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Need a boys name to go with my five 'flowery' girls names!

138 replies

cherrycocacola · 09/04/2011 18:42

Am currently expecting DC6(!). Bump will be much longed-for DS1. Already have:

Saffron
Dahlia
Violet
Tulip
Blossom

We would love to carry on the 'flower' theme for DS, but we don't mind branching into 'nature theme. Any ideas?

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collision · 10/04/2011 18:56

Am not sure you should stick with the theme and should go with something completely different

Max
Theo
Felix
Finlay

mrswoodentop · 10/04/2011 18:54

I know a family with a similar theme to yours and one of the boys is Campion which is nice and a wild flower.

VerintheWhite · 10/04/2011 18:42

Gerard*

VerintheWhite · 10/04/2011 18:41

Gerald (as in Gerald's Herbal)

BikeRunSki · 10/04/2011 18:40

Rowan
Jasper (ok, tis a mineral but still natural)

3rdnparty · 10/04/2011 18:39

ooh met a lovely boy called Bracken at a festival (he must be about 10/11 now) -great name, have known a few Rowans - I liked it dh not keen - like Moss , Flint, Ash an ex had Ash in his surname but it was his nickname is lovely.. also not keen on Tarragon good luck

WinlessChunder · 10/04/2011 18:38

I know a little boy called Oaken. Love that.

theanimalswentintwobytwo · 10/04/2011 18:35

Bracken or Rowan

amothersplaceisinthewrong · 10/04/2011 18:35

Acer is good - the rest are utterly dreadful. Poor boy!

freesias · 10/04/2011 18:32

as others have said you can call your ds anything ,but please while you can get away with more unusual names for girls , a very exotic , unusual name will be much harder for a boy especially a teenager to carry off and he may not thank you for it .
if you do choose a more eccentric first name , please opt for a sensible middle name to at least give him some options .

BendyBob · 10/04/2011 18:30

Brooke
Rowan
Winter
Sol
August

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 10/04/2011 18:25

Ahh - Glen is one of the least silly ones suggested so far imho.

I like Philip/Pip too.

VeryStressedMum · 10/04/2011 17:57

obviously you can call your ds anything you like, but Tarragon is awful and Bracken is a dog or a rabbits name - awful too!!
I actually like Moss and Forrest is ok too.

WhyMeWhyNot · 10/04/2011 17:53

Douglas [fir], Moss, Sage, Reed or Glen.

Love your girls' names so I'm sure you'll choose well.

Congrats on the pregnancy.

ohnoshedittant · 10/04/2011 17:51

Please don't call your child Lake.

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 10/04/2011 17:43

Really, really don't like Tarragon.

ResurrectionByChocolate · 10/04/2011 17:42

Won't Forrest attract Gump as a nickname?

llareggub · 10/04/2011 17:38

Oakley is terrible.

virginiasmonalogue · 10/04/2011 17:33

Oakley is a gorgeous name!

freesias · 10/04/2011 10:06

pip
thistle

pinguwings · 10/04/2011 09:50

Brent, Lyndon, Heath, Ariel

Baffledandbewildered · 10/04/2011 09:38

Forrest is yummy I wanted this but dh poo poo the idea ....... 18 years later I still love it . Good luck

yodelayheehoo · 10/04/2011 09:02

I also know of a little boy called Reef, which is lovely. Also like Reef, Moss and Heath.

CheerfulYank · 10/04/2011 04:26

INDIGO!

I love that name and can't use it because my surname is a noun. :( But Indigo is cool, I think. :) Not naturey as much, but it's in the rainbow!

I like Bracken the best out of your list. Reed is nice.

Bubbaluv · 10/04/2011 04:20

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