boys names please help!!

[pipinmybelly]

have narrowed my list down to 4:

Finlay
Ollie/Oliver
Charlie
Ben/Benjamin

Middle name will be Ray after DP's late father...really cant decide!! help!!

[NMcK]

Love Oliver and Finn for a nn from Finlay.

tbh they are all nice names

[pipinmybelly]

yeh i think if im honest Finn/Finlay is top of my list...Finlay Ray..think it sounds ok!

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I like all of them, though Oliver the least

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

Charlie Ray sounds cool

[jellybeans]

Finlay..too popular and abit girly
Ollie/Oliver...same as above
Charlie...nice but too popular
Ben/Benjamin...like Ben on it's own, good name

[pipinmybelly]

thanks for your views!! im not really bothered about the name being too popular, just want him to have a nice name that he doesnt hate when he's older which i think he would if i gave hime something a little more unusual...im just struggling to pick ONE!! hmmmm.

[irisblue]

Think all of them are great..

At a push I prefer Finn to Finlay and Ben to Benjamin. Charlie and Ollie/Oliver - great - know lots of (older) lovely ones.

I guess it depends on what goes best with your surname - sorry not very useful there!

[pipinmybelly]

they all go well with my surname...begins with H and is quite a common surname...maybe Ben can go off the list because ony syllable first name not really good with one syllable middle name...down to 3!!

[ilovesprouts]

dd likes filey its on her list for her ds1

[mazzystartled]

I have an Ollie like 50% of the population who gave birth in the last 5 years, but I love the name, and so does he.

Not so keen on Benjamin as it means "favourite son" so bit if a risk if more children are planned

Finlay is maybe a bit faddy? but I still like it.

Charlie is nice, but Charles is a bit straightlaced?

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I've got a Charles/Charlie - along with at least one other person at any given playground/cinema/zoo/school year. Funnily enough - he likes Charles (although I don't all that much)

[ozmetric]

Oliver or Charles.

[pipinmybelly]

he would be just charlie not charles...

[SqueezyB]

I have an irrational hatred of the name Finlay sorry - maybe because it seems to be one of these names that suddenly became popular out of nowhere a few years ago and now they are everywhere!

I like Benjamin best. It's a classic and I think it will date less. Also lots of nickname potential.

[LynetteScavo]

Not Charlie...there are sooo many of them.

I vote for Oliver, shortened to Ollie (but not Ollie on birth certificate)

[sassysass]

Oliver and Finlay are great. Ollie and Finn for short. Finlay Ray isn't great so Oliver is the best.

[ozmetric]

If it's Charlie not Charles then I prefer Benjamin, so

1. Oliver
2. Benjamin
3. Charlie
4. Finlay

[pipinmybelly]

thanks oz ...got lots of thinking to do and i must be the most indecisive person on the planet!!