Always a hard time with boys' names!

[Gwen77]

My husband and I are expecting our second bundle of joy in July 2015. We had such a hard time trying to pick out names the first time! Girls names were easy to choose. If we had a girl we agreed on:

Gwendolyn Willow (Gwen, for short)*
Julia Claire*

But I REALLY liked these ones, but hubby wasn't so keen on them:

Gwendolyn Claire
Gwendolyn Isla (pronounced 'eye-la')
Ella Victoria
Ella Claire
Ella Grace

Note: Our girl names have to be very girly because our last name is Burley. It's very 'butch', lol.

We ended up having a beautiful boy and named him after my FIL and my grandfather: Jack William.

Now that #2 is coming along, we've got to come up with MORE boys' names. UgH! Hubby likes 'regular' names, such as John, Michael, etc. Which are all fine. But I want something that stands out. I don't want my kid to be nicknamed "John #2" in school!

What are your thoughts on these? My hubby likes Callen as well, but he changes his mind a lot, lol.

Kyuss James (Kai for short; James is my hubby's name)
Callen Joseph (I don't mind 'Cal' for short; Joseph is my dads middle name)
Callen James
Elliot James (Eli, for short)
Elliot Joseph

 

[staralfur]

I really like Elliot. James and Joseph both sound nice with it, but I think I slightly prefer Elliot James.

 

[Gwen77]

I really like Elliot. James and Joseph both sound nice with it, but I think I slightly prefer Elliot James.

Me too. It has a nice ring to it... It flows, and it's easy to say.

 

[stiletto_mom]

I like Callen James Burley.

 

[Gwen77]

I like Callen James Burley.

Me too! I like both Elliot and Callen.

 

[Kirsty3051]

Elliot Joseph is my favourite from your list x

 

[lovelylaura]

Love Elliot, it was our boy name if we were to have a boy.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Since your first son's name is Jack William - I would recommend Joseph James for this baby. I think Jack & Joseph are cute together. Plus your first son has family names so it would be nice to stick with that tradition (so this baby doesn't feel left out) by naming him after grandpa & daddy. JJ is a nice nickname!

Out of your other name possibilities, I like: Kai Joseph

 

[Buffyx]

Jack & Elliot sound great together!

I also love Ella from your girl list , but DH doesn't like it.

 

[venapols]

Elliott James goes best with Jack

Kyuss looks very weird imo

 

[venapols]

I also agree over all that Joseph James would go best though

 

[Gwen77]

I'm not crazy about Joseph James... Mainly because I know his NN will be Joe, Joey, or JJ, and I really don't like those. They're too common for me.

I really like Elliot (the most) and Callen. I think those are my top choices right now. Now to convince the hubby...