Help with boy names !

sbevann26

We are team green, and have already picked our girl name... Stuck on boys names. We really want something different, and non traditional, but not something weird. Here's my list I would love honest opinions! Our last name is Green

Zayden
Jaxon
Jayce
Rowan
Zakary
Aiden

Any suggestions would be great ! Thanks

lauralew

mjreilly2 said:

Yeah...if you want something different and not too popular, I would scratch Zayden, Jaxon, Jayce, and Aiden off your list. They are some of the trendiest, most overused "names" around. And all of them (apart from Aiden) are misspelled. Using a "different" spelling doesn't make your kid unique, it just makes them a kid with a misspelled name. Zayden, Jaxon, and Jayce are really really bad.

Jackson is fine, though popular (ranked #2 with spellings considered). Aiden is ranked #1.

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/updated-part-1-2013-ultimate-aiden.html

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/part-4-2013-ultimate-aiden-guide-beyond.html

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/part-5-2013-ultimate-aiden-guide-beyond.html

Zakary is misspelled. The name is Zachary. Zachary is a nice name, though NMS.

Rowan is by far the best name on your list. I absolutely love it. It probably would have been DD2's name if she had been a boy.

The names you listed give an opposite impression of what you said you like. They are not different or non-traditional (apart from there misspellings).

Ditto.  Zachary and Rowan get my vote.  Aiden is a great name, just overused and often misspelled.

DaisyZH

I like Aiden, although it is pretty popular.

Ideas: Flynn, Troy, Cole, Leo, Declan

poppins123

mjreilly2 said:

Yeah...if you want something different and not too popular, I would scratch Zayden, Jaxon, Jayce, and Aiden off your list. They are some of the trendiest, most overused "names" around. And all of them (apart from Aiden) are misspelled. Using a "different" spelling doesn't make your kid unique, it just makes them a kid with a misspelled name. Zayden, Jaxon, and Jayce are really really bad.

Jackson is fine, though popular (ranked #2 with spellings considered). Aiden is ranked #1.

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/updated-part-1-2013-ultimate-aiden.html

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/part-4-2013-ultimate-aiden-guide-beyond.html

https://tb-babynames.blogspot.com/2014/05/part-5-2013-ultimate-aiden-guide-beyond.html

Zakary is misspelled. The name is Zachary. Zachary is a nice name, though NMS.

Rowan is by far the best name on your list. I absolutely love it. It probably would have been DD2's name if she had been a boy.

The names you listed give an opposite impression of what you said you like. They are not different or non-traditional (apart from there misspellings). So I am not really sure what to suggest.

But...based on Rowan, Zachary, and Jackson:

Everett, Patrick, Gabriel, Garrett, Ronan, Kieran, Tobias, Oliver, Evan, Calvin, Luca, Reid, Pierce, Dominic, Rhys, Ian, Brennan, Quinn, Morris, Graham, Cole, Adrian, Adler, Jude

I agree with all of this - if you are after something different and non-traditional, these names don't really meet that criteria.

PP have given some good suggestions. Some others: Flynn, Bram, Deacon, Levi, Jasper, Vaughn, Zane, Zeke

ginger1228

We don't need more Zaydens in this world!
Go with Zachary or Rowan. Aiden is nice too. But no Zayden.

Manderlin923

Rowan!

Alden, Arlo, Zane, Seamus, Brennan

stahlop

Rowan is the only name on your list that fits your criteria. All the others are extremely popular.

Other suggestions:
Zachariah
Leo
Leon
Byron
Avery
Todd
Tyson
Milo
Oscar/Oskar

saham07

This are all pretty bad IMO . They are trendy and over used. I suggest Roald, Louis, Leo, Blaise, Cassius, Pius, Frank, Dash

catahoulatte

I love Rowan. Hands down, best name on your list.

Aidan is fine.

If you go with Zachary, spell it the traditional way so as not to make it a pain. It's a good name.

The rest are overused, trendy, and not good.

capulet

dreadpiratebuttercup said:

Rowan is the only good name on that list. I do like Zachary and Aidan (these spellings), but Aidan is extremely popular, so that wouldn't be what you're looking for.

All this.

Please realize that a lot of your choices are very popular with slightly less common but bad spellings.  Jaxon doesn't sound any different from Jackson when you say it, nor Zakary from Zachary, so spelling it differently doesn't get you any benefit there, and when you're writing it, a different spelling causes more confusion (your child will have to spell it out every single day for the rest of his life) and can cause people to judge you because you appear either not to know the correct spelling or to think that "creative" spellings have a cachet they don't for many people.

ashiscute

Rowan is the best name on your list.  

Zachary and Aidan are also good but popular.  

BookitBoo

My opinion, In order: Rowan, Zachary, Aiden

chapstix7

I ditto what everyone else says; you have selected some very trendy names. I like Zachary from your list. Here are some suggestions, some are nms though, Gage, Blake, Reid, Brett, Asher, Archer, Grayson, Carson, Thatcher.

orangecrush32

I love Rowan! Just toss the rest of your list and go with that.