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A brother for Artemisia

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ediepop · 20/09/2015 19:01

Originally it was going to be Lucian...yep we are those parents. But we got cold feet and decided it was too wanky even for us. (I love Lucian to any Lucian owners, but we thought in combination with Artemisia, it was a bit...hmm)

So then, after much discussion, the only name we could agree on, was Milo. But we have now come across, not one, not two, but THREE dogs called Milo. Apparently it is in the top ten dog names in the UK. This has... put us off. And we don't like Miles.

Names I like, which DH has roundly rejected:

Tobias
Marcus
Sebastian
Casper
Silas
Felix

Anyone got any good suggestions, before we name our son this generation's equivalent of Rex?

I am 39+6 and getting a bit worried that we seem to have NO candidates. DH has been totally unable to come up with any suggestions.

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WiIdfire · 25/09/2015 22:49

I love all these names! Definitely bookmarking for the future. However, husband not so much. We went for Alexander (what do you mean, common?!?) and Im working on Xander or Sascha for a nickname, but everyone calls him Alex anyway. :-)

Chillywhippet · 25/09/2015 22:44

I quite like Jim
What about Jameson

Tirfarthoinn · 25/09/2015 22:42

Mannus has always been a favourite of mine too as has
Jocelyn and Dorian

I love these kinds of names it's my absolute favourite kind of baby name thread Grin

Tirfarthoinn · 25/09/2015 22:39

Wolfgang
Ralph (Pronounced Rafe)
Robin
Sebastian

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/09/2015 22:39

I actually like Alexander but i prefer Benedict and think it goes better. I'd ignore the Cumberbatch thing - I didn't think of it at all and in a few years no one else will either I bet. It's not like you are using a name that is "unique" and famous such as Madonna or Lulu or Inglebert that you'd only associate with one person.

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ediepop · 25/09/2015 22:37

DH is claiming it's Jimi or nowt atm Hmm. He may not be taking this entirely seriously... have drunk too much

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MyFavouriteClintonisGeorge · 25/09/2015 22:32

Philip
Julius
Xan
Winslow (after Winslow Homer, one of my favourite artists)
Wesley
Cornelius
Gerard (after ter Bosch)
Jan
Abraham
Willem
Vincent
Melchior
Thaddeus
Lambert
Bartholemew
Ferdinand

GrouchyKiwi · 25/09/2015 22:32

Ah, cross post!

ThomasRichard · 25/09/2015 22:31

Ranulph, nn Rafe.

GrouchyKiwi · 25/09/2015 22:31

Dorian
Xerxes

A bit more sensibly, what about just Xander so their names aren't too similar?

Julius? Julian? Nicholas?

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ediepop · 25/09/2015 22:30

Right! I have got DH drunk in a mellow mood and read out some of your suggestions. We have a list of all names we agree are still in play:

Alexander
Benedict
Lucian
Francis
Linus
Magnus
Milo

Faintly surprised he agreed to Linus. Think it might be something to do with me pointing out it's the creator of Linux's name. Also surprised by Benedict. Apparently it's his second favourite after Alexander. Am still worried about the Cumberbatch Effect though..

We may be getting somewhere. Hurrah!

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nauticant · 25/09/2015 22:20

What about Magnum? You can have Ptolemy and Inigo as middle names.

Efferlunt · 25/09/2015 22:14

Magnus? Fits with you DD's name not too pretentious

Doilooklikeatourist · 25/09/2015 22:12

Go a bit Jilly and call him
Alizarin
Cerulean
Pthalo

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 25/09/2015 22:11

Benjamin is nice, as is Marcus.

I have never met either a child or a dog called Milo. To me it is exclusively a Tweenie. Quite a nice name all the same.

Tirfarthoinn · 25/09/2015 22:11

Jokingly not mockingly

Tirfarthoinn · 25/09/2015 22:10

Jago

I mockingly tried to convince DS 2 to change his name to Jago today - he actually considered it for at least ten seconds Grin

Chillywhippet · 25/09/2015 22:08

Inigo
Rupert

Chillywhippet · 25/09/2015 22:06

Yes to PP saying about one sibling with common name and one unusual.

I know two grown up brothers called Steve and Roman

What about Ingram?

fuzzpig · 25/09/2015 22:03

I'm trying to persuade DH about the name Ezra. Not that it matters as we are nowhere near pregnant. But still, it's the principle :o

I also love Silas and Elias. He doesn't like them either, the git.

nauticant · 25/09/2015 22:02

You definitely can't go for Linus. He was the kid in Peanuts who always had flies around him.

That was Pigpen. Although there's a thought OP...

fuzzpig · 25/09/2015 22:01

I kind of think it'd be worse to have a really 'sensible' name for your DS. It would be too different from DD. I think it'd be better to choose a more unusual one so they are similar, IYSWIM. But one with a simpler nickname perhaps

FairNotFit · 25/09/2015 21:59

Nicholas

or Geoff

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/09/2015 21:57

Frederick?

myotherusernameisbetter · 25/09/2015 21:56

Edwin or Edgar maybe

or Barnaby nn Barny?