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Original poster

struggling with boys names

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greenhairedmonster · 27/03/2012 23:32

I am expecting dc3.

we have 2 dds already. have a name (possibly) for dc3 if a girl, but struggling with boys names.

we like unusual (but not in a trendy yoooonique spelling kind of way) names - uncommon, I suppose.

anyway, names we have so far, but I am not convinced I could actually use them are:

Giles
Lyndon
Casimir

We do also like more 'usual' names, such as Edward, Dominic and Thomas but, well, they are just so, I don't know, expected I guess. most of the dd's friends younger brothers are Oliver or William or George.

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mumzy · 31/03/2012 09:27

Icarus

MrsAmaretto · 29/03/2012 21:46

Some unusual boys names at my son's nursery are

Hector
Magnus
Keir
Innis
Ellis

peskimo · 29/03/2012 21:42

What about

Lucian, nn 'Luce'

Ptolemy, nn 'Tolly'

or my all time favourite, 'Taliesin' - nn 'Tally' (its welsh i think)

newumma · 29/03/2012 21:38

Howsabout....Harris or Brodie.

abbypumpkin · 29/03/2012 21:27

I'm not a fan of Lyndon or Giles, sorry. Casimir is a character in florrie's dragons (a wizard I think) so kids would prob have heard of it.
How about Ezra, Arlo, Edwin, Thaddeus, Xavier, Axel, Quinn, Milo, Ezekiel, Felix, Tobias, dexter,

doctordwt · 29/03/2012 20:50

Heath
Spencer
Kit
Jolyon
Tudor
Arwel

LaDiDaDi · 29/03/2012 18:44

Roderick
Rupert

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 29/03/2012 17:00

Ooh yes to Simeon too - love that.

argylesocks · 29/03/2012 05:58

I like a lot of those. Some new ones...?

Odin
Austin
Gavin
Leif
Callan
Otto
Anders
Levi
Alec

Janoschi · 28/03/2012 23:28

Algernon? Algy is so sweet... Very Biggles!
Emrys
Nicholas
Cyril
Malcolm
Geraint
Wilbur
Kirk
Kurt
Donald
Franz
Oswald
Scott

This is getting really random now but there HAS to be something out there for you guys!

cece · 28/03/2012 23:23

Jonny as an alternative to John/Jonathan?

smartiesrule · 28/03/2012 23:23

or Kester

smartiesrule · 28/03/2012 23:22

Crispin is nice.

exoticfruits · 28/03/2012 23:18

I am not convinced I could actually use them

Good-don't! Edward or Thomas are lovely.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 28/03/2012 23:11

Edward and Thomas fine.

Giles is a bit of a 'Tory joke' name, I think.
Lyndon - not fond
Casimir - ooh no: sounds like a name for fake cashmere
Aldwyn is awful
Quite like Perry but a) I had a rat called it and b) Kevin and Perry

Edmund?
Fabian?
Julian?

Original poster

greenhairedmonster · 28/03/2012 21:52

hadn't thought of Aldy as a shortening

not keen on names which are (to me) middle aged man ie Kenneth, Terence, Raymond, Gene.

dh doesn't like anything which is (or can be/sounds) unisex, so Francis is out.

Is Berry short for anything? dh loves Perry (Peregrine) but I am not convinced.

I quite like Edwin (prefer Edgar), and do like Conrad but dh doesn't.

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NorkyPies · 28/03/2012 21:33

Berry
Garth

Janoschi · 28/03/2012 21:30

Giles is fab.

Wyatt
Lloyd
Cosimo
Maurice
Otto
Neil
Kenneth
Walter (nn Waldo)
Roscoe
Gene
Terence
Raymond
Leon
Simeon

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LaDiDaDi · 28/03/2012 20:35

Edwin
Winston
Seth
Wilfred
Amos
Hardy
Conrad
Stefan
Louis
Vincent
Francis

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greenhairedmonster · 28/03/2012 20:27

Cassian is edging towards made up, imo (apologies if it isn't)

dh is now saying he prefers Caspian to Casimir, which is just all round, as he initially wouldn't even consider it. and I still reckon it's a bit named-after-place/made up to actually use.

He has also come up with Aldwyn - which is ok, but not really grabbing me.

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GwenGotLost · 28/03/2012 18:10

How about Cassian?

Sorry to hear you got a rotten Lyndon Echidna

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greenhairedmonster · 28/03/2012 11:44

definitely prefer Casimir to Cassius. nickname Cass is lovely, I agree.

don't like Aneurin, dh doesn't like Quentin.

Gwen - re: Narnia Caspian. That's exactly why I can't quite bring myself to use it... but I do like it.

Mags - I love Laurence too, but dh vetoed

can't have Sebastian, Leon or Xander (family names, or too close to family names).

I like Jonathan, dh doesn't (he likes John, I don't)

at Cuthbert. We did ponder over Bertram for a while, but would end up known as Bertie, and so crossed it off as think Bertram would be thought of as trying hard to have a cutesy nickname without using Albert/Herbert etc.

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squoosh · 28/03/2012 11:36

Oh I love Cassius too. Such a beautiful name, and Cass as a nickname is a winner.

MagsAloof · 28/03/2012 11:33

Bart
Louis
Laurence / Laurie (love)
Mathias
Leon
Arlo
Elias
Niall
Chester
Sebastian
Xander
Reuben
Emile
Leander
Jonathan
Raphael
Saul
Wilbur
Eugene

I met a baby Cuthbert the other day

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