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If I vaguely like... What else might I like?

41 replies

MrsTilapia · 20/03/2014 22:09

Hello, currently expecting our second child and really struggling to think of boy's names. We won't be finding out the sex, but already thinking about names as we really struggled to think of a boy's name for our first child. Thankfully, she's a girl! But once again, we can't seem to think of or find any names that we really like for a boy. We've got lots for girls so that shouldn't be an issue.

We both like: Rowan or Torben but I don't love either.

I like: Tobin, Eben, Larkin, Sage or Gideon, but my partner doesn't really like them.

He likes: Edmund, Hilary (?!), Torsten - I don't like any of them...

We both really like Jaspar, but my parents used it for their dog...

Our daughter has a very unusual name with origins in Old English; we both quite like Scandi sounding names, but I'm worried about giving a name with those origins as we have no connection to it whatsoever. Added to this, I used to be a teacher so can veto virtually any name with the flimsiest of reasons.

It's hopeless, isn't it?!

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BikeRunSki · 21/03/2014 11:23

We have a CD of Roald Dahl's "The Witches" and "Leif" is pronounced "Laay-f".

Lancelottie · 21/03/2014 09:50

Do you pronounce Leif like Leaf? Maybe not ideal with a woody surname if so. Mind you, the same applies to Rowan!

SimplySara · 21/03/2014 09:42

Scandi boys names I can think of...
Magnus or Manus (apparently in Denmark the "g" is not pronounced)
Ivar
Thurston
Loki
Leif
Viggo
Albin
Sigge
Axel/ Aksel
Elias
Erik
Gustav
Bjorn
Tor

MrsTilapia · 21/03/2014 08:27

Not keen on any of those for one reason or another. I suggested Erland this morning i.e. At the crack of dawn when or daughter woke up and the response was, 'Oh yeah, we really liked that before but do you mind Earl? Because that's what the nickname would be.' How bad is Earl? Is it really, really bad?

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BikeRunSki · 21/03/2014 05:56

Lars
Otto
Idris
Amos
Evan

snowqu33n · 21/03/2014 05:47

Tristan
Sigmund
Siegfried

MrsTilapia · 21/03/2014 05:43

We quite like Erland, Ossian and Torin. I like Soren, I'll suggest that today. My DP lives Cassius but it's close in sound to our daughter's name and I once taught a very naughty child called it! We also like Woody and Forrest, but our surname means a group of trees!

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MrsTilapia · 21/03/2014 05:42

We quite like Erland, Ossian and Torin. I like Soren, I'll suggest that today. My DP lives Cassius but it's close in sound to our daughter's name and I once taught a very naughty child called it! We also like Woody and Forrest, but our surname means a group of trees!

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RoadToTuapeka · 21/03/2014 01:47

Soren...I love this name and while I love Ds2s name I almost wish I had used this instead.

DiamondsAndRust · 21/03/2014 01:36

Stellan
Torin
Calvin
Owen
Oisin/Ossian
Cassian
Jonas
Matthias
Asher
Archer

sleepingbeautiful · 21/03/2014 01:04

Selwyn
Edwyn/Edwin
Lorne
Magnus
Linus
Cornelius
Anders
Erland

MrsTilapia · 20/03/2014 22:20

Thanks flora! That looks great.

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MrsTilapia · 20/03/2014 22:19

My DP hates Tobias, we've already had that discussion! He also hates old man names and religious names. I like Felix and Albert from your list hunreeeal - my DP's name is on there! He likes Lucas but I hate it. This is going to take forever - or nine months.

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florascotia · 20/03/2014 22:16

Scandinavian names - hundreds of them. Perhaps one of them will please you both:

www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Main_Page

hunreeeal · 20/03/2014 22:14

Reuben
Aidan
Magnus
Tristan
Caspar
Victor
Emil
Albert
Marcus
Tobias
Felix
Samson
Lucas

GiniCooper · 20/03/2014 22:12

Tobias

You're welcome ;)