Help needed ...to find a boy's name

[lucy123]

I know we've covered this before, but I'm still stuck, so I thought I'd start a parallel thread to Ghosty's

names I kind of have in mind...

Lucas
Luis
Cameron

I'm kind of constrained by the fact that the name has to work in Spanish (although I don't mind if he has an English given name as long as I like the equivalent in Spanish). Cameron obviously is not Spanish, but apparently there is a famous Flamenco singer with that name.

Also I have a thing about family names (as ds will have dp's surname) so the name has to work well with Robert, David, or William as a middle name. Actually I would like Albert or Kenneth as a middle name but dp is against this.

Oh yes, Joseph is another possibility (Jose or Pepe in Spanish).

But I'm stuck!

[lazyeye]

I think boys names are much more limited.

My 2 are Billy & Jake and Jake was unnamed for a week or so. Billy is very much Billy and not William.

Others we thought of

Joe, Alfie

My friend has Saul which is lovely I think. I also know a Morgan and an Evan.

Good luck

[motherinferior]

you can have Raphael or Reuben, which I've not used twice now!

[lucy123]

I also like names with a history/nice meaning. Dd was going to be Bethany, but the definition of that name is "a place near Jerusalem" - too many negative connotations at the moment! Likewise, I'm put off Cameron by the fact that it means "Crooked nose".

But I've just looked up kenneth. Apparently it's an anglicisation of CINÁED, does anyone know how to pronounce that?

[lucy123]

hmm. Morgan is nice, but the surname begins with an M, and it sounds a bit odd!

Raphael, maybe...

[M2T]

My ds is called Toby.

I also love:

Lewis (Isle of Lewis spelling)
Adam
Alfie
Oliver
and Robin.

[zebra]

Antonio, Marco, Tomas, Daniel, Mario, Alejandro, Oscar, Victor, Pedro, Ramon, Carlos, Eduardo, Gilberto -- and all their English equivalents. David is a good bet, nice name in both languages.

I don't understand people on the other thread praising Dolores -- it means "aches and pains"!

[janh]

Rejecting Inigo then, are we, Lucy?

re CINÁED - from my ever-so-useful website:

CINÁED m Scottish
Means "born of fire" in Gaelic. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often Anglicized as Kenneth.

Doesn't help with pronunciation though and I'm not sure "born of fire" is a recommendation!

I don't know how Scottish Gaelic differs from Irish but Sinead is pronounced Shinade so maybe Cinaed is something like Kinathe?

[Twinkie]

Message withdrawn

[janh]

PS this is the list of Spanish language names.

[lucy123]

Sorry, Jan - didn't like the Spanish form of Inigo!

Dominic - perhaps. Or maybe the Spanish form - Domingo. Means Sunday in Spanish (or "of the lord" ) so maybe I'll wait and see what day of the week he's born on!

[SoupDragon]

I think Cinead may be Kennay if I understand another website properly.

[charlize]

How about Roman or Jude, oR Deacon.

[Frenchgirl]

How about Martin, Samuel (Sam), John?

[codswallop]

Charles - he can be carlos - once knew a dishy dentist improbably known as carlos

[zebra]

Francisco, which is Kiko for short in Spanish, but I don't know any blokes who would name their sons Francis -- what about Franklin, though?

[zebra]

Francisco, which is Kiko ("Kee-ko" for short in Spanish, but I don't know any blokes who would name their son Francis -- what about Franklin, though?

[lucy123]

Charlie is nice! (well, charles/carlito as the Andalucians would undoubtedly call him). I do think it's a good thing to have a Sunday name and a pet name - gives the kid some choice when he gets older.

dinosaur - I had thought about Francis, but yes, Franco is not such a good name!

[lucy123]

thanks Zebra - didn't know that!

[CnR]

Not sure about the spanish connections but here are some we had considered:

Oiver, Jospeh, Samuel, Harry, Thomas,

[Sari]

Careful (!) I've got a Franco ... It's a middle name and is from a cult South American comic thingy my ds was really into. Actually, I think it's a really nice name in its own right in Spanish and I know another little boy called Franco too.

Dh is Luis - you might want to bear in mind that it doesn't work at all in English. He's always called Louise, Lewis or Louis.

[Sari]

Daniel and Leo work well in both languages. Ds2 (the one with Franco as a middle name) is Oliver and everyone can manage that in Spanish but we made the mistake of calling ds1 Jake and that is just disastrous for Spanish speakers. He ends up being called Shay! Or they use his middle name, Hector (meant to be pronounced without H).

[Ghosty]

Lucy ... it is hard isn't it? I know what you meant about it fitting with Spanish ... I have the same problem with the Kiwi accent and names ... !
What about Ben?

[codswallop]

I am very pleased with my charles - middle name richard

Yours could be Carlito Ricardo - fantastico!