Reacting to your unique baby boy names from Instagram!

[@lizajane2971]

Don't forget to consider initials when picking a name! Like Rock Anderson Taylor spells RAT or Timothy Ives Thompson - well, you get the picture! I honestly think that's way more important than the syllables.

[@rs3007]

I REALLY liked a Name combo until I noticed it would IBS....

[@fridaybabynames2389]

I know a kid his initials are STD poor kid lol

[@sophia_sanchez9561]

Yes! Lol I had a named picked out and realized initials spelled ASS.
Ava Simone was the name

[@dontblinkandgetsalt]

im 28 weeks pregnant with a boy and actually naming him Orrin!! love the name. it's irish I think for green or " little green one" me and my husbands favorite color is green so it's perfect

[@timberdoodle2]

That was on our list! We had a girl though. We would have gone with the Oren spelling I think.

[@orlaghdenvir1440]

As an Irish person… the traditional Irish language way to spell it is Odhran or else the English way of spelling it is Oran!

[@Gracemcc88]

The anglicised version is Oran

[@jilliandreams]

My hubs said all of my boy names sound like villains. 🤣😅

[@kalo0806]

Always loved the name Eamon! Someone said Rowan, which is such a cute girls name! Crusoe is a cute boys name too, if you're into traveling!!

[@vicmercer9481]

**doesn't want to continuously say cute, so continuously says cool instead** 😂 I love it

[@heyshayla]

Hahahaha

[@Hopedealer31]

**Takes out notepad that has list of potential baby names I don't want to forget!** 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️😍

[@kinsley3791]

Relateable🤣

[@hannahsmith7814]

Our little man is named Lewis Nathaniel 💙 (for a minute we thought about spelling it Louis). I call him Lou sometimes and I just love it 😁
I also love love love Auguste and Graham 😍

[@stephiegrennell8440]

I think Caspian is such a great boy’s name. My husband didn’t bite. 😂
We also played with the idea of Killian/Tillian, Theodor, and Shepherd.
But if we ever have a son, we decided on Lucas. 😉

[@kinsley3791]

I loved lucas for my son but my husband wanted a more uncommon name but in the end I now have my son Asa

[@matt4Tad]

I like Caspian and Lucas and Hadrian. If I have a boy definitely one of these.

[@mona-2527]

The pregnant brain going: 49, 30, 31, 52 😂😂😂 I feel you, I’m a couple of weeks behind you 🤰🏽

[@Rusher4God]

We almost went with Cassius for my son but we found out it means “empty.” We went with Pax instead and I love it.

[@shiloh.r4374]

My cousin named her boy Cohen and his nickname is Coco, it fits him so well and it’s such a cute and different nickname

[@dizzlecookie]

Maybe not a super unique name but I've always loved the name Micah!

[@dominiquegarcia5764]

After watching your girl and boy name videos, I think you are having a boy!!
I am probably wrong but you seemed more excited going through the boy names.
We are having a boy and it took us awhile to find a name.
We liked Ambrose, Callen, and Cyprus but they didn’t stick.
Good luck!!

[@juliematthews1681]

I have a 6 month old named Cillian. That took a little for me to convince my husband of. Some other names we really liked were Merlin, Rowan, Victor and Lawrence, but I talked him into agreeing on Ciaran for our next boy

[@deanna2559]

We have a Cyprian James and an Ambrose Joseph! (Both boys). Clearly we both appreciate the pairing of a more “out there” name with a solid traditional name.
love all the unique names!!
Here’s my boy list :P
Tobias, Finian, Fabian, Julian, Linus, Isaac, Judah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Silas, Micah, Malachi, Luca(s), Clement, Elias, Isaiah, Augustine, Ambrose, Cyril, Jerome, Blaise, Ignatius, Anselm, Cassius, Cassian, Caspar, Florian, Valentinus, Valerian, Ephrem, Sebastian, Vianni, Peregrine, Callistus, Emmaus, Laurence (Laurrie), Solanus, Leeson, Cephas, Athanasius, Kairos, Casimir, Isidore, Bosco, Ananias, Pascal, Kieran, Phinneas, Irenaeus, Hilary, Ezra, Kieran, Matthias

[@MK-oe5md]

These names are super cool!
Valerian is cool but all I can think of is the disguisting root you can take for sleep.
Calista is a girl one along the "Cal" trend. Similarly Clio/Cleo. You could even do something like Kleona.
Athena is also nice, a very stong girl name.
These names gibe me Greek/Latin/Italian/Southern/biblical/literary vibes for some reason.
You put Kieran twice haha

[@laurenspointofview]

Adding some more: Arie, Basil, Cedar, Smith, Payson, Winston, Watson, Arlyn, Ireson. Husband doesn’t like any of them. 😂 Actually, he did like Winston for awhile but recently decided he doesn’t now. Perfect! 😂👍🤦🏻‍♀️ LOVE your videos!!

