But expect the name never to be said properly
How do you say it? 😉

Joe – goes well, but quite common
Frank – my middle name and had the piss ripped out of it all my life.
I’d go for something more unusual (quite obviously as my son is called Lydon) but of your list Joe goes best.
What about Aaron Schofield? We were gonna name our boy Aaron but MrsDezB had a student she didn’t like called it.

Still seems a bit odd that random strangers on the internet would name your kids!

Please not Joe, it is so ‘common’. It is also a contraction of Joseph so he will be starting off life without a proper name poor lad. What about Jebediah?
Or Seth, or Stephen!!! or Maximillian. Now that’s a good name, a name fit for an Emperor!

Maximillian. Now that’s a good name, a name fit for an Emperor!

By that token Caligula should be in the running. Or Barbarossa.

Tom.

It’s a name that works when you’re 5 and 85. But do name him Thomas, and let his shorten as he wishes.

And it’s better than George*.

No family names to go at? Tom, John and William all feature in my and Mrs North’s families, so any boy we have will get one of those.

What about biblical names? There’s a thing for old testament names right now (I work with a chap whose kids are respectively: Issac, Noah, Jonah, Joshua, Benjamin – the sixth (bound to be a bouy) is on its way next week). I’d stop at Metheusalah, though.

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*Mrs North is called George (christined Georgina), and exhorts all paresnts to be to call their child George, whether a boy or a girl. She’s had a remarkable amount of success, too.

Out of those, I’d go for Jude. I reckon it’s a great name….Great tune, too.

Lionel
Spiro
Abraham
Mark
My choice for a middlename- Saladin.

It is also a contraction of Joseph so he will be starting off life without a proper name poor lad.

Both our girls don’t have proper names. We’d never have called them Elanor* or Elizabeth, so there didn’t seem to be any point naming them those.

* Yes, spelled like that. She’s named after Sam Gamgee’s daughter. I am such a geek.

Actually, hold on. You said “kid”.

Does that mean we’re naming a small goat?

Lionel
Spiro
Abraham
Mark
My choice for a middlename- Saladin

Abraham Saladin would take some explaining.

It our girls had been boys, they’d have been Noah and Sam. You’re welsome to use those, since we don’t need them.

Roman is another. No not the football club owner. Thats the only off-putting part of the name.

Does that mean we’re naming a small goat?

In which case, the William suggestion above would seem best.

We’re really screwed with baby names. Due in 6 weeks, and we have no idea. We don’t even know if it’s a boy or girl.

So expect another thread like this in 6 weeks and two days.

blimey, friends of ours have 2 boys. one called leo and one called jude.

spooky…

Throbbing.

Craig Schofield.

Then buy him a Raleigh Burner.

Have you considered Blade?

bizarrely when littledawg no 2 appears Joe and Leo were two of the preferred names on our list…

Or you could try one of the bike names from Cove?

Hora?

Jayden.

I 2nd Titus!

TBH I’d look at what names are currently popular now- say the top 10 and AVOID them. I bet Joe/Jake/Frank and Jude are all up there. Why avoid them? Who wants a common name? On the flipside no kid wants a seriously naff name (sorry for future spawn) so you have to future-proof…..
Names that avoid this are Samuel? As an example. It shortens to ‘Sam’.
Chosing a name like Frank- which is already a nickname isnt good.
Titus (Salt) is actually a great name, full of history however it shortens really really badly for a kid in school.

Humphrey Schofield – how cool is that!
just too few Humps in the world

Names that avoid this are Samuel? As an example. It shortens to ‘Sam’.

Sam is one of the most popular names around at the moment.

Chosing a name like Frank- which is already a nickname isnt good.

Why?

Baby Robin.

Joe, clearly is the only option from that shortlist!

What’s the chances of his next kid being a boy too?

Blade

Archie.

What’s the chances of his next kid being a boy too?

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Blade

Gah! Beat me to it! 😈

‘Titus’? ‘Tight-Arse’, or ‘T1t’, for short?

Think about the poor child, when it’s at school…

Maximillian. Now that’s a good name, a name fit for an Emperor!

By that token Caligula should be in the running. Or Barbarossa.

Napoleon? Hirohito? Haile Sellasie?

I voted to keep our provisional name for Stoner Jr after he was born: “Working Title Productions”.

Mrs Stoner insisted on a shorter name for the birth certificate though…ho hum.

Jude or Joe are great names.

I tried to think of a name for our two, that I could shout out in a school playground that I would:

Not be embarrassed about shouting

Would not have all the other parents sniggering

Does not sound like flower/city/Disney character, etc…….

Not have half the kids responding too
(shame as I love the name Jack)

I always liked the name Tarzan.

Cal El or plain Cal?

Nebuchadnezzar.

‘Nez’ or ‘Nezza’ for short.

Cabe