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My husband and I can't pick a baby boy name that we agree on.
Family & Parenting / 4:41 PM - Monday November 02, 2009

My husband and I can't pick a baby boy name that we agree on.

Ok, he likes John (which I think is bland and blah), and Christopher (his own name) but I don't want a big and little Christopher/Chris. I like Lucas and Caleb. Any suggestions? He doesn't like Lucas because we can't find anything that "flows" with it.

- Asked by sabrinaelisabeth, A Hip Hop Girl, Female, 22-25, San Antonio, Military

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Lucas Christopher! That sounds awesome together! You have the name YOU want, and he gets to have the baby's middle name after him.

- Response by myndseye711, An Engaged Girl, Female, Who Cares?, Who Cares?

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Desota sounds like a good name. :)

Peter, Anthony, Jacob, Christian, Samuel, Joseph, David et al.

- Response by desota18, A Creative, Male, 18-21, Student

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Jacob Christopher or Jonathan Christopher or Jason Christopher
Lucas Jeremiah
Caleb John

- Response by carinabay, A Cool Mom, Female, 36-45, Lawyer

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A two syllable first name-Lucas, goes with a Three syllable middle name, i.e. Christopher.

lucas Christopher
or
Caleb Christopher

sounds fine.

- Response by nysbikergirl, An Alternative Girl, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?

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I think John is a fine and noble name (oh, yea, that's my name).

Buy a baby name book and go throught. I resorted to watching credits after TV shows and movies to come up with names for my first two kids. Benjamin (named after Bennie Hill) and Megan (anmed after a Thornbird character).

- Response by justme85206, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Phoenix, Other Profession

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I've always been partial to unique names. Like Efrain.

- Response by quikslvr, A Couch Potato, Male, 29-35, Chicago, Lawyer

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jayden! that`s a pretty name.

- Response by prettysoul21, A Thinker, Female, 18-21

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I like caleb, too and lucas is cool. Carter, Evan, Shane. you can als google baby names. Yes, John or Jon is kind of "bland" congratulations!!!

- Response by dreamspinner, A Thinker, Female, 26-28, Chicago

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I ran into that same problem with my son's father. All the names I liked were taken by various nephews and he really wanted a biblical name so we finally agreed on Matthew.

- Response by dolphingirl44, A Sweet Sarah, Female, 36-45, Philadelphia, Retail

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Sean Christopher...awesome name ....the Saen is a version of John but a little less bland.

- Response by lady4u, A Creative, Female, 56-65, Cincinnati, Managerial

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There are good name sites on the internet. Use them.

- Response by myrtletyrtle, A Cool Mom, Female, 46-55, Who Cares?

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I always like names that work for a boy or a girl. Names like Tatlor, thats one of my favorates. I really like Caleb to, but this is something that you and your husband need to agree on even if it takes forever to find the right name. I know it took mine nine months then three more days.

- Response by 1erwynj, A Trendsetter, Female, 18-21, Artist / Musician / Writer

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How bout John Lucas or vice versa. Some other boy names that I like at least are Tanner Evan, Brennan Ross, And I like Sebastian which could be short like Astian. Really depends. Try going through names together and deciding on something you both like even if it doesn't include any of the names you preferred at first.

- Response by staceym2112, A Cool Mom, Female, 22-25, Who Cares?

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I'm partial to the name Maddox because it's what I named my own little boy. I am pregnant right now too and while it's still early we can't decide on a name for our baby either. LOL

Good luck on your upcoming bundle. :)

- Response by dalaimama, A Thinker, Female, 29-35

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My guy is name is Christopher too, we decided on Connor Christopher.

- Response by debski, A Career Woman, Female, 36-45, Detroit, Science / Engineering

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I do like Caleb. I also like Andre

- Response by rosybarreto, A Married Girl, Female, 56-65, Teaching

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I personally don't think children should have the same name as their parents (or other relatives), they need their own individual names. I agree that John is bland. Maybe make a list of all the boy's names you could possibly tolerate, have him do the same and see if there is any common ground. Personally the boys' names I like most include Ben, Cameron, Tristan, Ashley, Jamie, Toby, Joshua, Lachlan...