[@clarajo6932]

My boys are Donovan and Albion. So I liked the surname for firstname theme too. This list is full of fun names.

[@Keem1106]

Osiris... "God of life, afterlife and fertility" was almost my son's name I loved it but his dad didn't 🤷‍♀️

[@brittaniesch3391]

My little boy just turned one this week. His name is Phoenix. We call him Nix.

[@LayneCancer]

Boys: Callen, Vale, Reid, Soren, Warren, Braven, Ridley/Radley, Thoren, Rex, Percival (Percy), Kit, Evric, Monroe
Unisex: Roe, Rhodes, Lark, Sorrel, Corwin, Sunderlin
Girls: Thea/Theadora, Leonora, Lucetta, Ellory, Emmeline

[@amystaahs2118]

I feel like people you know or media can ruin a name. Like Orin reminds me of the creepy guy in Parks and Rec.

[@timberdoodle2]

Agreed. We had Oren on our list, but Reid was winning out because of Orrin Hatch. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@sweetlife031]

Don’t ever feel like you can’t say “cute”….After all you *are* talking about baby names 😊🥰👶🥰💛

[@bluebelleyes]

I used Abel as my son's middle name and now I wish I had saved it because I would love to use it as a first name!

[@nyomicasey]

Amos just makes me think of Famous Amos cookies

[@stephiegrennell8440]

It’s also one of the books in Bible. Amos was a prophet. 😂 that’s what I think of where I hear Amos.

[@nyomicasey]

@@stephiegrennell8440 oh wow i didnt know that!

[@stephiegrennell8440]

@@nyomicasey Yea! I don’t think it’s a very long book, but it’s in the Old Testament. ☺️

[@ketzalzin6321]

My baby's name is Itzkoyotzin, it's Nahautl meaning "obsidian coyote". "Itztli" -> obsidian, "coyotl" -> coyote

[@Alethea1985]

How do you pronounce that? Is it said how its spelt?. Really interesting name.

[@chameleonsandcaramel5979]

I love Hank, too! Nobody take it please! 😂 I call dibs! 😂LOL

[@belorama8]

*me anxiously waiting for you to get past the spot in the alphabet where our name would be bc I'm afraid people will start liking it and it will get popular.* We went to SUCH lengths to have something unique and traditional.
Love Auguste, Walden, Wells though! Callum is also really nice but I think I like Calvin more.

[@oliviarowe3880]

Now I’m so curious what it is 😂

[@CarlyMitchell937]

Just want to share that Cohen is actually a Jewish religious title and it isn’t appropriate for non-Jewish people to use as a name! I had no idea until this was pointed out to me, and I know it’s so popular so I always want to make sure I point it out! :)

[@heyshayla]

Thank you!

[@playroommedia]

Anders means different in Afrikaans but is pronounced undirs with a rolling r for those who are curious (I'm Afrikaans). We chose Alex for my boy's name because he moved so much in my belly :) I joked that we should call him Alexei after Alexei Nemov, the gymnast and the name just stuck.

[@k3ls3yyk3ls]

Cohen and Auguste are such cute names. Also, a nickname doesn’t have to have anything to do with your first name 😅.

[@mallorydouma1903]

Our son is Lochlan Anders, with potential nickname 'Lock' 😊 we don't really get Lochness monster comments

[@kinsley3791]

I love that name I always said if I was to have a another boy his name would be Krew Lochlan

[@sarahdeviney8542]

I’m 31 weeks pregnant right now and we are naming our little boy Brier. I worked in a daycare with a little boy named Briar when I was like 15 in high school and I LOVED the named. My s/o and I agreed to spell it Brier to make it a little more masculine.
Some of our family absolutely hates it and some of our family loves it. It’s such a mixed review for the name lol.

