Trying to choose between 2 names...*UPDATE - Name added to list...*

allisong1187

Happy new year ladies! I'm a frequent lurker over from the May BMB and am hoping to get your opinion on 2 names my DH and I are down to for our little man. If you were to choose, which would you prefer: Gavin Patrick, Jameson Patrick, or neither? I appreciate your honesty!!

UPDATE - We've added Mason Patrick to the list as well. Any thoughts? It's the one fairly popular name that we like. 

*I should give background - We want Patrick as the middle name for my father as that is his as well.* 

nurse714

Not a huge fan of either but I guess I would choose Gavin Patrick. I think James Patrick is awesome.

mamayo26

I'm on the fence about Gavin myself, but it is off the table because of DH. I like Patrick as a middle name.

Jameson is super popular right now, but I'm not against the name for any reason other than that.

Here are a couple other suggestions:

Evan

Grayson

Liam (also very popular right now)

Leo

Maxwell

Carter

Parker

Also agree with PP that James is great. I love the name and would consider it for DS2's name, but it is DS1's mn. Probably why Iike it so much.

parenthood4

Gavin

Chapter79

I prefer Gavin.

saham07

Jameson is better then Gavin

allisong1187

Thank you everyone!

@joy2611 - hey lady!!

firsttimeauntie

Gavin out of the two but I agree that James would be amazing.

emaddock

I like Jameson better

J+A10

I like Jameson and James

==N==

Gavin for sure. Jameson makes me think whiskey. I'm a big fan of James though.

ashiscute

James Patrick is wonderful! I'm not a fan of Jameson at all. Gavin is okay.

amalama

I love the suggestion of James Patrick, but I like Gavin better than Jameson.

TKO86

Gavin over Jameson. But I agree to liking James more than both.

MaryBB77

My brother is James Patrick. He's a great guy
Jameson is a whiskey. I do like Gavin though. GL.

Beevol

What about Patrick for the first name? Jameson is too trendy/dated sounding for my taste as a first name, and while James Patrick is a lovely name, it's pretty generic. Gavin is OK, but I'm not crazy about it as a first name.

Patrick Gavin or Patrick Jameson are pretty fabulous though and way less popular/trendy/dated sounding.

allisong1187

Thanks everyone for your input!! It's such a difficult decision... I like the name James but I think it's just a bit too popular for DH and I.

I would actually love to name him Patrick but DH thinks of that SNL skit "it's Pat" and can't get over it haha...

superdeluxe

James Patrick

4N6s

Patrick James

queenbone

Gavin of the two. 

Is your H James? I don't understand using a cumbersome sounding name like Jameson unless it is because the child is literally James' son.

I know lots of young Patricks and none of them go by any NN at all. I don't think Pat as a NN is something that will be common in your child's generation so I think few would assume to call him that unless you use it yourself.

JMU_Bride09

I'm going to dissent and say Jameson Patrick. It's a GP name of mine.

hillgirl322

James Patrick or Patrick James

magsugar13

I'd go with gavin. mason would be my 2nd choice

jameson is awful imo

DawnJM25

Another vote for James Patrick.

lalamomma

I feel like all of those names except Patrick are very trendy/popular. I don't like Jameson but that's just a personal opinion. Just zero appeal to me. Of the names I suppose I would pick Gavin. Some other suggestions:
Colin, Connor, Griffin, Miles

nmrd

I know Mason is popular but it's a great name and I like the meaning, so that would be my vote! As an added benefit it seems less fussy than Jameson. And although I really like the name Gavin I always associate it w Gavin Rossdale, but maybe the age group for that association is limited.