- Response by sunset77, A Sweet Sarah, Female, 29-35, Who Cares?

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I'd tell you what i named my son but it's way too cool and it's his name.

- Response by headscratching, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 36-45

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i usually look for meanings it helps alot

- Response by caramelpie23, A Career Woman, Female, 22-25, Teaching

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What about John Lucas? Caleb ...ehhhh

- Response by rubee, A Sportif, Female, 36-45, Who Cares?

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I like Lucas John or Caleb Christopher.
A friend of mine expecting a baby boy and plans to name him Noah James. I love that name. Noah Christopher would be cute too. You could also do a variance on the name Christoper by naming him Christian. My nephew's name is Christian Cael.
John Christopher could work too. You could always call him J.C. for short. Or Christopher John (my brother's name) and call him C.J. :)



- Response by uniquelyme2, A Creative, Female, 46-55, Artist / Musician / Writer

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I don't know if this will help or not.But this is what my husband and I ended up doing, when nameing our first son. We wanted to name him David; after a very good friend,but there are several David's already in our families.We did not want any of the other David's to think we named him after them. We both liked the name Luke(not Lucas)I do like the name Lucas, just not for this son. Luke David just did not have a good ring to it, at all.But David Luke sound really good to us.It took us a week to give him a name.We named him David Luke.But goes by the name of Luke.The friend we named him after WAS a very, very good friend. :)

- Response by roanna, A Hippie Chick, Female, 46-55, Self-Employed

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Chritopher Lucas sounds fines...just call him Lucas!

- Response by catdancing45, A Cool Mom, Female, 46-55, Baltimore, Self-Employed

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John Luke
Caleb ( that's one great)He doesn't like Caleb?


- Response by TheSshhmoe, An Alternative Girl, Female, 18-21, Student

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Find a name that is some place in your family geneaogy. Try not to fall into that trap where you do what the *Cooooooooooool* people do, and name him/her some faddish crap name.

- Response by buffersclone, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 46-55, Los Angeles, Managerial

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Good luck. it took us months to finally decide on the name PARKER.

My wife got so mad because for every name that we came up with I thought of all the things that a kid could say to make fun of the name. Hey kids are rough!

- Response by usarmy24id, A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45, Celebrity

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I like Alexander. Depends on what you picked for a middle name and how it sounds with your last name.

- Response by dreamdancer, A Creative, Female, 29-35, Houston, Other Profession

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call the baby bob!

just kidding. i like the suggestion of lucas christopher or even christopher lucas. caleb christoper and christopher caleb also sounds nice together.

but remember, if all else fails, call the baby bob.

- Response by darchie, A Thinker, Female, 29-35, Chicago, Managerial

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No offense to you or your husband but I don't like any of the names that either of you like only because they've been used so many times. I like the names Tristen Gabriel and Landon Carter. Try to come up with something unique that flows and you both seem to like. Don't just look up American names either, use a wide range of names from other cultures. Congrats on the baby! Good luck on choosing a name! =]

- Response by angeleyes101206, An Alternative Girl, Female, 18-21, Who Cares?

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You can compromise and name the baby Caleb John, or CJ for short...or Christopher Lucas or John Lucas...depending on your last name, it could flow nicely...or Caleb Christopher John sounds nice too...if it were me, I would name the baby Caleb Jonathan and call him 'CJ' for short...but hey, you never know, you may like a name that I don't even come up with...lol...good luck...:D

- Response by fastball, A Creative, Female, 36-45, Student

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John is just fine. I named my son that. John is a good Christian Bible name as is Caleb. It depends on what you put with it. I named my son John Leland. The middle name is my dad's name, so I named it in honor of him, a great man in his day. Don't discoount giving your son his daddy's name as a middle name. If I had another boy we would do that as my wife dearly wanted to do it the first time. I, like you, didn't want a Jr. But as a middle name, he would be somewhat out from under the father's shadow while still sharing a special bond with daddy.

