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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pregnant with my first child and it's a boy. I have a million and one girl names that I love, but I'm having a hard time coming up with boy names that excite me. I tend to like traditional names, though now that I'm considering giving one to an actual child, I'm wondering whether they're a bit of a cop out and I should try harder.

Names I like include: 
Henry, Oliver, William, Samuel (all too popular), Thomas (dull?), Alfred (I think it's cool but my family hates it), Edwin (after my dad), Edward, Peter (won't work with last name).

Despite years of staunch opposition to surnames as first names, I find myself liking Gardner and Rivers (and other comparable names), though I can't commit because they feel pretentious. These types of names are a part of the naming culture I grew up in (from Charleston, SC) but I am not Southern old money or anything like that, so they feel a little... aspirational? almost ridiculous for the child of a [b]lesbian, Jewish, left-wing academic[/b] and her partner.

So anyway, do you have any suggestions? Opinions? I'm definitely overthinking everything, but this feels important. 
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Ha!  We are a straight,  Christian right-wing academic couple and are pretty  much deciding on the same names![/quote]

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