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3 syllable boys' names

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Elbi · 28/07/2017 20:54

3 syllable names with emphasis on the first syllable (like Christopher or Atticus) go well with our one syllable surname and while we've got a few possibles for a girl, we can't find one we like for a boy. Things like Christopher and Nicholas are great names but I grew up with loads of them and associate them with my peer group. Any ideas?

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MommaGee · 29/07/2017 17:19

How many kids would know what simian means tho? totally didbt have to google it myself

Frustratedboarder · 29/07/2017 16:46

Bridget I didn't think it was the same word but I think the pronunciation of Simeon is the same as the word Simian.... You know what kids are like, poor sod would get a hell of a ribbing!

Just been reading a thread on a DD who was landed with a name they hated and legally changed it as soon as she was old enough so a bit concious of that aspect now....

MammieBear · 29/07/2017 14:58

Julius/julian
Augustin

MommaGee · 29/07/2017 12:58

Lizibet there was a show called it where the lead character was a girl but of course your sons peers will never know and as its not used much over here it will definitely be a boys name to them, especially if nn is nick or nicky

Calphurnia · 29/07/2017 08:57

Dimitri

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 29/07/2017 07:39

Daniel.

Lizibet · 29/07/2017 04:54

Momma, the only Nikita's I know are male but they're friends and family members from Russia - we plan to use it because it's my grandfather's name.
It might get used as a girls name in the UK though I'm not sure???

Calphurnia · 29/07/2017 01:32

Hannibal
Atticus

MommaGee · 29/07/2017 01:17

Isn't Nikita a girls name?
William is v v popular. I know two Williams and a Will within my small circle of friends. No other duplicates.

Josiah?
Ezekiel? (yeah yeah 4 not 3 but I love it)
Tobias
Cameron

CakeRattleandRoll · 29/07/2017 01:03

Casimir
Adrian
Julius

AnneGrommit · 29/07/2017 01:00

Valentine

Buntysoven · 29/07/2017 00:56

Benedict
Benjamin
Solomon

Strokethefurrywall · 29/07/2017 00:30

I have a Sullivan. Seem to get a compliments on his name, I'm guessing because it's not that well used as a first name!

CecilyBlue · 29/07/2017 00:28

Fabian
Gabriel
Malachy

bridgetreilly · 29/07/2017 00:25

Frustrated, Simeon is a perfectly good name. Biblical in origin. Not the same as simian at all!

SteggySawUs · 28/07/2017 22:46

Elliot. Best name ever!

MrsBadger · 28/07/2017 22:15

Alistair is excellent.

Lizibet · 28/07/2017 22:15

We're naming our next Nikita if it turns out to be a boy.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 28/07/2017 22:11

Lorenzo.

Sophronia · 28/07/2017 21:59

Joshua
Alistair
Benjamin
Benedict
Gregory
Harrison
Isidore
Theodore
Jonathan
Oliver
Samuel
Timothy
Solomon
Zachary
Abraham
Barnaby
Cameron
Dominic
Everett
Fabian
Gideon
Julian
Xavier
Jeremy

MyNewBearTotoro · 28/07/2017 21:46

Xavier
Ettiene
Avery
Geoffrey
Romeo

IlsaLund · 28/07/2017 21:43

Josiah

Frustratedboarder · 28/07/2017 21:36

Doesn't Simian mean 'ape like' tho? 🤔 Never actually heard of it as a name but can't see it being appreciated by the receiver......

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Elbi · 28/07/2017 21:30

I do like William but worry it's too popular. Frederick too but he'd just be Fred, wouldn't he? Also I LOVE Simeon but hubs thinks it's too 'weak'... Hmm

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TuttiFruttiCutie · 28/07/2017 21:20

Joshua
Solomon
Elijah
Raphael