Help me find something else!!!

[mummatoboys]

DH is set on the name Leroy for our 3rd boy. I know there are stereotypes associated with the name in the US, but feel that here in Australia in our country town it's not an issue. I teach a little boy named Leroy and he is lovely and has made me like the name. I don't 'love' it, but I do think it would suit our boys, and is a very boyish name.

But I want to find something else if I can! It has to be a boyish name - DH is really hard to please and he doesn't like many of my suggestions! (Finn, Hamish and Arlo are my faves)

Would love some ideas! It's got to be a little bit different, but nothing made up!

[elizabeth1]

I don't mind Leroy. Have you come up with any possible middle names as yet?

Some other suggestions, if you're heading away from Leroy:
*Leonard (Leo)
*Theodore (Theo)
*Evan
*Hamish
*Alistair
*Brendan
*Calvin
*Charles
*Hayden
*Jameson (James)

Goodluck!

[ballerinagirl]

hmmmm you have Arlo as a fave so what about Harlow? or Flynn as an alteration of Finn

[rollo]

A point of view from another Aussie. If I heard that a child in Australia was named Leroy I would assume that he was American with parents who came from a kind of hill billy area in the U.S. I don't think it would be very popular here in Oz.

If you like Scottish names why not follow that path? I think that your suggestion of Hamish is terrific and then there are these to choose from also

Alister
Malcolm
Grant
Hugo
Hugh
Xavier (zay vee ah)
Lachlan
Alexander
Aled
Graham

rollo

[mummatoboys]

Thanks for those suggestions, DH has pretty much already said no to all of them. I think I will try and push a bit more for Hamish, I really love it.

Thanks for your input Rollo, I wonder if other Aussie's agree?

I forgot to mention I also like Irish names as our surname is Irish.

[titch]

While I'm not Australian I have lived here for nine years and I don't get a hillbilly vibe from Leroy at all. I would think American but would think of it more as a black, cool name - maybe because I am thinking of Leroy from Fame! I just ran it past my husband and he said he thinks footballer or DJ so certainly no hillbilly associations in this house. :-)

Leo came to mind when you said Leroy and also Leon.

I do prefer your choices though and like Hamish especially. Angus is another nice Scottish name and is masculine and boyish enough to please your DH hopefully.

[kettley]

I'm Australian, and I don't get a hillbilly vibe, I asked hubby and he says he pictures a rad little dude wearing dark sunnies lol. (men!)
I know A LOT of Hamish's, it is a lovely name and I think I prefer it, but I wouldn't throw Leroy out for the reason of 'hillbilly vibe'

[kerrycl]

Would you like Leroy more if you planned to call your son either Lee or Roy? Or would your husband be ok with using one of those two names instead of Leroy?

What about Conroy? Or Royce?

[mummatoboys]

Unlike me my husband is very decisive (which I'm jealous of as I can never make up my mind!) he doesn't like variations, he just wants Leroy. I hate that I'm so indecisive, and I can be so easily swayed by people's oppinions. This is what puts me off Leroy, it's not everyone's cup of tea and then the whole hillbilly thing also. It's not that I personally don't like the name, I think it's kind of cool, I just worry about other people's oppinions.

I don't think I can find anything that will come cose to Leroy for DH! He doesn't mind Eddie, but I would probably rather Leroy than Eddie!

[nelson]

What about Edgar and his nn could be "Eddie"?