Although James is one of my favs and I considered it for my son, I would say it depends if you don't mind him being one of many in his school. And I mean many. James is very common, and he could very well end up with 1 - 3 in his class , let alone school, with the same name.

But then you could have him go by a nickname. Not many Jamies around.

I also love Rory. Much less common, but not entirely unique either.

It seems that everyone around these parts wants a name that is common, as they tend to cluster in groups of the same thing over and over. If that is your thing, you have nothing to worry about.

Good luck! Names are hard!

When we were deciding our son's name my husband said it had to go with the word "beer" when he was with his mates in the pub. So can you see his mates going "Rory - beer?" I'm not so sure, whereas "James - beer?" is OK. It's also a bit of a class thing - Rory is quite a posh name, which is fine if he's going to be living in poshland for the rest of his life, but if he ends up doing a job where being posh isn't so helpful then James probably covers more bases. But if you hate names being shortened then Rory will be the one to go for as he'll get called Jim and variations thereof by his mates when he's older and you won't be able to do anything about it (as I've found out with my daughter and indeed my own name).

James. Every time James. No question at all; it's the winner hands down. It's a beautiful name.

Congratulations on your lovely news. Good luck! xx

I prefer James, nicer nickmames: Jamie, Jimmy, Jay etc.

Why not both? James Rory or Rory James - either sounds fine - then you can decide which you prefer.

They are both lovely names. Which sounds better with their surname? And James has lots of shortenings (Jamie, Jim and the like). Would you be happy with those?

We had two potential names for both of my daughters. I took my mother's advice and waited until I clapped eyes on them for the first time to see which name I thought would suit them best. We used the alternative as a middle name.

Good luck!

James is good for old or young. Rory lovely too unless you have speech issues...lots of Rs. How about going for Caspar instead!

I'd probably go for James. I like Rory but it can be a bit hard to say, I know a few people who can't quite pwonounce their Rs so it ends up sounding like Wowy.

Hi and congratulations!!
James is a lovely name, but I'd go for Rory. A lot more unique and it's got a nice sound to it.

Good luck!

James sounds so much nicer

Good luck deciding x

Gingercat2 wrote:Congratulations! James is a lovely classic name with royal connections☺

Hi Mam,

I pefere James too x

PS Congratulations....

Both were in our top 5 but Rory was no.1 for me because we already know many boys called James. (Our other 3 were Jacob, Joseph and Charlie.)

I like James

James for me. Good luck x

Congratulations! James is a lovely classic name with royal connections☺