Hey all

OK found out we're having a boy, absolutely delighted.

We have chosen a middle name which was my Grandfather, and our surname is very feminine, it is a girls name. So we need something Masculine but would prefer nothing too common. DH likes William but I dont, I like Rowan, but DH isnt sure. Any suggestions?

???? Allen L....... (girls name surname)

Congrats on a boy!

I really like Rowan How about Roman?

Other suggestions:
Alexander
Lincoln
Cole
Wyatt
Luke
Lewis
Camden
Cael
Patrick
Owen
Nathaniel
Wade
Rhys
Cameron
Logan
Christian
Sean
Kyle
Dale
Ezra
Kieran
Cohen
Nash
Christopher
Reid
Grant
Everett
Isaac
Edmund/Edward
Xavier
Mitchell
Andrew
Tynan
Griffith/Griffin

HTH

we had the same problem, our last name is a girls name so wanted something a bit more masculine, so we named our ds Mason

some other names are
Lincoln
Roman
Rhys
Gabriel
Trey
Timothy
Hunter
Nate

I reckon Alexander is a wonderful manly name.

I prefer "Rowan" to "William", as a first name.

Some other ideas...

Joshua Allen
Benjamin Allen
Liam Allen
Hamish Allen
Angus Allen
Lachlan Allen
Jacob/Jake Allen
Rory Allen
Thomas Allen
Kane Allen
Zachary Allen
Declan Allen
Noah Allen
Ryan Allen
Oscar Allen
Tristan Allen
Samuel Allen
Max Allen
Harrison Allen
Jordan Allen
Hugo Allen
Dominic Allen
Sebastian Allen
Connor Allen
Oliver Allen
Jack/Jackson Allen
Hayden Allen
Nicholas Allen
Lucas Allen
Reese Allen

Vaughan
Tiernan
Keenan
Eamon
Finley/Finlay
Quinn
Ewan
Kieran
Cameron
Kirk
Bryce
Baden

I like Rowan.

Kyler
Tate
Tantum
Raylan
Kamden
Tajh
Daegan
Rydon
Connor
Cody
Marcus
Aiden
Hunter
Jonathan
Seth
John
Charles
Caleb
Joel
Kai
Callum
Mason
David
George
Brodie
Darcy
Brock
Hamish
Sean
Owen
Elijah
Dominic
Justin
Brayden
Tristan
Ben
Sam
Dean
Jai

Rowan , hamish and eamon are just drop dead spunky !!so is Rhys...

im with your husband on william ...

I find Rowan abit wishy washy.

I love Eamon!
But I think a strong one syllable name goes with Allen and a feminine surname

Kent
Tate
Nate
James

Isn't Rowan a girls name (ie Brooke Shields daughter)?
For a boy I would spell it Rohan.

Good luck choosing and 3 boys is fantastic

What about Mac O'.....n?

I like William better than Rohan so I am with your husband on that one, sorry!

Or some other names I really like that I think are very masculine but not common:...

Griffin
Mackinley
Macauley
Kingston

Good luck choosing!

I like Bronson or Jake.

I love love love Eamon Allen L***.

Edward Allen L*** sounds pretty good too. We have only had really positive comments about our Ed's name!

personally I love Ronan - but perhaps I'm biaised

I like Dale..

Masculine and not common at all. It is my husbands name and we have only come across one other Dale - though I am sure there are plenty more out there....

Evelyn...
Vivian...
He Man...

Nah. How about considering older names like John, Paul, Michael, Simon, Phillip etc. No one chooses these sort of names much any more. Subsequently they seem almost exotic amongst their peers IYKWIM.

I thought Rowan or Rohan was a boy's name too???

I agree about Phillip etc. What about Joseph?? Jacob?? Abraham?? Matthew?? I know they are a bit biblical but are very strong names.


Lisa

Thanks so much for all your suggestions so far!

Rowan/Rohan, although I love it, looks like DH is definitely not keen. But some of your other suggestions are great thank you!

What about Lloyd??? This is my brothers name and he has never met another one

Lisa

you will be suprised that you think a name is really common and it is not.
We have a Matthew and we only know 1 other kid with the same name.
We liked Michael but we know about 6 Michaels.

If you want a masculine name I would stay clear of unisex names like Rohan/Rowan, Bailey, Dion, Ashley, Jordon.

What about

Anton
Marcus
George
Adam
Stefan
Kurt
Timothy (not that common now)
Eric