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Short (slightly quirky) Boys names....like Finn & Seb?

45 replies

Posey01 · 14/01/2016 15:25

Hi All! Baby boy is due in a few weeks and we're struggling on names - we both really like Finn but are a bit worried it will be very popular due to Star Wars?

Other names I like are Felix, Milo, Jasper...
Any ideas would be much appreciated! :-)

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Sungura · 16/09/2018 14:12

Boone
Booth
Bierce
Ames
Eames
Fenn
Sem
Taj
Powell
Breen
Quill
Tain
Laird
Knox
Nash
Cliff
Ross
Russ
Sly
Flint
Quay
Quaid
Verne
Keir
West
Zen
Brock
Kip
Leif
Vance
Birch
Branch
Nels
Merle
Teal
Zeb
Clint
Wade
Muir
Ives
Stein
Slade
Roan
Kent
Grieg
Reeve
Burt
Brant
Chazz
Kirk

Sunflower321 · 16/09/2018 11:02

Quinn

moredoll · 16/09/2018 08:58

Jude

bridgetreilly · 15/09/2018 23:59

Oh, for Pete's sake. ZOMBIE THREAD.

Resurrected by the THIRD thread in a row looking for names for Sebastian's brother.

bridgetreilly · 15/09/2018 23:59

Roux is truly awful. I'd go for Gus.

Starlet84preston · 15/09/2018 21:33

Looking for some suggestions for baby boy names. My eldest is called Sebastian--a name we always loved even before I was pregnant. I like it because Sebastian is traditional but not common; and Seb is cool and trendy. He can use either.
I love Theodore/ Theo for the same reason, but my friend's son who is a similar age to my son is called Theo. So then I thought of just short names. When I've searched on other threads, lots of suggestions have been for longer names like Sebastian, but maybe I'd like a short one to go with Seb. Then I thought of Kit, but my husband went off that one because he works in football. I like Rory but our surname begins with R (can you imagine if he had a lisp lol?) so we settled on Finn but someone we know called her newborn Finn literally this week. I've suggested Arlo, Hugo and Jude but my husband doesn't like any of them. Any other suggestions? TIA

Naberes · 02/05/2018 09:09

How about Red if you like Roux? Or Rue? Less saucy.

Sophronia · 01/05/2018 23:33

Rory
Rafe
Asa
Amos
Abel
Alec
Bram
Bryn
Rhett
Cass
Cary
Cal
Corin
Devon
Casper
Eli
Ezra
Zeke
Eben
Evan
Flynn
Frey
Finlo
Hugo
Ivo
Isaac
Jago
Jude
Jett
Jesse
Joss
Jonah
Kit
Keir
Leo
Luca
Max
Micah
Miles
Nico
Otis
Otto
Quinn
Ralph
Rex
Saul
Seth
Sol
Theo
Ted
Toby
Torin
Wilf
Zach
Zane
Ellis
Jed
Nat
River

Buntysoven · 01/05/2018 23:06

I know a Zed...maybe a step too far! Like Ned though

mummysophie23 · 01/05/2018 23:04

my two boys are called Wesley and Radley

villainousbroodmare · 15/01/2016 16:31

Anne of Green Gables, PEI is Prince Edward Island (I am having a sudden swoon of homesickness for a place I've never been! Grin)

MamaLazarou · 15/01/2016 15:06

I love Roux, Tate, Zeb and Keir.

CalliopeTorres · 15/01/2016 14:44

I have a Rory, nickname 'Roo'. And it means 'Red King' to go with the ginger connection.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 15/01/2016 14:41

Who's Anne Blythe? I think it's unusual, I've never heard of it.

MitzyLeFrouf · 15/01/2016 14:39

Anne Blythe I should say. I don't think PEI would have withstood the scandal of her sprogging before marriage.

MitzyLeFrouf · 15/01/2016 14:38

Anne Shirley's first born son was a Jem/James.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 15/01/2016 14:36

Is Jem really short for James. Does anyone know of any? I know a few Jems who are Jeremy's.

James has Jim, Jimmy, Jamie - quite a lot of 'short' names for a one syllable name.

nextusername · 15/01/2016 14:32

Jem short for Jeremiah?

MitzyLeFrouf · 15/01/2016 14:26

Me either.

People would be 'Roo? As in Kanga?'

villainousbroodmare · 15/01/2016 14:26

Liam
Fionn
James
Tom
Ross
Ruadh
Ruan

I don't think of Roux as a name.

MitzyLeFrouf · 15/01/2016 14:25

Oh no Jeremy is an awful name. Jem should be short for James.

Ilovegummibears · 15/01/2016 14:24

Yes, Jem is great too, I like it short for Jeremy.

SnakeWitch · 15/01/2016 14:23

I like Kit (short for Christopher) and Jem (short for James)

Ilovegummibears · 15/01/2016 14:17

Finn is way overused imo, even before Star Wars.. think this will date badly. Don't like the sound of Seb, it sounds quite weak as a name.

I really like

Quinn (Quentin)
Milo (but it is a drink in many parts of the world)
Zeb (Zebedee)
Ash (Ashton)
Sol (Solomon)

Branleuse · 15/01/2016 11:10

Jed