If you like suggesting names: Boy name that I wish was Finian

[Anonymous]

Before we found out sex for my dd, we settled on Finian (nn Finn) for a boy. Ended up having a Caroline. Six months later my cousin had twin boys—first boys in the generation after 11 girls in a row—and named them Finn and Ian. (He has no idea about our name choice so this was just a bizarre coincidence.) Unfortunately, we live 30 min from them and see them multiple times a year for family gatherings so this isn’t a “distant cousin we’ll never see” sort of thing.

Anyway, my husband and I are having a hard time moving on now that we are nearing the end of my second pregnancy, this time with a boy. DH is first generation Irish-American with a “hard” to pronounce Irish name that he usually just anglicizes for strangers but is drawn to names with an Irish origin—just pronounceable ones.

My current consideration list:
1. Nolan (Texas friends have tried to ruin this by saying it makes them think of beef.)
2. Benjamin, nn Ben (adore Ben but wish it wasn’t top 10.)
3. William, nn Will (same as above)

Husband’s list:
1. Liam (his middle name and like 7 of his cousins and so overdone IMO)
2. Connor (it’s fine but it sounds cutesy with Caroline and I have annoying family that would 100% call him Conman)
3. Gavin (I do like this but something about it feels trendy and not strong/classic to me)
4. Declan (Same as above)

What name are we missing? What would you go with?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what the Nolan beef connection is, so I don’t think it’s a common association. I just think of Nolan Ryan.

Of your 7 above I like Declan the best.

[Anonymous]

Quinn

But I also think you can deal with 2 Finns a few times a year.

[Anonymous]

I like Nolan, Gavin and Declan best. Also, there is Ronan (which is similar in style to the other three).

[Anonymous]

If you love Finn, I would just use it. Life will go on

[Anonymous]

I'd just use Finian if you like it!

So what if cousin has the same name. Lots of families have people with the same name. You can always have a family nickname if you need to differentiate at family gatherings.

[Anonymous]

I would still use the nae. I have two cousins with my name, one has the same last name too.

[Anonymous]

What about Kieran? Irish in nature, easy to pronounce, not a top 10 name.

[Anonymous]

Devon is a cool name, which I think is Irish.
Colin.

[Anonymous]

Casey. It is a great boy's name. Classic Irish. And not overused.

[Anonymous]

Trying to remember names of my great uncles for inspiration.


Bennett
Mícheál Camilus
Brendan
Conor
James Rian
Edmund Emmet
Gerald
Cillian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what the Nolan beef connection is, so I don’t think it’s a common association. I just think of Nolan Ryan.

Of your 7 above I like Declan the best.

Apparently Nolan Ryan owns cattle now and sells all the hamburgers in Texas. It’s definitely just a regional issue but hard to get out of my head when we have family and friends in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Nolan, Gavin and Declan best. Also, there is Ronan (which is similar in style to the other three).

Ooh I forgot about Ronan! That was on one of my early lists. I’ll have to revisit that with dh.

[Anonymous]

Riley
Flynn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quinn

But I also think you can deal with 2 Finns a few times a year.

Love this name but we already have 2 Quinns in the family and one belongs to my fav SIL so I wouldn’t want to piss her off.