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'Value' or 'moral' names...

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Featherbag · 27/10/2013 10:19

Been thinking about boys names (probably something to do with the imminent arrival of DS2 who is still nameless) and reading through the baby names board I see little girls' names based on values, qualities or morals - things like Faith, Honour, Hope, Constance, that sort of name. I can't think of a single male name that would fit this category, can anyone else?

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Alexandrite · 02/11/2013 16:16

I've heard of a man named Innocent

stinkingbishop · 02/11/2013 14:09

DP taught a boy in Zimbabwe called Blessed John Smile

GooFawkes · 02/11/2013 13:54

Quoteunquote has got my DS in her list. He is Valentino, Tino for short and he loves his name.

One of the reasons we chose it apart from the fact we love it) it that it is said how it is written, so he won't always have to spell it unlike our stupid foreign surname

puntasticusername · 02/11/2013 13:45
Grin
MerryMarigold · 02/11/2013 13:07

Grin at all eventualities

RalphtheTimid · 02/11/2013 11:42

Jeremy

puntasticusername · 02/11/2013 11:38

Egregious: adjective

  1. outstandingly bad; shocking.
"egregious abuses of copyright"
  1. (archaic) remarkably good.

It covers all eventualities Grin

CommanderShepard · 02/11/2013 09:22

I was served in a supermarket by a chap named Love.

Homebird8 · 02/11/2013 08:47

I know a male Verity.

MerryMarigold · 02/11/2013 08:45

Yeah, was asking my parents yesterday and then suggested Capability. I love that. What does 'egregious' actually mean?

puntasticusername · 01/11/2013 22:16

Capability?

Slightly OT but I'm seriously considering Egregious - it's just SUCH a cool word Grin

babyfedleaning · 01/11/2013 19:54

Clement
Felix
Comfort
Ambrose (immortal)
Sage

Love Furious!

MerryMarigold · 31/10/2013 21:59

Awesome - wow, there's a name. I once knew a girl called Memory, which I think is pretty but quite irrelevant.

I like:
Benevolence (of course Ben for short)
Truth (ermmm...not really a nn for this)

SparklyFucker · 31/10/2013 21:53

I rather like Resolved for a boy. Strong, masculine, meaningful.

LadyRochford · 31/10/2013 15:17

In Zimbabwe I once met a man called Clever. Agree Goodluck is excellent! Grin

Spaghettinetti · 31/10/2013 13:08

Perhaps you should take a look at a few Roman name websites...there are loads of 'virtue' related names to choose from. These include Max (the biggest (in spirit)), victor (the winner), Felix (the lucky)... There's always Brutus, lol, and Optimus (the best), but then this is a child not a transformer!!! :-)

Anything with Nick in it is related to victory via the Greek....oh and there's always Eugene!

thegreylady · 28/10/2013 19:32

Felix

YonilyDevotedToYou · 27/10/2013 20:15

I used to teach a little boy called Praise, and know of another called Success.

WingDefence · 27/10/2013 20:10

I met a friend of SIL last week whose children are called Faith, Trust and Given (yes, given). I met Given, who was a boy, and I think Trust and Faith are both girls...

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Featherbag · 27/10/2013 20:03

Some interesting ones there, thanks! Don't think any of them will make it onto the short list (except maybe Benedict) but I'm happy to be proved wrong!

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notagiraffe · 27/10/2013 17:05

Victor
Dominic
Rex
Max
Christian
Ernest
Rock
Lance
Pierce
Gunner

Benedict is nice.

Not all quite as appealing as female value names, but pretty unambiguous, most of them.

MadameJosephine · 27/10/2013 16:59

I also once met a woman with a daughter called Blessing and a son called Awesome - now that's a name that takes some living up to!

TheAlyssWithTheMewlingQuim · 27/10/2013 16:28

Jeffrey means peaceful

JumpingJackSprat · 27/10/2013 16:26

I like Chivalry too.. Another robin hobb fan :)

lilystem · 27/10/2013 16:23

Isn't the president of Nigeria called Goodluck Jonothan. That's my favourite name of all time.