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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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nagynolonger · 21/02/2012 08:54

Spartacus
Atila
Peter
Alfred (not if he was the one who made cake)
Arthur
Excaliber
Utha
William
Harold

duchesse · 21/02/2012 08:53

Go for Sarah Palin's sons' names- you don't get much more "tough" sounding than those. It seems that monosyllabic is the way ahead. Trig, Troy, Blaze

Not entirely certain why youy'd want to saddle your kid with a cowboy's name though in this day and age but I guess that your choice.

FWIW, Annie Proulx's toughest characters seem to have girls' names- Diamond and Ruby afair, and wasn't John Wayne's real first name Marion?

midlandsnightnannybabysitter · 21/02/2012 08:39

Rocky! I actually like this

lostinwales · 21/02/2012 08:16

Steel (know of one). I know one Titus and he's the biggest sweetest softie even now in his 40's so I would never associate
It with toughness!

mellowcat · 21/02/2012 08:14

Hunter?

Stellan · 21/02/2012 08:12

Some 'American-sounding' names you might like:

Ace
Anderson
Archer
Arno
Ash
Axel
Beckett
Boone
Bruno
Buck
Brooks
Canyon
Carson
Carsten
Cash
Chance
Chase
Clay
Colt
Colton
Cooper
Cordell
Cormac
Cruz
Curran
Dash
Dempsey
Denver
Drake
Emmett
Finch
Gunner
Hudson
Hunter
Jagger
Jett
Justice
Kellan
Knox
Lennon
Madden
Miller
Nico
Orson
Paxton
Porter
Quinton
Ranger
Rhett
River
Ryder
Ryker
Slater
Talon
Trenton
Titus
West
Willem
Wyatt
Zane

Bubbaluv · 21/02/2012 02:44

Cameron, Angus, Denis, Marcus, Mark, Tony, Alexander.
Most American names sound very cutsie to me - not tough at all... Chip, Harley, Brody etc.

Clint sounds tough, but would have to much giggle appeal for 12yo boys.

pressingbuttons · 21/02/2012 01:35

I know a boy called "Kaos"....

scarletforya · 21/02/2012 00:56

Saul.

crystalglasses · 21/02/2012 00:54

Rory?

runningforthebusinheels · 21/02/2012 00:45

"Jake Bullet"

Any red dwarf fans here?

Dwayne Dibbly for the weedy brother Grin

Isn't 'Jackson' quite cool and hard? (from How not to live your life).

I get all my inspiration from TV comedy.

UmmOfUmbridge · 21/02/2012 00:36

Brutus
Hunter

LauraTheOutlawPalmer · 21/02/2012 00:35

Grrrrrrrrr. My revolver link didn't work...try this if you were curious.

LauraTheOutlawPalmer · 21/02/2012 00:32

x post colditz. Great minds and all that... Grin

LauraTheOutlawPalmer · 21/02/2012 00:32

colditz Colt is also the make of a super bad ass Clint-Eastwood-worthy revolver...'tis cowboy tough. And that's well 'ard.

Oh! OP - what about Clint for your boy baby?

colditz · 21/02/2012 00:28

Clint. It has to be Clint.

Or James Dean Surname

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TrueRomance28 · 21/02/2012 00:23

I know a girl called Raven so that ones out anyway (despite how useful an interior designer may be to have in the family :o )

Ace has been top of my list for a while, currently trying to think on a possible middle name to go with that one (& lots of the others!!)

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midlandsnightnannybabysitter · 21/02/2012 00:22

Bruce
Leo

colditz · 21/02/2012 00:21

I know, I know!!!

"Elvis BigBollocks the Third"

colditz · 21/02/2012 00:20

You know that a colt is a baby pony, right? It's not exactly well 'ard, is it?

LauraTheOutlawPalmer · 21/02/2012 00:14

Titus.

Doesn't get tougher than that! But not very American. How about these...

Ace
Wyatt
Ryder
Flip
Colt

(all actual names of people I know in the US!)

colditz · 21/02/2012 00:12

You CAN'T call a boy "Raven", not if you want him to sound tough, he'll grow up to be an interior designer!

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TrueRomance28 · 21/02/2012 00:05

notahappycamper Story's an interesting one! Never heard of that one, which is a definite plus!!!

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SparkySparrow · 20/02/2012 23:11

You don't get much tougher than Thor grrrr! Grin

I do actually know a boy called Thor!

roguepixie · 20/02/2012 22:59

Grin at Thor

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