Pregnant co-worker

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

One of the girls I work with is a due with a baby boy in less than a month, and still hasn't picked out a name for him! She asked me for help and I listed some names off the top of my head, most of which she rejected. She asked me for more names, so I thought I'd ask here.

She likes unique names, but not completely over the top.
Ex: She likes Thane, dislikes Jace

Any name suggestions for a boy?

Edit: She really likes RILEY but isn't sure if it's a boy name. Is it? I know a girl named Riley, but no boys.

Comments

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I'm on the fence with Riley.

I knew a little girl named Riley, but I have a guy friend named Riley as well.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Riley is DEFINITELY a boy's name. It's originally a boy's name and like many others, has been hijacked by parents who want their daughter to be "different." I like it so much better on boys.

What about:
Morgan
Asa
Levi
Jonah/Jonas
Theo
Thatcher
Forrest
Nico
Micah

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

It's a boy's name.

[stephmariemarsh.livejournal.com]

I know a couple of children with the name Riley. Both boys and girls. My niece has that name but spelled differently. It could go either way.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

Oh and I was still picking out a middle name while in labor (which ended up being Riley), so she has plenty of time! ;]

[stephmariemarsh.livejournal.com]

I have to disgree, my niece's name is Riley just spelled differently because if she was a boy she'd would have been named Riley because that is my grandparents' last name. Either way I like it. There is a baseball player who named his daughter Riley but it's spelled Ryleigh (something like that) I think it could go either for a boy or girl. My sister in law and brother was gonna go with the name cause it was a family name not as they said "to be in running with popular names" LOL *shrugs*

[stephmariemarsh.livejournal.com]

My grandparents' last name was Riley, My niece if she was a boy would have been named that for my grandparents. I think it goes either way though... I never thought of using their last name as as first name, my brother's the one who mentioned it. I like the name Levi but in Boston that name is getting too popular :(

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to be rude so PLEASE don't think I am, but just because someone has named their little girl Riley it doesn't mean it actually is a girls name. Riley is an Irish boys name that means Descendant Of Roghallach.

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

I like it better on boys, but it's definitely more common on girls nowadays, especially with alternate spellings (Rylee, Ryleigh, Rylie, etc) taken into consideration. Also, it rhymes with other popular girls' names like Miley and Kylie. It all depends if she minds that the name is common on girls, and that people might mistake her son for a girl if they just see his name.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

And I just looked up BabyNames.com which has it as both, but the book I have (a Celtic names book) says it's a boy's name. Idk, maybe it's both on that site because of people using it as both.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i know a four year old girl and a three year old boy both named riley. i really dislike it, but i think itd be better on a girl, because its really wimpy sounding.

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

I think Riley could go either way. I'm sure, at it's roots, it's a boy's name but I've seen it used on both genders.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Its unisex to me.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Beck
Brendan
Conor
Graham
Ian
Liam
Milo
River
Tyler

And Nymbler's two cents:
Brady
Kane
Tate
Reid
Logan
Brennan
Kendal
Leslie
Doyle
Ross
Kennedy
Ashton
Vaughn
Wylie
Carson

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Maybe she could just call him Riley Thane, since she likes both those names. Too bad if people are using Riley on girls now - it's not like she's calling her son Sarah. It's more like Ashley, Morgan, Jordan, etc.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

babynames.com is full of shit -- they add totally made-up names just because someone named their kid that. You're right, it's a boy's name. I get so annoyed with people who say that names like Riley, Morgan, Aidan, Elliot, etc. are girl's names because somebody used them on a girl. They're still boy names.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Insane # of suggestions...

Archer, Alexei, Anders
Beckett, Breckin, Braxton
Cole, Cain, Cian, Chance, Cooper, Cullen, Cahil, Callum, Curran, Cormac, Carter, Cillian, Caius, Conley, Constantine, Coen
Darwin, Declan, Dominic, Donovan, Duncan, Dermot, Dane, Darcy, Dax
Ewan, Euan, Eoin, Elijah, Ezra, Elias
Finnegan, Flynn, Finn, Finian, Foster, Fox
Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Griffin, Gideon, Greagoir, Gunnar
Haden, Holden, Hatcher, Hadyn, Harker, Hannibal, Hadrian, Hugh, Hyde
Ioan, Indigo, Ianto, Inigo
Jensen, Jericho, Jude
Kisten, Keagan, Keane, Killian
Lachlan, Latham, Layton, Lawson, Leander, Lennon, Locke, London, Luca, Lynch, Lysander, Liam, Levi, Lennan, Lennox, Lorne
Mathias, Matteo, Malachi, Maddox, Maden, Mercer, Merrick, Micah, Murphy, Miles, Maximilian
Nico, Nicholai
Payne, Payton, Penn, Paxton, Paden
Quinn, Quintin , Quentin, Quinlan
Rafferty, Rafe, Rhys, Ryder, Riordan, Roarke, Rogan, Raiden, Raith, Ronin
Sawyer, Saxon, Sebastian, Sinjin, Sullivan, Spencer
Tristan, Tate, Thijs, Thornton, Thorne
Uri, Ulysses
Valentine, Val, Victor, Valen, Valens
Walker, Willem, Wilder, Wolfe, West, Warwick, Wilde, Wiley
Xander, Xavier
Yeates, York, Yale
Zachariah, Zane, Zev, Zenan

[prlsb4swiine.livejournal.com]

i know, but i'm obsessed with naming babies and in my own little world its close to a crime. ;) lol, btw. love your icon, is it your baby?

[taliszanna.livejournal.com]

This is the first time that I have ever heard it being used as feminine name.

[taliszanna.livejournal.com]

You and I seem to have very similar taste in names. :) From your list:


Archer, Alexei
Cole, Cillian, Constantine
Ewan
Finn, Foster, Fox
Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Griffin, Gregory [was Greagoir], Gunnar
Haden, Holden, Harker, Hadrian
Jude
Locke, Luca, Lysander, Levi, Lennox
Mathias, Malachi, Merrick, Micah
Nico
Payton
Quinn, Quintin, Quentin
Rhys
Sebastian, Sullivan
Thorne
Uri [I'd like to suggest also Uriah]
Valentine, Val, Victor, Valen
Willem, Wolfe, West [though as a surname], Warwick
Xavier
Yeates
Zachariah

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

There seems to be an explosion of baby girls named Riley in my area. I'm not a fan.

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

I had a middle name picked out, my partner decided last minute he didn't like it anymore! Yes, that's my Asher. :]

[taraemily.livejournal.com]

I completely agree, I was just trying to be polite, haha. It frustrates me too, so much!

[bluedano.livejournal.com]

Same here.