[@kinsley3791]

I wanted to use briar with my twins but my husband wasn’t a fan I thought to name fitted with my other twin Brynn and briar but it ended up being Asa

[@theaccountant561]

I love the name Harlem for a boy and i never see it on anyones list which is more of a reason why i love it

[@TheHerothief]

just in case you're not a potterhead, nox is the spell wizards use to turn off their wand lights hahaha

[@audrieking7109]

I grew up with 3 kids named Braxton, and my mom always said the same thing about Braxton Hicks. I thought she was overreacting until I was pregnant and realized it would actually be strange 😅
And yes, THREE Braxtons. It must have been a weird area though because there were two named Shayla as well haha.. All white too.

[@claudiajohnson1867]

I just had my little boy two weeks ago and we named him Alexander but call him Xander 😀 my 18 month old daughter calls him zaza I love all the nickname options😊

[@lucichuwee_cood1124]

I like Oak or Oaks as nickname for Oaken

[@KindraShalynnHaimberger]

This is super late to the game but figured I would share it anyway because someone might see it and like it as much as I do. It's a family name, my great-great-Uncle's (2nd great Uncle?) name: Tobias. His brother, my other GG-Uncle's name was Matthias. Both of thier names were pronounced differently than traditional German pronounciation though. Like instead of Too-bii-as it was Tuh-bi-us and instead of Ma-tii-as it was Muh-tay-us. More relaxed sounding which in German I feel is a strange concept. Especially in the late 1800s/ early 1900s.

[@hannahfuentes9047]

My husband has a last name for a first name, Hansen. I’ve always liked it, but everywhere we go people think he’s saying handsome lol.

[@kiwik2951]

Omg Hansen and Hannah LOVE 💕💕💕

[@jessicarae1924]

Abel was on my list because we have sheep and abel was a shepherd. I chose Wyatt for my baby boy born feb 13th :) .

[@kinsley3791]

Love it

[@bethw3573]

Holden is one of my favorite boy names as well!! When we were pregnant with my 3mo son, Jude was at the top of our list. Still on our list for future boy! Another great E name is Emmett. I used to know a Beckett and brother Emmet, it was cute 😍

[@kinsley3791]

I absolutely love Holden I would never use it because with my kids we have long middle names and short first names my kids are Sage lavender
Brynn Charlotte
Asa wilder
I love Holden as middle name though

[@bethw3573]

@@kinsley3791 Asa Wilder is so cute!! ❤️

[@kinsley3791]

@@bethw3573 thank you❤️🥰

[@catrionafrancesca]

The language you were looking for with „anders“ is German :) btw I also love the idea of pairing different names with traditional names

[@catrionafrancesca]

Oh and Waden is the bottom part of your leg in German (I think the English is calve?)

[@ladyyoung3768]

I also LOVE last name as first names! My favorite boy name that I think you'd also LOVE is Clark! I also love Zeppelin/Xepplin, Cruz, and Smith!

[@kinsley3791]

Same a love Clark as a middle name

[@reneegiangreco3749]

Milo, I think of Milo and Otis(dog and cat movie) but recently I've liked Otis more and more for a boy.

[@SparkleNDiva]

Colson!! 😁 That's what I named my son. Colson Grey

[@kinsley3791]

I love that!

[@daniellekrussell5883]

Naming our first due june 1st Orion! Literally the only name we can agree on

[@timberdoodle2]

I totally get what you mean about your list from the first time. First time around we had picked out Wren for a girl and Wilder for a boy. We had a girl. This time I didn't like Wilder, so our boy names were Oren or Reid. We had a girl again, so now we have a Wren and a Fern. Maybe I'll get to use a boy name on #3. I was leaning towards Reid because Oren is starting to come up on a lot of lists, there's even an Oren at my 2 yo swim class, plus it makes me think of Orrin Hatch.

[@Gracemcc88]

I am Irish and the traditional spelling is Odhran or anglicised version is Oran. What about Oisin pronounced osh eene or Aran, the name of an Irish island.

[@mona-2527]

I’m having such a hard time liking ANY boy names. 🥺 I picked the girl name but can’t find an option I like if it’s a boy 🥴

[@nellciara1709]

Absolutely love Brooks ! Definitely using if I have a boy this pregnancy.

