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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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boys names for cool boys?

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MyFriendGoo · 15/01/2013 15:58

DH and I are totally stuck- he thinks my choices are boring (Henry, Barnaby, Max) but his choices are too out there for me (Milo, Jobie, Amos). We've agreed we want a name that shows a bit of spark and individuality, but we need a middle ground! Thoughts?

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doyouwantfrieswiththat · 17/01/2013 22:29

Amos is cool

Purplelooby · 17/01/2013 22:17

(OK I'm done)

Purplelooby · 17/01/2013 22:16

Amos is cool!

Purplelooby · 17/01/2013 22:15

I just want to persuade you that Amos is a cool name, cos DS is called Amos and it is mega-cool

AntsMarching · 17/01/2013 20:05

Tilman

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MyFriendGoo · 17/01/2013 20:01

(I actually think the fact that we all see "cool" as so different is what makes this thread so interesting - have loved reading everyone's opinions and ideas)

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MyFriendGoo · 17/01/2013 19:57

Agree with Clarabean, cool is different things to different people! We probably all think of cool as being slightly different things. Personally I don't care if the rest of the planet thinks my little boy is a drippy snotrag, I'll still think he's cool. Mother's prerogative!

I LOVE Laurence/Laurie.

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higgle · 17/01/2013 18:45

Benedict, Hector, Wilf, Stan, Ambrose, Sterling.

ILikeSquirrels · 17/01/2013 18:39

I heard a Zeb, short for Zebedee, the other week..

ILikeSquirrels · 17/01/2013 18:38

Jet, short for Jethro?
Dax?
Ace?

ClaraBean · 17/01/2013 18:18

There are different kinds of cool though. My ds is cool in a bespectacled, geeky kind of way, others are cool in other ways!

MyNewVenture · 17/01/2013 16:18

What if your son is not cool though? If you give him a 'cool' name and he is really not cool, that will make him stand out even more. He may even be 'snotty and wet' as one poster so delightfully described the children she knows

HenriettaChicken · 17/01/2013 15:32

Zacchaeus! Amazing! 'Zacchaeus was a very little man, and a very little man was he...'

hellokitty123 · 17/01/2013 14:52

Some great names on here. I think these are all quite 'cool' boys names

Xavier
Casper
Victor
Bruno
Felix
Monty
Quentin
Austin

Kilkers · 17/01/2013 10:28

I work in a college and I've just seen an enrolment form for a boy called Zacchaeus, never heard it before!

survivingwinter · 17/01/2013 10:11

I like most of gwennan`s list! I have a ds called Laurie and get lots of positive comments about his name and he's the only one at school so never need to use his surname which is handy for labels

I also like -
Otto
Gilbert
Silas
Barney
Stanley (although getting very popular)
Huey
Jude

Amos is a cool name!

ClaraBean · 16/01/2013 23:12

My 5 year old is Amos and he is super cool
How about
Victor, Hector, Otto, Bruno, Otis, Cosmo, Dougal, Struan, BAsil, Jeremiah, Lionel, Peter, Gregor, Gregory, Franklin, Bram, Zacariah, Kirk, Dylan, Monty, Walter, Quentin, James (Jimi - very cool!).

doyouwantfrieswiththat · 16/01/2013 22:59

Fonzie

btw When I hear the name Dylan I think of Dylan Thomas rather than Bob Dylan.

maxmillie · 16/01/2013 22:57

Dylan is cool name round here (though I agree, getting popular).

Just don't use the ubiquitous Thomas, James, Charlie, Harry, Joseph - all nice names but so, so many of them I really fear this lot will struggle to stand out from the crow as teenagers.

Interesting to hear the KS2 teachers views, at my dc school I definitely observe stuff that backs that viewpoint up. Slightly cool or unusual name is helpful. That and cute/good-looking and they can do no wrong. Slightly odd looking and dull name is kiss of death. Very harsh but, I guess, human nature (don't think the kids care or notie, this is the adults).

This is why I say err on the side of slightly different to way out there names, at least then they stand out if not cute (at any particular stage of course, changes at different stages i imagine)

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MyFriendGoo · 16/01/2013 22:48

atthewellesbecause cool is in the eye of the beholder
Some truly lovely suggestions, thanks everyone so much! Hoping we'll find our middle ground in here.

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amck5700 · 16/01/2013 22:46

Alexander, you can call him Alex or Sandy and OH can call him Zander.

Gwennan · 16/01/2013 12:39

Trying to think of some traditional but quirky names you two might both like...

Abraham, Asa, Aubrey, Barnabas, Benedict, Bertram, Breccan (apparently the name of a saint from Aran), Caspian, Cassius, Clement, Cosmo, Crispin, Cyrus, Edwin, Ernest, Euan, Eugene, Ezra, Fergus, Franklin, Gideon, Godfrey, Gregory, Griffith, Hadrian, Hamish, Inigo, Ioan, Isaiah, Ivan, Ivo, Ivor, Jasper, Jeremy, Jonty (Jonathan?), Josiah, Julian, Laurence/Lawrence, Lincoln, Lucian, Macsen, Magnus, Martin, Niall, Percy, Philip, Phineas, Raphael, Reuben, Robin, Rufus, Rupert, Sidney, Silas, Simeon, Spencer, Stellan, Victor, Vincent, Wilbour, Willoughby, Winston, Xavier

persephoneplum · 16/01/2013 12:38

Jarvis
Iggy
Kit
Rupert
Inigo
Ari
Otto

absentmindeddooooodles · 16/01/2013 12:29

i have a jude.............and i reckon hes pretty cool :p

GotAnyGrapes · 16/01/2013 12:25

I really liked Kit for 16mth old DS but DH would not have it as he's from Glasgow and he says in Gladgow it's a girls name, short for Catherine. But I have always loved it since reading Kit Marlowe.

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