Hunter for a boy?

[flowerygirl]

Hunter is a family name and I really like it.

But is it too 'hard'?! Worried it sounds a bit too much like an army general!

[ladymia]

i like it!

[MolotovBomb]

Hunter S. Thompson (author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other seminal literature; founder of the 'Gonzo' style).

Need I say more?

Baby Hunter would need a strong personality to carry the name well, I think. Not one for a gentle boy.

[lljkk]

It will inspire preconceptions about you that I would not want for myself.

[DawnOfTheDee]

Hmmmm....for some reason I keep imagining 'Hunter the Accountant'

I don't massively dislike it but you do definitely need a strong personality to carry this one off. Could you use it as a middle name?

[OneMoreChap]

Reminds me of Callan, a bit.

Heartless head of an assassination section...

[MyMamaToldMe]

GREAT name!! My nephew is a Hunter and whilst we were all a bit at first, it grew on us and I now love it! Go for it!

[flowerygirl]

Haha that's funny because my husband is an accountant! He would be so proud if his first born son was an accountant too!

I've always liked strong, masculine names. I think it's better to go for a strong name and have a gentle son than a strong character and be stuck with a wimpish boyish name...

[claraschu]

I hate it, but I hate hunting. Why would anyone want to name a child after the idea of killing?

[sonniebonnie]

Hunter is a lovely name. Strong, masculine and not overused. I don't think you need any 'stronger' personality than for a name like Henry or Harrison. In fact, I don't think you 'need' any personality for a name - a name just becomes the person. I know loads of ungraceful Graces for example.

[MolotovBomb]

I think the name has wider connotations than just hunting/killing. For example, a hunter implies an individual who goes after what s/he wants without giving in; a strong, reliable, individualistic character. The mythological 'Diana the huntress' did not surrender to the wishes of men.

[TomsBentPinky]

I love it :)

[claraschu]

Maybe there are "wider implications", but when I hear the word "hunter" I get a strong image of a person with a gun.

[flowerygirl]

That's true @sonniebonnie! A name does become the person and you are right about ungraceful Graces! I think of Daisy as a very feminine name and I've known a few unfeminine Daisies!

I just like it because it's strong, a family name, not very common and makes me think of a go getter and a 'provider'

[OneMoreChap]

claraschu
Maybe there are "wider implications", but when I hear the word "hunter" I get a strong image of a person with a gun.

When I hear hunter, I think of a horse that's got good stamina and isn't frightened of obstacles, but san fairy ann

[CajaDeLaMemoria]

Snap, I think of horses.

[claraschu]

Unfortunately, what a lot of hunters "who go after what they want without giving in" happen to want is the right to bear arms (I'm American). (I'm referring to MolotovBomb's post here, but perhaps, with that name, s/he wouldn't be expected to object to a few firearms).

[forehead]

Sorry i dislike the name. It sounds like the name of the 'hero' in a dodgy Mills and Boon novel.

[MrsJellybye]

I really like it. I knew a Hunter when I was about 15 (so this is going back, ahem, a few years) and he was about 18 and in his final year of school and really rather handsome. I've liked the name ever since

It's simple and strong and I don't get the gun connotations; I imagine a strong, active and competent man

[MolotovBomb]

Excuse me, claraschu? I resent the assumption that you've made about me. Please do not use my posts an manipulate them to seem like I support the use of firearms.

Yes: Hunter+MolotovBomb = I must be an a gun-nut.

[SillyBeardyDaddyman]

Can you feel the power of the gladiators?!?

I love it!

[claraschu]

Sorry, Molotov, I wrote the post and then noticed your name and it just seemed like a funny coincidence. Of course I'm not meaning to imply anything, and I was obnoxious to say that. It just was mildly amusing. Sorry.

[MolotovBomb]

Okay, claraschu

[Gwennan]

All the associations I have with the name are related to violence. Not one for me but then again, I don't like this kind of 'hyper-masculine' name at all. Very macho.

[lisaro]

Great - as a surname. As a first name? He'll no. Awful, sounds American. Truly awful.