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So depressed by the lack of interesting boys names!

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Nessalina · 31/08/2014 19:34

Due in 9 weeks, and every boys name I hear bores me to tears!

Not interested in cutesy little boy names (Alfie/Archie/Charlie) and absolutely no 'Thomas the Tank Engine' names (Edward, Henry, James, etc).

Impress me with something a wee bit different!

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MollyBdenum · 01/09/2014 11:22

Clovis
Linus
Hector
Emil
Constantine

Oakmaiden · 01/09/2014 11:19

I have a Tobias, shortened to Toby. Or Tobe if we are feeling lazy.

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 11:17

misskipper - I'm glad it's not just me! Smile
I find it's also hard because DH is so much less flexible on boys names too - a few I really liked have been firmly vetoed (Sebastian, Tristan, Diggory).

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 11:14

XP with tortoise!

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 11:13

Ellis is definitely a front runner, and really like Cedric.
I think the need for a nickname comes from my own name. My name is not massively common, but is almost always shortened to a certain nickname, which as I got older I started to really dislike, so when I went to uni, I had a reinvention and introduced myself as a different shortening of my name, which I feel is more 'me'. So I guess I want to give my child a name with options! Ironic when a lot of the boys names I like don't have an easy nickname Confused

Ah! Got it! Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter! Grin

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misskipper · 01/09/2014 11:10

I'm with you OP!

I have lots of lovely girl names, but when it comes to boys, I feel like they're either classic, too 'out there', not suitable for the cute little boy AND the man. In short, after browsing these threads for most of my pregnancy, I still can't find a boys name I LOVE! Maybe I'm being too fussy, but it's got to be right...right?!!!

Am currently 35+5 and don't know if we're having a boy or a girl.

TortoiseUpATreeAgain · 01/09/2014 11:10

Cedric Diggory is a character in the Harry Potter books.

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 11:08

Ooh Cedric is cool! Now where have I heard that from? I feel like it might be a character in a book... Hmm

Here's my extensive (and currently useless Sad) girls list:
Vanessa
Valerie
Vivian
Meredith
Miriam
Marian
Claudia
Anastasia
Arrietty
Narissa
Clover
Cicely
Juniper
Alexandria
Genevieve
Carlotta
Jessa
Jessica
Jesamine (hard s)
Jessamine
Jessamyn
Tessa
Alexa
Miranda
Ariadne
Juno
Charlotte

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Didactylos · 01/09/2014 11:08

Traquair
Sorley
Gillan
Aurelius

Sapat · 01/09/2014 11:02

Boys names are tricky.
I still like names to be normal, but some of the less common ones I liked were:

Louis (also like Lewis),
Julian
Quentin
Arthur
Cedric
Anthony or Marc Anthony

TortoiseUpATreeAgain · 01/09/2014 10:54

Alaric
Anton
Marius
Tobin
Tobias
Jabez
Giles
Stirling
Asher

But TBH it sounds as though you really love Ellis, so I'd go with that and let a nickname (if you need one) evolve naturally.

Flingmoo · 01/09/2014 08:09

Another vote for Quentin :)

I also like:
Aston
River
Dexter (Yeah, I know, fictional serial killer...)

tmae · 01/09/2014 08:08

Could you shorten Ellis to Eli? I know they aren't said the same but that is probably what I would do. My son is generally known as Kili even though it isn't exactly how that part of his name sounds.

birdofthenorth · 01/09/2014 08:04

OP, can you give us a taste of what you would have called a girl? Might help!

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Artandco · 01/09/2014 07:05

Bun - I know 4 Eriks ranging from 1 year-82years old, all spelt Erik not Eric so I would assume the first spelling myself

FanjolinaJolie · 01/09/2014 06:54

Milo
Jon
Gregor

rachel234 · 01/09/2014 06:48

I also find names like Edward, Thomas, William, George quite dull and overused.

But isn't it great that there are SO many names that we can all find one we love - would be even more dull if we all had similar names.

bealos · 01/09/2014 00:50

Based on the kids around here in East London:
Arlo
Odin
Otto
Orlando
Ivor
Otis
Harper (my 8 year old son's name)
Hector
Perseus

And then a few more unusual favourites of mine:
Soren
Viggo
Rutger
Bennett
Wolfram

(Names starting or ending with 'O' seem to be particularly popular at the moment!)

kerstina · 01/09/2014 00:33

Most of his friends call him by his name but a few shorten it very occasionally to Ell but he has never complained .i don't hear it said enough for it to bother me either .cant understand why everyone wants to call their children the big standard popular names .

WeAreAllStarDust · 01/09/2014 00:18

My son was named James Walter George

All the names have meaning to both families. Absolutely nothing to do with Thomas The Tank Engine

Angry

Perhaps look into older names, from your families, see what stands out.

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 00:14

Ellis is a great name...
What does he get as a nickname though? I can only think of El, or Elly, which I don't love.

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kerstina · 01/09/2014 00:12

Go for Ellis ! It is my DS 's name and have never regretted it . Cannot understand why it is not more popular but glad it's not really .

tmae · 01/09/2014 00:08

Cassian is another

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Nessalina · 01/09/2014 00:04

ACM88 - I'm afraid that anything 'strong' and 'classic' is just not my cup of tea. Though they're very popular (which is part of my issue!), so I appreciate that I'm in the minority!!

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