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"Tough" names for a boy

107 replies

TrueRomance28 · 20/02/2012 21:17

So after spending so much time picking beautiful girls names, I find out today that all my instincts are unreliable and its a boy!
I seem to like American sounding names and the boyfriend and me both agree we want it to sound "tough"....... but we're completely stuck for ideas. We want something as different as possible without being silly if that makes sense! Can any of you help with suggestions???

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Coconutty · 21/02/2012 17:02

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shockers · 21/02/2012 15:31

Shirley (as in Crabtree Wink)

UmmOfUmbridge · 21/02/2012 15:29

Roman! Love that name.

BlueChampagne · 21/02/2012 14:36

Spike

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 21/02/2012 14:01

I went out with someone called Randy Dash once.
He was American.
True story.

BlueChampagne · 21/02/2012 13:08

Tiberius
Julius
Hannibal
Beowulf
Hector
Hercules/Heracles
Thor

Labootin · 21/02/2012 13:04

Dear god .. butch? Dash ? buck? Justin? Spartacus? justice? Ace ? axel?

Seriously

I mean seriously ?

curlywurlycremeegg · 21/02/2012 13:02

Maverick, I actually really like it, it would be a "hands off that name" if I was to have anymore children. It reminds me of Top Gun, but have heard it elsewhere recently and think it's fab :)

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Littlecherublegs · 21/02/2012 12:57

Brad
Chad
Grant
Gavin
Hunter
Fletcher
Titus
Logan
Morgan
Justin
Jackson
Zak
Rocco
Lennox
Axel

Frikadellen · 21/02/2012 12:40

Phoenix
Grittith
Winston

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OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 21/02/2012 11:47

I have a Cassius (well its one of his names)
thats well hard.

Chandon · 21/02/2012 11:45

off course, SUE:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_Named_Sue

KatyJ26 · 21/02/2012 11:45

lol at reverie suggesting you name your child after her dead hen Grin

iseenodust · 21/02/2012 11:43

Avocado made me splutter my drink Grin

Logan is strong but not too out there.

Chandon needs to add Sue

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 21/02/2012 11:41

Leroy [Brown]

Baddest man in the whole damn town Grin

Or

Rudy
Rougher dan rough, tougher dan tough, strong like Lion, we are iron....

(I'll stop now)

Chandon · 21/02/2012 11:37

do you want him to SOUND tough, or to BE tough?

If you want him to be tough, call him....

Shirley, or Pamela

HTH Wink

whenskiesaregrey · 21/02/2012 11:34

I have a friend that wanted to call her son a 'tough' name, so she called him Maddox.

MamaBearCharlie · 21/02/2012 11:07

Our friends have a boy called Rocco which I think is both brave and lovely!

BendyBob · 21/02/2012 10:14

How about Garth. Sounds big and strong. Or Wyatt (Earp). I'll keep thinking of all my favourite cowboys now. Or his brothers Virgil and Morgan.

Rofl @ '"Elvis BigBollocks the Third"'Grin

Reverie · 21/02/2012 09:56

I know a baby Hudson, I hated the name at first, but it's really grown on me. We also had a hen called Rocky (until recently.. :(). She was a great hen, I'd thoroughly recommend it as a baby name :o

crystalglasses · 21/02/2012 09:52

I would be cautious about giving a deliberately 'tough' name to a son as the child may grow up to be really weedy and not suit his name at all. For example, what about if Woody Allen was called Butch Allen?

nagynolonger · 21/02/2012 09:05

Andrew means manly doesn't it? Duke of York used to be called Randy Andy.

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 21/02/2012 08:56

Randy in the UK would be cruel.