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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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boys names for cool boys?

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MyFriendGoo · 15/01/2013 15:58

DH and I are totally stuck- he thinks my choices are boring (Henry, Barnaby, Max) but his choices are too out there for me (Milo, Jobie, Amos). We've agreed we want a name that shows a bit of spark and individuality, but we need a middle ground! Thoughts?

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VisualiseAHorse · 15/01/2013 16:35

Dylan.

(might be biased)

OmgATalkingOnion · 15/01/2013 16:37

Kit is short for Christopher. Bit different and traditional name as the fallback.

Floralnomad · 15/01/2013 16:38

Cassius
Angus
Fabian
Xavier

TheFallenNinja · 15/01/2013 16:39

Cool

amck5700 · 15/01/2013 16:41

Archie
Alfie
Stan
Freddie

Please O please don't call your son after the contents of a toilet bowl (jobie)

amazingmumof6 · 15/01/2013 16:41

I like all your choices (not Jobie)

I like Biblical names mainly, which can be considered very "boring" - such as Matthew (DS4 middle name) or Samuel (DS2 first name)

or there are the more unusual ones such as Issachar, Jethro, Asher or Malachi (wish I was brave enough to choose this instead of Michael for DS3!

I give you our boys' names, don't know if they aer cool or not, they (and we) like them:

Joshua David, Samuel Aaron, Michael Jacob, Noah Matthew & Isaac Benjamin

other names I like : Ethan, Levi, Sebastian, Dominic, Benedict, Reuben, Daniel, Thomas, Barnabas, Timothy, Nathan, Caspar, Abraham, Noel, Raphael, Christopher, Gabriel, Elijah

LittleAbruzzenBear · 15/01/2013 16:42

I love Kit! DS2 (5 months) is called Ralph and I get people saying what a cool, uncommon name, but am also biased. His middle name is Hector. I also like Milo. I like Rudy, Rui and Luca as well.

SPsFanjoIsAsComfyAsAOnesie · 15/01/2013 16:43

Tobias

Lucas/Luca

Lewis

Eskino · 15/01/2013 16:44

Felix. Very cool name.

FairyJen · 15/01/2013 16:50

Why don't you see what he looks like? My ds is an old soul bless him hence George Edward. ( very military and spiffing )

I do like kit / Christopher tho which could also be topher.

invicta · 15/01/2013 16:51

ranulph

Crispin

Jude

Josiah

Nathaniel

Theodore

Benedict

Gene

Glen

Glyn

MyFriendGoo · 15/01/2013 16:57

I love so many of these!! Noted on Jobie (which I really didn't like and now have a great reason to strike off DH's list!!) Visualise out of interest does anyone make a Bob Dylan connection? It's actually a name we both agree on but we didn't want everyone to think that was why we picked it!

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MyFriendGoo · 15/01/2013 16:59

Fairy we are hoping to make a master list of about five and then see how he looks when he arrives

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orangepudding · 15/01/2013 17:07

I don't think many would make the Bob Dylan connection, Dylan is quite popular at the moment and a fab name.

How about Oscar?

I met a Ziggy a couple of weeks ago, thought it was a cool name and the kids did look very cool - he however was a bit pretentious!

eggs11 · 15/01/2013 17:12

all the Max's I know are very snotty and wet! Same goes for Harry's, olivers, etc. Nothing about them stands out!

Jobie is AWFUL! Barnaby is worse. Makes me think bear.

I don't mind Henry, still a bit in the wet brigade though.

Love Milo though :)

I don't think biblical names are boring at all amazingmum I know a Jonah and Noah that are both very 'cool' boys. Same as Joshua.

eggs11 · 15/01/2013 17:13

I know so many Dylans. And working in a school - they're all naughty! And yes Bob Dylan is the first thing that came to mind!

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/01/2013 17:26

Gabriel
Jasper
Etienne (that might only work if you're a bit French though?)
Aneurin
Ciaran

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/01/2013 17:28

I like Henry and Max. Don't like any of the other names.

SignoraStronza · 15/01/2013 17:34

Samael
Dexter

amazingmumof6 · 15/01/2013 17:41

eggs11 good you agree, I don't think they are boring either (as proven by our actual choices ) but I know people who do, that's why I said....

another one Simeon

LST · 15/01/2013 17:43

Liam

Assajjventress · 15/01/2013 17:50

Alex though popular is a cool name most Alex's I know have been cool

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CheeseStrawWars · 15/01/2013 17:58

Surely the person makes their name "cool", not the other way around? The Fonz was cool, right? You could call you kid Fonzie, or point out to your DH that the actor's real name was Henry....

farmersdaugther · 15/01/2013 17:59

Merlin

Frikadellen · 15/01/2013 18:52

IMO the way around this (dh and I had a similar problem) is to find traditional names that are not commonly used. That way you get your traditional feel and dh gets his " out there " feel so names like

Ely
Conrad
Edmund
Douglas
Reginald
Solomon
Horatio
Walter
Pierce
Neil
Miles
Frank
Glynn/Glen
Elvis
Wayne
(Sorry I had to add the last 2)

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