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Unusual but not ridiculous names for a boy

87 replies

Flowerface · 08/06/2011 17:24

I am not even pregnant (TTC), so it isn't exactly an emergency. But what the heck do you call a boy? I am thinking something unusual but not so much so that he gets punched in the playground (DD is called 'Elsa', think it would be a bit mean to have one way more zany than the other). So what sort of names do you think? I have considered (yes, I do have to much brain-time on my hands):
Wilfred (Fred)
Gilbert
Lev (but someone pointed out that it sounds like 'Lav')
Edward (Ted. Too boring?)
Emil (would everyone pick on him and call him Emily?!)

I particularly like things with a central/Eastern European resonance (Russian or German). I don't want anything too Biblical, since I am not at all religious. I like old fashioned, but I don't want to be too self-consciously old man. Any thoughts...?!

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ThatllDoPig · 08/06/2011 22:03

Zeff ?

hellokitty123 · 08/06/2011 22:01

OP I like your suggestions although I'd say Edward was pretty usual/common. I like Emil but can't imagine how it is pronounced in English (In German I'd say Eh-meel).
How about
Leon
Magnus
Quentin
Raphael

birdofthenorth · 08/06/2011 21:51

I like all your ideas so far, especially Gilbert.

Just a word on Lev -if you are avoiding biblical names it might not be ideal -my first association was Leviticus.

Like Emil but Elsa & Emil sounds a bit like you wanted twins! I think he'd get Heskey more than Emily if he was in school today bur that association may pass quickly

TarkaLiotta · 08/06/2011 20:04

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thesurgeonsmate · 08/06/2011 19:58

Bremner

Flowerface · 08/06/2011 19:57

And I am liking Maxim... (though I slightly want to ad 'us' on the end...)

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Flowerface · 08/06/2011 19:55

I like Ivan, but we want John as a middle name, so it would be like calling him the same thing twice in different languages!

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montmartre · 08/06/2011 19:53

Maxim?
Ludo
Frank
Oskar

RickGhastley · 08/06/2011 19:52

Emil is great!

How about:
Keir
Leif
Isaac
Jago
Inigo
Raphael (Rafa)
Nathaniel (Nate)
Jude
Joel
Magnus
Seth

PatriciatheStripper · 08/06/2011 19:51

Alouyicious (can't spell!)

Aloysius Wink

msrisotto · 08/06/2011 19:44

I like:
Ridley
Christian
Morgan
Sebastian (not that unusual I guess)
Tristan

PotPourri · 08/06/2011 19:41

Casper
Alouyicious (can't spell!)
Felix

I know children called these names

mazfah · 08/06/2011 19:41

Tommen
Samwell
Jaime
Brandon
Eddard
Joffrey
Dorne

These are all from from a fantasy book series I love, and I think they are unusual but have 'normal' nicknames.

IHeartKingThistle · 08/06/2011 19:39

I love Gray.

CandyS · 08/06/2011 19:35

I like Lev/Levi but as a jewish person I see it as a religious name!
Edward is on my list.

I love Nikolai, Josef, Yuri, Petr & Ivan/Vanya.

radancer · 08/06/2011 18:17

I like Conrad. And Emil.

Flowerface · 08/06/2011 18:09

And ADOLF! DH is a historian of the Second World War, so I think that's out...

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Flowerface · 08/06/2011 18:07

But has Boris been ruined by Johnson?

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PatriciatheStripper · 08/06/2011 17:54

Conrad
Boris
Anton
Ivan
Sandor
Karl
Otto

Fifis25StottieCakes · 08/06/2011 17:53

Levs's Bulgarian currency Grin

Greenstocking · 08/06/2011 17:52

Boris.

Karloff or Johnson.

How about De pfeffel?

chrisonabike · 08/06/2011 17:50

Boris

lockets · 08/06/2011 17:49

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Greenstocking · 08/06/2011 17:48

Cool.

Grin
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