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Boys names that are a bit different

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17caterpillars1mouse · 08/04/2021 21:36

What are your opinions on the following boys names

Nickleby
Errol
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Willoughby
Dashiell
Clement
Walt
Laith
Jarrett
Abraham
Silas
Brett

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ghislaine · 08/04/2021 21:40

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?

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Violetlavenders · 08/04/2021 22:03

I like Clement

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zigaziga · 08/04/2021 22:04

So very, very different to your unusual girls names list.

Agree with PP that most of these sound very American and some of them quite surnamey.

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SleepingStandingUp · 08/04/2021 22:07

Nickleby - erm, ok and can be nn to Nick
Errol - dislike
Roosevelt - no
Lindsey - don't do it
Willoughby - gorgeous
Dashiell - nope
Clement - noooo
Walt - bleurgh
Laith - wha?
Jarrett - swap the last t for a h. I adore Jareth
Abraham - ok, i like Abe
Silas - passable
Brett - meh

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finallychangedmyusername · 08/04/2021 22:09

Dashiell is great.

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Zarinea · 08/04/2021 22:09

We have similar taste in Arabic names (though not on anything else!)

I love Laith and it would be on my boys list. It means Lion.

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SmellsLikeWineIGuess · 08/04/2021 22:10

Lindsay and Brett are pretty dire.

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SmellsLikeWineIGuess · 08/04/2021 22:13

@ghislaine

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?

🎯😂

I can imagine a fair few of them as dashing blockade runners. With the obvious exception of Lindsey.
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user1493494961 · 08/04/2021 22:18

Silas is nice, Abraham OK but the rest awful (like your girl's' list).

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GiveIrelandBackToTheIrish · 08/04/2021 22:19

Silas is very nice

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MaverickDanger · 08/04/2021 22:20

I like Walt and Dashiell.

What about

Woodrow
Lincoln
Remington
Jefferson
Colby
Holden

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/04/2021 22:20

Are you in the UK? Laith is gorgeous. I also like Abraham (especially with the nn Bram), and Willoughby is a guilty pleasure, although I worry it sounds a bit feminine. Silas, Clement and Walt aren't my taste but are okay. Not keen on the others much, sorry (either too surname or Southern US sounding for me).

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Ikeameatballs · 08/04/2021 22:22

I like Willoughby, Dashiell and Abraham. Abraham is my favourite, nn Abe.

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Bimblybomeyelash · 08/04/2021 22:23

I knew that Dashiell would be on the list!

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KoalaOok · 08/04/2021 22:23

Very different to your girls list! They all sound a bit US to me.

Do you like
Hudson
Mason
Ethan

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sausageface · 08/04/2021 22:29

@SmellsLikeWineIGuess

Lindsay and Brett are pretty dire.

My poor husband Brett is heartbroken to hear this 🤣 to be fair I did ask him if it was short for anything when we first met!
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thismeansnothing · 08/04/2021 22:33

Love Silas. Wanted that for first child who ended up being a girl. Also like Elias too

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Tillygetsit · 08/04/2021 22:38

I love Abraham with Bram for short.

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Cowbells · 08/04/2021 22:39

I love Dashiell. Such a cool name.

Walt, Abraham and Silas are all good, imo. Also quite like Clement but it's a bit wet and weedy.

Not keen on the rest.

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miltonj · 08/04/2021 22:43

Have a male friend called Lindsey and he pulls it off and no one gives it a second thought - I really like it and because of him, in my mind it's a male name. He's a big character though, might be different if he was a wall flower.

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ladygindiva · 08/04/2021 22:52

I like Errol, Silas and Brett. I think I'd use Brett. I like short names.

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YoniAndGuy · 08/04/2021 23:07

The trouble with these kinds of lists is that they look quite cool as a group of names when you list them all together, but individually, none is actually spot on (and on their own most just don't work for the vibe that the group all together gives).

Silas is good - cool - Si is a good short form.
Abraham nn Bram is good
Love Walter nn Walt, marmite though

All the others sound rubbish on their own, mostly just slightly odd, or in the case of Brett and Lindsey, dull!

Jonas?

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Yellowfish2020 · 08/04/2021 23:32

Love Clement, Laith is great. Silas is amazing - but it does make me think of Silas greenback. That might make me like it more though :)

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SmellsLikeWineIGuess · 08/04/2021 23:33

My poor husband Brett is heartbroken to hear this 🤣 to be fair I did ask him if it was short for anything when we first met!

Sorry @sausageface! Grin Flowers

Brett Kavanaugh has lowered its cachet even further in recent times.

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mamablondie33 · 09/04/2021 08:43

Clement is the best by a mile

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