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Boy's names ending in the sound 'a' or 'r'

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CurrentlyNothing · 20/08/2017 08:21

We like the following but can others think of nice names ending in 'a' or 'r'?

Oscar
Arthur
Luca

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CurrentlyNothing · 20/08/2017 18:30

Thanks all. Lots more great names here.

I'm not actually pregnant, I just like to know what I would call our next child if they ever came.

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Lozmatoz · 20/08/2017 15:53

Jasper

junebirthdaygirl · 20/08/2017 15:43

Ezra is a brilliant name

Mclaren37 · 20/08/2017 15:42

I really like all three of your options. Also Fraser, Archer, Hector and Jasper.

Chocolatecake12 · 20/08/2017 14:54

Oliver
Luca
Joshua

Lowdoorinthewal1 · 20/08/2017 14:25

Xavier

MrsTwiddles · 20/08/2017 14:19

Alexander shortened to Xander?

Threeandabit · 20/08/2017 14:05

Mortimer

Threeandabit · 20/08/2017 14:04

Archer

Spencer

FrancisCrawford · 20/08/2017 13:41

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PattyPenguin · 20/08/2017 13:23

Definitely pronounced ay-sher in my family, and I presume that was on the basis of what family members heard. My great-uncle was born in Maindee, Newport, Gwent (then Monmouthshire) in 1884.

However the Oxford dictionary site and US sources all give the ash-er pronunciation.

Yika · 20/08/2017 12:56

I've always pronounced Asher as it looks - with a hard A as in Ash.

OrlandaFuriosa · 20/08/2017 10:15

Oliver
Timor
Tibur or Tiber

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CurrentlyNothing · 20/08/2017 10:15

Oooo Ezra is lovely.

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Dixiestamp · 20/08/2017 10:14

(Pressed post too soon! Some end in H but have the right sound)
Noah
Jonah
Mica
Ezra

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CurrentlyNothing · 20/08/2017 10:13

Asher is interesting. I need to think about it more, as I need to think about Casper, but I think I might like it.

Also really like Hector. Maybe also Fraser.

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Dixiestamp · 20/08/2017 10:11

Elijah
Elisha
Hunter

PattyPenguin · 20/08/2017 10:08

Another vote for Asher. It's Biblical (one of the 12 sons of Jacob) and Biblical names are still very acceptable.

Traditionally it's pronounced Ay (as in 'hay') - sher.

(I actually had a great-uncle-by-marriage called Asher.)

Yika · 20/08/2017 09:43

Christopher

Yika · 20/08/2017 09:43

Asher

Lots of surnamey names

Taylor
Cooper
Etc

junebirthdaygirl · 20/08/2017 09:40

Love Conor.
Walter
Noah ends with a sound

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ShaneBitchy · 20/08/2017 09:18

*anything of it!

I give up

ShaneBitchy · 20/08/2017 09:18

*No one

ShaneBitchy · 20/08/2017 09:17

I know/have known blokes called Sasha, Kelly and Stacy. None one thought anyone of it.

Koa
Arthur
Keir