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Place names that make good boys names

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candr · 06/01/2013 21:33

I am not thinking of Paris, Brookyln etc but or DS is named after a small village in the north with a slight spelling change. Any interesting place names you think would work for a boy, don't have to be from this country but not one you need to pronounce with an accent. Awaiting with interest

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ZooAnimals · 06/01/2013 23:01

Jackson
Dallas
Denver
Austin

ZooAnimals · 06/01/2013 23:00

Indiana
Phoenix

amck5700 · 06/01/2013 22:59

Great guinea pigs there weegiemum

ooh - Clyde, there's another one!

pinkandyellowbutterfly · 06/01/2013 22:58

finch: to kill a monkingbird

weegiemum · 06/01/2013 22:57

We once had a guinea pig called Ecclefechan, and another one called Prestwick!

amck5700 · 06/01/2013 22:56

Lorne,
Blair
Ben
Dornoch
Hawick
Ecclefechan :o

weegiemum · 06/01/2013 22:55

Arran is the correct spelling for the Isle of Arran (in Scotland).

I've known a Lorn and a Brodie, both specific places, and a Munro (mountain over 3000ft). Angus is a region in Scotland and I once taught a boy with Sutherland as as middle name but I think that was a family name, not the area.

Most of the others (Harris, Lewis etc have already been mentioned.

Junkgirl · 06/01/2013 22:54

Lucca

amck5700 · 06/01/2013 22:54

It's actually not that unusual to be named after a place in Scotland - back in the days when every 2nd person was called Donald or whatever - naming them by the village or street or hill they lived near became a way of telling the various ones apart.

spudmurphy · 06/01/2013 22:52

Seeker it could have been worse-
Lyracompane or
Termonfeckin

seeker · 06/01/2013 22:49

We amused ourselves with places of conception for a while- but we decided that Cahirciveen and Arbutus Lodge would be a bit hard to live with.....

VBisme · 06/01/2013 22:48

I like Devon, Harris and Lewis, but can't really say any of the others sound like a good idea to me.

I know a child called Arran, I assumed his parents couldn't spell properly.

amck5700 · 06/01/2013 22:43

That's how we attempted to name our kids - we were really struggling,so we just stuck a pin in a map (of Scotland) No 1 son was almost Ross or Moray or Blaven, he ended up Craig. with No2 son we kept getting the tops of Mountains so we flirted with Cairn for a few days - but weren't quite brave enough as it sound a bit like Karin (pr Kay rin - the name of a female friend) in our accent.

JollyGolightly · 06/01/2013 22:36

Forres, Nairn, Jericho, Rio, Lundy, Sydney

NoMoreMarbles · 06/01/2013 22:36

Arf @ Wellington! imaging shouting that in the park haha!

I think town names that already sound like names rather than ones that don't would be better...imagine in 20 years time, your DS introducing himself to his new colleagues as Middelfart Smith (real town in Denmark) or something else that equally doesn't sound like a name?

Ashton
Leigh
Devon

All nice names and names of places...

TequilaMockinBird · 06/01/2013 22:35

Orlando

Ladymuck · 06/01/2013 22:32

Ds1 was nearly called Carrickfergus, but that was after many hours of gas and air and morphine. His birth certificate contains a far more conservative selection of names.

cece · 06/01/2013 22:24

Orinocho
Wellington
Bulgaria
Tomsk

seeker · 06/01/2013 22:22

Or you could actually call him a name designed for people? Rather than a town or a dog or a geographical feature?

ladymariner · 06/01/2013 22:21

finch = The Office.....

SPsFanjoIsAsComfyAsAOnesie · 06/01/2013 22:08

Popsicle Me too

BikeRunSki · 06/01/2013 22:06

Denby
Dale
Tobermory
Coniston has always sounded like a man's name to me
Ashton
Leigh
Beverly
Willerby

popsicle1984 · 06/01/2013 21:53

notnagging Finch just makes me think 'Shit break'!

As in American Pie.... don't know if that's stating the obvious or not!

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candr · 06/01/2013 21:47

Crikey and Katolla made me laugh - reminded me I met brothers called Devon and Ambrose before. Their mum had real cravings for custard both pregnancies. I prefer the names that don't already seem like a name.

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VictorAndBarry · 06/01/2013 21:46

Lewis
Coll
Arran
kendall
Aston

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