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Give me suggestions for boys' names that I won't have considered already!

103 replies

reallyorange · 01/10/2017 00:05

Help! Really struggling with DS2 name.
DS1 name begins with J (we both loved it long before knowing we were having a boy) so would prefer to avoid J-names.

I have scoured the baby name stats for years and still have yet to find one I love. Nothing too trendy and willing to re-consider 'classics'. It can't be an adjective due to our surname!

Currently on the shortlist:
Arthur (which I love but DH has nixed)
Lysander - not sure it feels 'natural' to me to say it
Auberon
Albion
Ezra - bit hipster?
Stellan
Adriel
Etienne - would feel a bit poncey as neither of us are French
Ptolemy - always thought this was a great name but am shying away from actually using it
Orion - too hippyish with our surname
We think the default would probably be Alexander. I do really like the name but it's fairly common and we have a couple of friends called Alex.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/12/2017 17:42

😮 Sorry slipped a "J" name in there, by accident !

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/12/2017 17:41

Indigo
Reid
Ranulph
Gregor
Tomlin
Eorl
Julius
Silas
Wesley
Elric
Conrad

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reallyorange · 02/12/2017 17:14

Friends have got an Albert, plus I'm not as keen! I could just have Albie but I'm in the 'full official name that can be shortened' camp plus it initially had connotations of a creepy character from Big Love (I watch too much tv, obviously).

Alban is nice too, but I think of St Albans and Dr Alban then fall into a Damon Albarn --> all-bran wormhole. One to consider, though, esp as could be nn Albie!

I do like Gideon. Would many people associate it with George Osborne?

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Joinourclub · 02/12/2017 15:29

Angus
Abe
Bert
Bernard
Cassius
Casper
Duncan
Elias
Ferdinand
Gabriel
Gideon
Hamish
Ishmael
Jago
Jonty
Kit
Leo
Mateo
Monty
Nate
Otis
Perry
Quentin
Rory
Roland
Saul
Thaddeus
Vincent
Walter
Xander
Zac

ErinSophia · 02/12/2017 14:17

Micah

makemineatriple · 02/12/2017 13:54

Cassian will get shortened to Cassie. Quite nice, but people will assume it's a girls name. Wouldn't bother me mind.

I like Cassius too.

How about Albert? Similar to Albion and you could shorten to Albie or Bertie. Or Bert. Actually really like that!

DavetheCat2001 · 02/12/2017 13:46

Lucian
Reuben

Cataline · 02/12/2017 13:29

What about
Coren
Albie
Callan
Lachlan
?

bridgetreilly · 02/12/2017 13:23

Stellan is great but I associate it more with a hulking great man than a baby

You are naming a person, not a baby.

NapQueen · 02/12/2017 12:37

Leonard Lawrence Hector Fitzwilliam Dexter

daisypond · 02/12/2017 12:34

Cassian reminds me of Prince Caspian from the Narnia stories. I think it's OK, though.
Is Alban any good? As in the first British saint?

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reallyorange · 02/12/2017 11:51

Thanks for suggestions everyone! We've binned a lot of our original list for now. Still really like Albion as a name but a) it's sort of a pub name and b) might be too weird&wonderful to actually use.

Thinking more and more about Cassian - would this sound like a girls' name?

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RebeccaWrongDaily · 03/10/2017 00:41

Wilfred (will or freddie) Francis (frankie) or Robert (bobby)

Bouncingbelle · 03/10/2017 00:38

Austin
Bay

Bouncingbelle · 03/10/2017 00:37

Seth
Gareth
Cavan
Troy
Campbell
Jeremy
Murray

BrokenBattleDroid · 03/10/2017 00:27

Oren
Elias
Teige
Alban

Pansiesandredrosesandmarigolds · 02/10/2017 21:55

Talliesin
Thaddeus

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reallyorange · 02/10/2017 21:53

nipplehair think you've named just about everyone in my office!

Cassius is great, also like Cassian.
Arlo I like a lot, but two friends have Arlos or similar name.
Albi is what I would shorten Albion to.
Can't hear Blake without thinking of Amy Winehouse

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scrivette · 02/10/2017 20:35

Chester
Henley
Inigo

iamdazedandconfused · 02/10/2017 17:18

Blake
Austin
Albi

?

mrsRosaPimento · 02/10/2017 17:13

Arlo
Harley

stevensupersquirrel · 02/10/2017 17:12

If we have a ds he'll be Alistair - a classic name that feels timeless and not too popular.

dramallamakarma · 02/10/2017 17:04

I heard the name Kester the other day for the first time, boy in DDs foundation class.

Or Roscoe?

Outbackshack · 02/10/2017 17:03

Austin

MamaMotherMummy · 02/10/2017 17:02

Cassius