[@mearle_3048]

Hello! So Anders is German for different and Adler is German for Eagle.

[@Taekwondotony]

I just wanted to comment this 😄

[@dekikkerfan]

@@Taekwondotony Same. Also, Adler to me sounds too much like a combo of Ad-ler, first and last name of the worst person ever, if you catch my drift 😬

[@Taekwondotony]

@dekikkerfan oof good point. Not to mention the connection of eagles to that whole subject…

[@lindseymikkelsen4296]

My boy is Cohen! We don’t use a nickname, but with his middle initial it could be CJ.

[@susi1516]

I like:Abiel
Archie
Ashton
Augie
Callum
Cohen
enzo
Grey
Greyson
Huxley
Noah
Knox
Parker
Toby
Xander

[@hanneistad2922]

Anders is Scandinavian and stems from Andreas it means man, not different. That’s «annerledes»

[@raisingthemdifferent1618]

Anders means different in Afrikaans maybe Dutch as well. My boys are Eben and Dewet(da- vet) and in English it just sounds crazy.

[@rosaliepeter-isenburger9811]

In german too:)

[@dianeduque3939]

We have a Roman, Elias and currently expecting our third we are considering Renzo, Diego or Zeke. Actually not sure what we’ll name this babe.

[@rayeannschneider879]

My oldest child is Noah Kristopher and my youngest is Trayden Nicholas.

[@rosedurber9308]

You remind me of Kristin Bell especially in the good place tv show

[@liavxo4949]

My 4month old baby boy’s name is Caspian 💙

[@sannasavenhed3529]

Instead of Braxton you could use Brixton. It’s a subway station in London so its kind of a travel namn.

[@lynnstraw7058]

We have three boys and a girl. Our boys are Parker Bruno, Hudson Frederick, and Campbell Robert and our daughter is Roma James. All of their first names are last names and places. All of their middle names are family names.

[@heyshayla]

Love those names

[@emilykarns9901]

Did the syllable thing with our first on accident then did it again for our second 😍
Carter William and Harrison Alden, last name is a single syllable
Does help the full name flow better

[@michaelaboivin2935]

We have a 6 month old boy named Noah and the other name we were deciding between was Cohen! I LOVE that name but he just was not a Cohen

[@SparkleNDiva]

I also really wanted to name my son Leeland, Braden, or Ethan Fox

[@summerlee9354]

I love watching these kinds of videos. But I always hold my breath hoping my kids’ names don’t appear…I want them to remain somewhat unusual!

[@heyshayla]

Hahaha I do the same

[@AshleyRae18]

holden is my sons name! i love when i hear others say they love it too! xx

[@Beautyintheevergreen]

Our baby boy is due in June and we are naming him Archer but we plan on using Archie as a nickname 🥰

[@kinsley3791]

Adorable 🥰

[@emmaraby6658]

I have 2 boys Bowie William and Baylor Sage

[@brittanymoody2018]

If We're having a boy my boyfriend wants Blaze and I just don't think that is a good idea.. I like Luca more

[@homatekk]

Everest made the list. that's my #1 boy name. 😍

[@devinkaauwai8906]

Named my boy Lincoln Alexander 💙

[@suzycurry711]

All those are too cute!! Our name that we had picked if we were having a boy was Elisha and call him Eli or Luca.

[@heyshayla]

Looooove

[@emmae8857]

Amos and Nox are giving me Harry Potter vibes

[@Clovis8070]

To add to you nature names, I know someone named Brooken and always thought it was cool

[@brickbrow]

I’m loving Sawyer and Maggie for a girl and Mark for a boy 💛 love love Sully, it’s my youngest brothers name and it aged well with him!

[@jayceeprescott]

I love the name Sawyer! Unfortunately we have a friend named Sawyer so we can’t really use it

[@alexisadams3769]

So many people saying that Cohen is a sacred name. Never knew that. Lots of buildings at my college were called Cohen because of a donor with that last name.

[@stephanies-m5059]

I think that’s the point. It’s a last name and is sacrilegious/disrespectful to use as a first name to (some) folks of Jewish faith.

[@rrsolutions1930]

Hey Shayla! Love your channel! Love your energy and authenticity! I was wondering what job you do working from home? I would love to learn more. Love the idea of being a full-time mom and work-from-home mom.

