beckhams or the Hewwitts!!!

I keep thinking of the poor kid who started year 7 when I was in yr 12 of high school.  He was in my Roll Call, and his name was Norbett, and he was teased mercilessly for it.  I think thats why I am finding it so hard, I don't want to punish my son like that.

We're just starting the TTC process but boy names are a toughy for us as well. A few that we don't hate are Damen and Stephen (stef-fin not steven) One I like that might work for you is Jakoby and could be shortened to koby instead of Jake.

Don't know if you will like it but our son's name is Anderson. I also like Wyatt but that is my ex's name so it would be weird.

Wow, I am overwhelmed by the response.  Thanks everyone!!!!

Its interesting the Naming trend differences between Australia and other parts of the world.  The NSW Births Deaths and Marriages listed Aiden as number 40 on the most popular for 2009, with number 1 being William closley follwed by Jack, Noah, Jaiden Jake and Jacob (all within the top 20). lol 

I'm not allowed to name him Aiden anyway.  I didn't choose the name because of Sex and the City, but it was on TV when FI came home and Aiden was on it.  He is now even more determined that I will not name his son that.  Men!!!!!

I love the name Quinn, that was also one on my original listed. My FI rolled his eyes and pointed to Season 1 and 2 of Sliders on DVD sitting on my shelf.  He was also reading this over my shoulder and made a Trekkie comment about Zephron Cochran being the guy that invented Warp Drive. lol.

Jakoby is a good idea as well...... do I know that name from a realty TV show??  Sounds familiar for some reason.........will muse on that for awhile.

I love the name Gabriel, it would have been short listed for my daughter, if my best friend hadn't pinched it first :)

....Maybe I could take the approach of no I don't know his name, he hasn't told me yet. :D

And the debate with my FI goes on.....

I've always loved the name Levi for a boy. also really like Caden

I love Alfie (I've got one in my class and he's a classic!), Finn, Archie (no. 1 on our list at the moment!), Charlie, Rafferty (Love it but it'll clash with FI's last name really badly!), Avery, Luka, Jonah, Elijah & Fabian - love em all!

I'm a teacher and I've met HUNDREDS of Liams, Jamies, Coopers, Jacksons (They're EVERYWHERE), Jacobs, Joshuas, Baileys.

I'm not a big fan of any of the "en" names.  I think they are beautiful, but I have a really common name as well.  And growing up there were at least two or three other girls in my class with my name.  I had to go by my initial.  Even to this day, when someone calls a friend and the friend says they're with me, the next question is which one?  

I love the name Jakob.  Other names are Samuel (Sam), Julien, Zachary.  And I'm pretty sure that Van is a dutch name, I've only ever met one person with that name.