I think it is best to compromse here so that you both win. You pick one name and he picks one that flow well together. Lucas Christopher is not bad for flow. John Caleb works, also. Talk it out and remember to have fun with the process. :)

- Response by dwalker, A Mr. Married Guy, Male, 36-45, Los Angeles, Teaching

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my son is names Christopher Michael

- Response by bigcurt, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 46-55, Pittsburgh, Self-Employed

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thats funny. i know 2 brothers named luke and caleb :P good names. ur husbands choices are bland and boring.

- Response by foonlord, A Creative, Male, 26-28, San Francisco, Internet / New Media

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It is hard to think of a name for a baby without knowing what middle name you have come up with. Then you also have to consider what initials they would make. You wouldn't want to name your kid Aaron Simon Smith! (a.k.a. A.S.S.) What about John in another form, Ian. Since I don't know any of these things, I cannot make any suggestions. You didn't say that hubby DIDN'T like Caleb, so I think that you really want the name of Lucas. My father was named Clayton Roy, called Roy. My oldest brother was named Roy Franklin, called Frank everywhere but the military. How about a compromise, Caleb Christopher.

- Response by gingham, A Cool Mom, Female, 66 or older, Baltimore, Construction

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how about... matt?

- Response by mmmmbeer, A Rebel, Male, 22-25, Toronto, Home Maker

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Compromise. Name him Christopher after him, but make the middle name Lucas. Call him Luke or a nickname you both are comfortable with.

Or do with my son and DIL did. Tell the family the top names you both picked and then go with the names everyone preferred.

Then you can blame everyone else!

- Response by lasuz, A Thinker, Female, Who Cares?, Los Angeles, Administrative

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I know two brothers named Lucas and Caleb, so that was weird to read!
I like both of those names a lot, and I totally agree with the saying to to John and Christopher. I'm big on not naming your kids anything that they won't go by (he's probably go by Chris), and John is a little boring. I wish I knew Lucas's middle name I'd let you know...

- Response by mousepad, A Creative, Female, 18-21, Student

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Why not go with other variations of John? As for the name Christopher; how about Christian instead? Maybe play around with the spelling of it. That way you won't have a big & little Christopher/Chris. I like the name Caleb, too.

Go through some of your favorite family members' names: uncles, grandfathers, fathers, cousins. This way you can see which of them have names that you both like and agree on that may flow with any of the names you suggested above! I hope this helps and congratulations on your baby boy!!!

- Response by Veronica71276, A Creative, Female, 29-35, Who Cares?

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it depends on what the last name is i think :S

personally, i am no where near having a child of my own, but i was having a convo with a girl not to long ago that if i did have a kid what would i name my own child....and these are the top names i would pick:

Roy
Edward
....and there was another one but i forgot... lol

- Response by ilovextc, A Rebel, Male, 18-21, Toronto, Student

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How about Dominic?

- Response by jocasta, A Career Woman, Female, 22-25, Teaching

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How about "Tristan"? There are scores of websites with names for new babies. You can find listings with Biblical, Celtic, and other national and culturally rooted names. After being considered passe for a long time, "John" is making something of a comeback. Plus... it's my first name. And it has served me pretty well.

- Response by betterbird, A Creative, Male, 46-55, San Francisco, Administrative

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dylan, pacey, clay, blaine, robert, axle, daniel, dexter, skyler, jacob, danny, josh, shaun, sam

- Response by suekiss49, A Married Girl, Female, 29-35, Detroit, Who Cares?

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name him after the "base" your on.

- Response by hotair, A Father Figure, Male, 56-65, New Orleans, Transportation

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