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Can't think of one boys name! Help!!

30 replies

Mouse14 · 29/01/2017 16:35

So it's been agreed that DP and I will finally have the bane conversation next week. He was reluctant to decide too early in case anything went wrong.

I know he will go for traditional, top 50. Not what I'm looking for...
I'm also a teacher and sadly, so many names remind me of 'interesting' children I've taught in the past. Just can't think of a boys name!

Here are my favourite girls' names:

Greta
Aurelia
Violet
Freya
Saffron

Throw me some boys names, please!! X

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PonderLand · 01/02/2017 19:19

Jesse! I want to use it but DS2 isn't likely.
I've currently got a Jude and I never met any baby Jude's before, however people do seem to mention it on these comments a lot. Wether it actually gets used is another matter though.
I also like Rueben, Hugo and Isaac.

scrivette · 01/02/2017 19:13

Jude
Riven
Henley
Jonah
Nico

notagiraffe · 01/02/2017 19:01

Ezra
Ezekiel
Elijah
Daniel (not as fashionable as it used to be)
Rafael
Fidelis
Ruaridh
Josiah
Aubrey
Izaak
Amos
Idris
Alistair
Vincent
Piers
Kristian
Otto

MadameJosephine · 01/02/2017 18:59

Franklin
Darwin
Edison

cushioncovers · 01/02/2017 18:56

Levison

Chocolatecake12 · 01/02/2017 18:52

Your names are lovely but Freya is popular and violet gets mentioned on every girls name thread on mn!! I'm imagining lots of violets in classrooms in the next 4-5 years!
Very hard to choose names that don't remind you of a previous pupil.
How about
Isaac
Stanley
Theo
Marcus
Saul
Edward
Niall
Caleb
Dillon
Cameron

KylieJo · 01/02/2017 13:47

Greg, Jonathan, Samuel, Nicholas.

BlueChampagne · 01/02/2017 12:30

Conrad
Anthony
Jared
Jethro
Laurence

Aquamarine1029 · 31/01/2017 02:45

Hudson

BertrandRussell · 30/01/2017 08:43

Incidentally, not sure if you know, but all your girl's names except Saffron and Freyr are zooming up the popularity charts....and Freya is already in the top 50.

BertrandRussell · 30/01/2017 08:35

Patrick.

But it doesn't matter. Choose a name you like, and once it is attached to a lovely baby it will be the most beautiful name in the world.

AmyInTheBoonies · 30/01/2017 08:32

Jonas
Alexander
Francis
Otto
Ivo

GizmoFrisby · 30/01/2017 08:15

Joss
Jobie
Luca
Lucas
Rufus
Bodie

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/01/2017 19:31

Milo
Dorian
Wade
Joss
Verne
Blake
Storm

MichaelSheensNextDW · 29/01/2017 17:49

Seth
Tristan
Heath
Jake
Caspian
Otto

cookielove · 29/01/2017 17:47

Ezra
Eli
Ivo
Felix
Frank
George
Henry
Albert

AlmostStace · 29/01/2017 17:44

My boys are Malachi and Ishmael. We're not religious, but wanted names that aren't common without sounding too made-up or Footballers' Wivesish. The Old Testament is a pretty good source of classic but rare names. I'm not the only one that's noticed this, though; some of the more well-known ones (Jonah, Isaac, Jacob, etc) are definitely getting more popular now.

sotiredbutworthit · 29/01/2017 17:35

My boys are Samuel and Alexander.

smilingsarahb · 29/01/2017 17:31

Stefan
Judy
Malik
Victor
Mateo
Milan
Bruno

Fernanie · 29/01/2017 17:26

Felix
Arlo (I know it's already been said but I love it!)
Rufus
Rupert
Emmett
Benedict (although everyone would think of Cumerbatch now, which could be a good or a bad thing!)

esk1mo · 29/01/2017 17:22

for boys i like

elijah
ethan
saffan
sebastian

and flynn is lovely, as a pp said

NapQueen · 29/01/2017 17:21

Owen
Joel
Jude

NapQueen · 29/01/2017 17:19

I really like your girls names.

Boys suggestions-
Elliott
Ted
Rex
Lawrence
Leonard
George

MrsHathaway · 29/01/2017 17:16

Doled=diluted

MrsHathaway · 29/01/2017 17:16

I'm surprised you've put Freya as it's rising in popularity and even ubiquitous in some areas. Very different from the other names you've suggested.

That said, teachers I know tend to go for more popular names so that the name associations have been doled. Like if you've only taught one Nebuchadnezzar then that's who that name is, but Jack or Ellie could be anybody. That said, there are a couple of children who've stuck in my head so much all their namesakes are irrelevant Grin

Could you go for "traditional top 50" type names which are currently less fashionable? I'm thinking of names like:

John
Andrew
Michael
Julian

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