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Mysterious/nature names for boys?

59 replies

Ginger10 · 06/01/2017 20:09

I love nature/fairy names for girls - Autumn, Faye, Violet, Rowan, Robin, Ivy, etc.

For boys I like names that are similar and a bit mysterious. Don't like Rowan or Robin for a boy! Any ideas? We don't like the names to be unisex for a boy (hence Rowan, Robin, Wren, etc. are all out)

Thank you!

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reuset · 10/01/2017 01:03

Hungry Horace was a comic book character.

Ragnar Sea Cucumber would be of a theme I think Grin

MitzyLeFrouf · 10/01/2017 00:29

'don't like Horace either. For some reason it makes me think of all obese cake-lover? not sure why.'

I'm sure there was a cartoon or book character called Hungry Horace.

MitzyLeFrouf · 10/01/2017 00:26

I know two young boys called Moss.

SwedishEdith · 10/01/2017 00:20

Sea Foam
Sea Cucumber

Cakingbad · 10/01/2017 00:20

Oban

Cakingbad · 10/01/2017 00:18

Avalon

Allalonenow · 10/01/2017 00:18

Taliesin
Ragnar

1horatio · 09/01/2017 23:55

If I wanted a nature name or mythological name (and I really love these kind of names...) I'd probably go for
Oliver
Bertrand
Sylvan
Peregrine
Corvus
Orion
Pembroke
Orrin
Basil
Leo
Leif
Ivan
Yves (not in the U.K.)
Milo

MollyHuaCha · 09/01/2017 18:18

Goodness, what a motley collection of names... Wink

ViewBasket · 09/01/2017 18:12

Any good OP?

reuset · 09/01/2017 17:39

Who's critiquing the name suggestions Angry

Did you mean Flux or Pox, Lireal? I can't think of any disease similar to Pollux.

You could argue that a disease is a nature name...I suppose. Thus fitting the OP's criteria. Grin

steggers123 · 09/01/2017 16:52

The Great Alphonso...absolutely love it!

1horatio · 09/01/2017 16:52

Parvo (with an r) is a puppy disease, I think.

Pollux is a star.:)

Lireal · 09/01/2017 16:49

I think Pavo and Pollux may also be diseases...

germainegrainne · 08/01/2017 13:00

Aelfred
Alvin
Wolf
Albion
Aelgar
Aelwine

Any names beginning Ael

1horatio · 08/01/2017 12:53

*an obese cake-lover

1horatio · 08/01/2017 12:53

Aww, thanks :)
I really love the name Flora (but can't use it), so great user name!
DH's middle name is Horatio so, if DC2 is a boy that will actually very likely be his middle name. I don't like Horace either. For some reason it makes me think of all obese cake-lover? Confused not sure why.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 08/01/2017 12:51

I love Ulrik 😀

florascotianew · 08/01/2017 12:37

Horatio - Clarissa is a really lovely name Smile - and if truth were told I prefer names such as Horatio to names such Fox or Bear or River. (Though I rather draw the line at Horace.) But each to their own. As others have said, it would be very dull if we all liked the same.

1horatio · 08/01/2017 11:38

flora

That is true. I think I went a bit crazy Grin...
DD is actually Clarissa. Wink

florascotianew · 08/01/2017 11:35

I don't want to be crtitical of anybody, and your baby, your choice. But, re the long list above, you might like to bear in mind:

Frigg is a goddess; the wife of Thor.

Eridanus is a brand name of Greek foods often on sale in Lidl. Yes, it's a constellation, but even so...

Eri is a female name in some countries (eg Japan)

Heimdal (that spelling) is the modern business district of Trondheim, Norway; if you like names such as 'Chelsea' or 'Brooklyn', then that may not matter. Heimdallr was a Norse god, and appears in graphic modern form in Marvel comics.

Lupus is a disease.

Pictor (= latin for painter); is this a name? I know it's a constellation, but...

Phoenix is not an exclusively male name; from Shakespeare's time and earlier, poets have called the phoenix bird 'she'.

1horatio · 08/01/2017 11:05

Sylvan?

Wood
Forest
Tempest
Wolf
Ulrik
Rain
Pollux
Eridanus
Corvus
Cygnus
Eri
Atlas
Rune
Torquil
Thor
Loki
Yvan
Lucian
Magnus
Magni
Heimdal
Baldur
Tyr
Frigg
Vili
Thorin
Basil
Rosmarino
Flamel
Aquila
Sirius
Orion
Pan
Leo
Lupus
Remus
Pavo
Severus (maybe a bit too much HP)
Draco
Pictor
Phoenix
Apollo
Mars
Jupiter

Foureyesarebetterthantwo · 08/01/2017 10:39

I'm still chuckling at baby Boggart. Please no!

reuset · 07/01/2017 23:35

A few more

Willothewisp (Will for short)
Pond
Catweazle
Drizzle

Beebeeeight · 07/01/2017 23:16

Oisin
Orion
Oakley
Ash
Glen
Sage
Rocket
Basil
Leaf
River
Buddy
Phoenix
Cosimo
Cosmo
Apollo
Kai
Gabriel
Ariel
Dill
Fabian
Archer
Atticus
Cairn
Bay
Atlas
Munro
Kyle

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