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Slightly cool boys names?

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justhayley · 07/02/2012 14:43

Hiya I need help collecting a list of fairly cool but not totally out there boys names.
We are a young (ish) family & I can't see myself with a son with a super traditional name! My partners an officer in the Army- he's a William and likes quite traditional names, I work in the media & run a holistic health
centre and am slightly more hippy ish!
So far we can't agree on a name that suits us both.

I like Mason and Finlay with the more classic James as a middle name.

Ideas for others please ........

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justhayley · 07/02/2012 21:23

Grin thank you for all your suggestions - keep em coming!
I didn't no Finlay was being used alot - mind you most people I know with babies have girls or boys called Oliver.
Two things that put me off Mason - The Kardashian and it's similar to Jason which was my first ever boyfriend lol

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jaffacakehips · 07/02/2012 21:08

Jenson with mn James aka JJ! Doh been a long day!

jaffacakehips · 07/02/2012 21:07

IMO Mason is just a bit too Kardashian for me..and Finlay is sooooooo overused!

Jenson with nn James aka JJ?
Edward (Woody)
Harrison aka Harry
Monty
Fergus
Rex

{waves to Lockets}

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 07/02/2012 20:14

Vito
Levi
Stein

EBDteacher · 07/02/2012 20:11

Love Arlo.

Giles
Ettienne (sp?) Is that too girly?

UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 07/02/2012 20:06

Arlo.

TheCuntwormUnderfoot · 07/02/2012 20:03

Holty

BadTasteFlump · 07/02/2012 19:16

Jonah
Elliot
Jude
Jared ...

are my favourite cool boys names at the mo Smile

TaperJeanGirl · 07/02/2012 19:09

Eli
Jared
Leo
Cass/Cash
Mackie
Gabe

One of these is ds, the others are my future (mythical) sons Smile

CharlieBoo · 07/02/2012 18:56

I have the name for you... Rafferty

FaithHopeAndKevin · 07/02/2012 17:29

Ianto (yann-toh)

Congrats on Idris.

FaithHopeAndKevin · 07/02/2012 17:27

Josiah
Vincent (although there are 3 at school)
Marcus
Otto/Otis
Idris
Edwin

I also like Keir but that's a secondary education's worth of gazing at the god-like beauty of Keir in the year above Grin

ViviPru · 07/02/2012 17:23

Pottering, do you have a nn for Idris? (Love that name btw)

Ferdy is a great name

PotteringAlong · 07/02/2012 17:22

I have an Idris...

LikeAnAdventCandleButNotQuite · 07/02/2012 17:19

We chose Travis if DD would have been a boy. I think it's a bit cool. Also love Jesse, but maybe not if you want James as a middle name Wink

I also think Rex is very cool (our cat's name) and I love love love Gus, but DH vetoed it.

CuppaTeaJanice · 07/02/2012 17:14

We were going to use Efryn if DD had been a boy. It's a variant of Ephraim which is a saints name so that should keep your traditional DP happy!!

MandyT68 · 07/02/2012 17:13

Hamish is the Gaelic equivalent of James, as is Seamus, so avoid these with your choice of middle name.

cureall · 07/02/2012 17:10

I love Milo and Axel, and Joshua. And Lazarus, Lucien, Maxwell. Cailan nice too.

pranma · 07/02/2012 17:08

My dgs is Finn James :)

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jellybeans · 07/02/2012 16:54

Zac/Zachary
Evan
Euan
Joel
Aidan
Niall
Quentin
Cody

FriskyMare · 07/02/2012 16:32

Liking Keir whitsunday
Rufus
Saul
Jonah

BlueChampagne · 07/02/2012 16:29

Victor
Julius
Flynn
Brendan

pilates · 07/02/2012 16:26

Monty
Ethan
Jacob
Louis
Jared
Caleb

rachel234 · 07/02/2012 15:24

And yes, I know so, so many Fin/Finns and am getting a little bored of it (and am starting to have difficulty remembering their names Blush)

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