Boy names meeting lots of criteria

sldp123 · October 2015

I have found at least 20 names that I love for a girl, but can't seem to find any for a boy. I guess I am being kind of picky, but thought I would post here and see if anyone has ideas that meet this criteria.

- Doesn't start or end with S or S sound

- Our last name is three syllables, the first two sound like "stew-bin" so I guess nothing that ends with that same "-in" sound. Example: I like the name Owen, but I think it sounds kind of rhyme-y with our last name.

- Nothing super long because of the long last name.

- Doesn't start with B - this is negotiable I guess, but my older son is Brayden (he has a different last name so the ending sound wasn't a problem) and I don't want them matchy at all

- Middle name will be James, not negotiable, so I guess probably nothing starting with J either unless it flows well

- ETA: Bonus if it's not overly popular or trendy. I know Brayden is trendy but my tastes have changed in the last ten years.

My absolute favorite name is Eli and it meets all of the above, but my H's cousin just used it, so that's out.

Some of the girl names I like to give an idea of style are: Rhea, Ava, Paige, Maya, Nora, Mallory, Tessa, Elsie, Kendra

Anyone have anything? I know this is an annoying set of requirements. Luckily we are still TTC so I have plenty of time.

satuttle1014 · October 2015

Hopefully some of these can work for you or steer you in a direction of picking a name:

Blake

Caleb (Caleb James was on my boys list)

Connor

Daniel

Dylan

Eric

Ethan (popular though)

Gavin

Grant

Ian

Kai- Malakai

Kyle

Mason

Max

Michael

Miles

Mitchell

Nathan

Owen

Patrick

Robert

Ryan

Tyler

Zachary

Knottie1442268460 · October 2015

What about Elias, Eliab, Elliott, Elijah, Elisha

LNic5 · October 2015

Micah
Reid
Luca
Graham
Oliver
Elliott
Noah
Ezra
Avery
Cole
Dean
Drew
Lane
Tate
Leo
Noel
Alec

djluschen · October 2015

Henry! My personal favorite and the name I will be using for baby #3

4N6s · October 2015

Dean

Mamabeagle · October 2015

I agree this is an annoying set of criteria, making it almost impossible to help you much. Do your girls names all fit into this list of dos and donts?

JMU_Bride09 · October 2015

Albert James

Anthony James

Apollo James

August James

Christian James

Christopher James

Connor James

David James

Ezra James

Henry James

Jose James

Levi James

Matthew James

Maxwell James

Noah James

Oliver James

Richard James

Riley James

JaiLou8833 · October 2015

I like oliver, noah, conner and Christian. Apollo is cute... however I personally wouldn't use it.

cjt121413 · October 2015

JMU_Bride09 said:
Albert James
Anthony James
Apollo James
August James
Christian James
Christopher James
Connor James
David James
Ezra James
Henry James
Jose James
Levi James
Matthew James
Maxwell James
Noah James
Oliver James
Richard James
Riley James

Be careful of Richard James. Rick James was an 80s singer with ridiculous songs. I know this because my brothers name is Richard James and he was teased endlessly.

I don't get the role rule that it can't end in an -un sound because your last name does . Our name ends in -in sound and we are strongly considering Benjamin. ...I don't think it is rhymey at all.

Anyway.

Alexander James NN Alex
Nicholas James NN Nick
Andrew James
Caleb James
Daniel James
Paul James

sldp123 · October 2015

Thank you everyone!

I'm surprised at how many names actually do meet what I am looking for, it seemed like any name I came across that I liked just didn't work for one reason or another.

As far as the -in sound ( @cjt121413 ) , I guess it seems worse with some names than others. For example, I just think Justin Stewbin (not our real last name) sounds really rhyme, but Benjamin Stewbin doesn't. Maybe because of the three syllables? But you're right, I can probably relax about that.

Anyway, thank you again for all of your help. I am adding a few of these to the list.