Maxwell?

Mark, David, Paul, Andrew, Phillip, Christopher, they were cool when I was at school. DS is too young to be at school but these are what I think are cool names now

Sean (I am very biased towards this one )
Alex
Daniel
Dylan
Keiron
Vinnie (I love this but wouldn't have the balls to use it)

Gino.

interesting q...

ds is only 4 but the boys in his css who sem to be most popular are reuben and oliver.

the boy ds thinks is v cool is about 8 or 9 and he is louis.

boodleboot - may I ask how old the Dempey is? My son Dempsey is 10 and I've never met another one, or even heard of one!

i like
Frazer to and Finlay.

Mason, Morgan, Harrison, Dexter, Frankie, Stanley, Sidney, Arthur, Cole, My boys are...

Tom, Tate and Luka.

Ethan
Declan
Finlay

lol i had the same thing when i posted a thread asking 'how do i convince DH to agree to my fav name'...i wasn't asking for anything more than that expecially not for my name choice to be compared to his...nature of the beast me thinks lol

My DD1 is 3 and at nursery the fav boy amongst all is a little lad called Toby, who doesn't appear to be particularly cool just very sweet and friendly.

I do agree that name choices can ofton help in a way...a friend of mine has a leo and scarlet mummy is super cool so am guessing so will the kids

another cool relaxed mummy has a tom, finlay and frazer (a very cool 3 yeear old)!!

hope that helps xx

I wasn't refering to you Apple, your post made me

oops sorry - got a bit over-excited about the cool boys of yesteryear. Scott not so cool now I s'pose..

<< wonders why some people don't bother to read a thread before posting on it >>

Leigh and Scott in the class of '86 were swooningly cool. <sighs wistfully over Leigh's Limahl-style highlights>

Agree with SoupDragon and sophiesmummie:

A name cannot bestow any kind of personality or coolness on someone - it works the other way round, if anything

and

Will not most parents think that their own child and own child's name is 'cool'?

What SoupDragon said. The coolest boy I know is called Colin if that helps.

The cool kids in school usually grow up to be losers.

(So speaks a former School Nerd who married the Class Smelly Boy)



The cool boys in my niece's class are all called Josh.

Thanks for pointing that out Lockets

Sophiesmummies you obv. missed the bit where I said I also agreed with Soupys point

Who wouldn't think their ds (and the name they gave him) was cool?

The other day someone said my DS2 had the "coolest name I've ever heard"

He's called Arlo...and he's pretty cool for a 2 yr old

my son has some pretty cool friends and their names are Dappo, Dempsey and Mason.

i personally think Hector is the coolest boys name closely followed by Huxley.

The op actually just asked for the names of the cool boys in your dc's school, not for names which made kids cool.

In dd1's class the cool boys are
Owen
Scott
Kannan
Nathan
Ciaran

What a ridiculous question! I completely agree with Soupdragan (and others) that 'coolness' cannot be bestowed by a name! I find the concept quite ridiculous to be honest...

I happen to have known a very cool Quentin at Uni, universally known as 'Q' .

I like Quentin pronounced with a French accent "Contan" but don't like the English way of saying it at all.

Jonny, Jonny cool

Cool boys in DD class;
Cassius
Isaac
Ben
Rufus
Marcus

Isaac? Finn? Hugh? Bay Atlas... oh ok not that one

tricky one, I'd love to call a ds cosmo but DH won't let me!!Says he will sound like a gremlin- I think other 'o' names can be a bit 10 years ago now though-

Not sure about Quentin. I love Quentin Blake of course but all the other Quentins are, erm, less loved, and not cool, but could be ironically cool if that makes sense...

None of the Quentin's I know are 'geeky' - my 8 year old nephew is Quentin and he is very cool (not that I'm biased of course).

dh's favourite name is Quentin. I've heard (and read on MN) that is considered geeky and nerdy, which I thought was very judgemental as I agree with Soupy, surely a name doesn't 'make' a person?

So I thought, well if Quentin is 'nerdy' what is 'cool'? Hence the thread.

According to the book 'Cool names for babies', a name has to end in 'o' to be truly 'cool'. For example: Otto, Cosmo, Bruno, Theo, Leo.

Sam Charlie Zach Leon Carl Ben Luke William Edward Jack

May I ask why?

Zac
Sid
Philpot
Gabe
Lenny

if DD had been a DS she/ he would have been Dashiell. I LOVE that name...

Bruce, Victor, Donald, Redmond, Richie, Gus

I agree of course, a name doesn't make you cool, but if children had these names, I'd expect their parents to have good taste generally and be quite cool.

Also agree that names are no indicator of 'coolness' imo.

Tends to work the other round, i think. We know a cool (or uncool) 'X' and then that name has this association for us.

<waves at piffle>

Quite, Soupy

Agree with SoupDragon!

A name can never MAKE someone cool or uncool. Whether someone is popular has to do with their personality, not their name.

I've known 'cool' guys whose names have ranged from Zubin to Quentin to Jayden to Peter!

All of DS's class are pretty square really!
Not sure there are many cool kids

Coolness is a personality trait, it's not bestowed by a name.

Josh, Carter, Hal, Roman.

James Harry Donald and Eustace

John

David

Stephen

Christopher

What are the names of the 'cool' boys in your childs school?