[@heyshayla]

Social media! Blogging, YouTubing, affiliate marketing, partnering with brands

[@dvsdawl]

I saw a Jewish person recently say ppl naming their babies Cohen isn’t appropriate unless you’re Jewish. It’s apparently quite meaningful for them so something to keep in mind

[@MelissaSmith-hs6le]

I'm 18 weeks pregnant, and we have the baby boy name Dakota Matthew picked out 😊

[@kinsley3791]

Omg love it

[@yvl7412]

Anders means different in dutch

[@Mara-vd7rl]

Adler means Eagle in German and Anders means different in German

[@KmarieKnockOut]

Could not agree harder on Jude for a girl ❤ crush right now.

[@katherineflores4808]

I'm guessing Expanse and the Dark for the sources of Holden and Magnus. :) I mean Expanse also for Amos but you didn't mention a show for that one. Lol
Oh also, my little boy's name is Desmond. I loved it because it was classic and unique. Maybe an add on to your list.

[@heyshayla]

Spot on!!!

[@koreyflinton1874]

We are still up in the air for ours but we are leaning towards Nash Levi. Its our first and we didnt realize how difficult this process would be! Cant make a decision!

[@jessicarae1924]

Levi is adorable!

[@charlottecady9417]

My sons name is Tycho :) and James as a middle name let’s him be TJ

[@alliecat737373u]

My cousin named her dog milo 😀 but he is a crazy chiwawa

[@madbornstudio]

Ezia and Ezakai are on my list forr my boy

[@jayceeprescott]

My sons full name is Keegan Charles Lakota Van Eldik
I am pregnant with our second but don’t know the gender.. playing around with names and one we thought of for a girl is Layla Oath Van Eldik. Her initials would be LOVE

[@jayceeprescott]

So far we aren’t liking many other boy names but would probably want the middle name to be John or Jack/Jax

[@MK-oe5md]

Toby as a nickname for Tobias

[@ordinarybread]

My bro is called Toby, his nickname is tubs lol

[@cordelia8473]

We are naming our boy Ames! Our last name is a first name so I guess that works 😂

[@TheKels2172]

We just found out today we are having a boy and Noah has been our only boy name we both like! But i do love a nickname and im struggling with middle names. Hopefully a nickname can lead into a good nickname.

[@themerryrabbit5040]

Solid name.

[@aisling8308]

My neighbour has a cat called Leroy and that's all I can think of when I hear that name

[@nicola6234]

As someone who always had to spell their name... please don't use "creative spelling" 😩

[@sophieirwin3497]

Same, I’ve got into the habit of spelling my surname as I’d say 80% get it wrong. Though I’ve had some interesting spelling versions of my first name over the years and I’m not talking about Sophia, which is close enough for me 😂

[@zeyz9408]

Traveler? Maybe you had this one in the vid, but Atlas? Or Adrian (means sailor in Spanish I think) :)

[@Mrsdinaz]

My son is Knox, was the only name my husband and I agreed on and I am so glad because I love his name ❤

[@lalises1298]

We picked the name Von cause of this video!

[@heyshayla]

NO WAY!!!!!! Thanks for telling me that’s so cool!! And the coolest name!

[@samcobb1353]

Malakai and call him Kai. Malakai isn’t super common in my region (Midwest USA) but Kai is fairly common. And Malakai is a biblical name also.

[@Learningeveryday27]

I love the boys name Easton (east for short ) Silias (si guy for short) and sawyer (soy bean for short ) !

[@jessicamae7251]

If I ever have a son, I would name him Henry, but call him Hank. I think Hank is a good, strong nickname. And then you have the more formal "Henry" for professionalism or if that's just what he would prefer to go by.

[@heyshayla]

Ooooh I’ve never thought of that!!!

[@jessicamae7251]

@@heyshayla I'm a huge nickname person, too. I also think it's good to have a more formal name, because then your child knows when they are in trouble 😂 I'm only called Jessica when I'm in trouble. It's good to know what you're walking in to, lol.

[@kellymichele30]

I know I'm a month behind on this video, but our boy names so far are either Archer or Jack. ☺️

[@kinsley3791]

Love archer

[@rikkimaroney8072]

Love Jasper, Ace, Zane or Quinn for a boy.