Boy name, only son

Baby Names

Hi! I just found this subreddit and thought this could be a fun place for ideas! We had an awesome name for a girl chosen but are struggling on the boy side lol!

I’m having a boy. I have Dutch roots and she has French Acadian roots. We’re Canadian (eh).

We used the app Kinder as a way to explore names a while back, some names that we matched on:

Oliver Alex Brendan Everett Leonard John

He has one older brother named Max. Last name is De Rooy. We would have gone with Henry, but someone else used that name before we found out we were having a baby.

Oliver has been a top choice, but we haven’t talked about names in over a month.

Would love to hear some ideas, I’m looking forward to exploring this sub more! I can answer any questions anyone may have also.

(Already bought an infant hockey jersey for Christmas)

Posted Dec 13, 2023, 3:01 PM UTC

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AmicableAmanda•

If he has a brother named max why is he an “only son”?

Oliver and Henry are nice but top of the charts. Not sure if that matters to you or not. From the names you matched on, seems like you would like a lot of popular classic names. Some suggestions of classic names you may not see on a top 100 bay names chart:

  1. Malcolm
  2. Reginald (Reggie)
  3. Conrad
  4. Callahan
  5. Hector (Hank)
  6. Gerald
  7. Orson
  8. Donovan
  9. Fitzgerald
  10. Nathaniel
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jamiezeroOP•

Thanks for all of this! I should have mentioned, older brother is from a previous marriage. I wasn’t very clear there 🤪

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VivianDianeIt's a surprise!•

I love the name Leonard. That is my grandfather's middle name. I find it very regal and timeless.

Louis, Simon, Adrian, Dominic, Julian, Nathaniel, Edward

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IknowAbunchOfGords•

André sounds lovely with your last name. Congratulations 🎊

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benjaminchang1•

Alec

Adam

Joel

Lucas

Eric

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oaktreegardener•

Oliver is a great name. Easy to say, won’t get misspelled. Classic and clean. Yes, it’s on the popular side, but that doesn’t mean there will be five in a class. I think Oliver Brendan sounds great.

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