Let's face it - on the whole baby boys' names follow tradition.
Baby namers can get pretty adventurous when it comes to choosing a girl's name...
But when it's time to consider those baby boys, parents and family tend to prefer something a little more familiar.
Why?
Well, maybe we like our men... to be men! We want our baby boy names to sound strong, dependable, and wise.
If that's what we want, then it's best to put our trust in names we already know. Taking risks with a boy's name is not something many people do.
The "son and heir" tradition
Maybe some of us are used to our sons being named after a relative, keeping the name in the family for tradition's sake. My husband is Bulgarian, and I often get asked who our son is named after, to which my reply is... (rather shockingly)... "nobody" - as we decided to break with tradition and give him a name nobody in the family has. But we still gave him a very recognizable, familiar name!