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Good name for middle class hipster boy

318 replies

1Lara1 · 10/02/2018 00:38

I am looking for boy name suggestions. 😊Thank you for your help.

( I would not go for names like Daniel or Michael )

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ShackUp · 10/02/2018 10:07

@Tartyflette I lived in Dalston 15 years ago before it was hip - I'm a hipster, aren't I? live in rural Oxfordshire now

PhuntSox · 10/02/2018 10:03

Hans
Beowulf

dangerrabbit · 10/02/2018 10:02

MDMA

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 10/02/2018 10:00

or..

Met-Office

Larry-Tate

Seagull

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 10/02/2018 09:58

Abarth

Honda

1982 (my favourite option)

3luckystars · 10/02/2018 09:55

Ghoulbag

SmallBee · 10/02/2018 09:49

Gruyere

Tuscan sunset

Eggshell

Elephants Breath

Harold

Tolpuddle

NapYearStudent · 10/02/2018 09:48

Tennison
Easton
Quinn
Wilhem (Wilkie)
Arlo
Aryo
Hugo
Keegan
Phinneus
Dashel
Cassius

itssquidstella · 10/02/2018 09:43

Harpoon

WazFlimFlam · 10/02/2018 09:43

Oh stop the wingeing, OP is just being honest!

Roomba · 10/02/2018 09:42

Stu - everyone knows Stu is just the coolest guy ever. Everyone want to hang out with Stu.

Perhaps you need to think about what names are seen as old fashioned but will be due a revival soon, to be ahead of the curve. The names I saw as 'old man' names like Stanley, Archie and so on have had their day, so maybe move onto names like Darren, Kevin, Lee, Paul?

But Balonz is my personal recommendation Grin Or maybe Guinevere, like the Modern Parent's youngest son?

user1485182339 · 10/02/2018 09:41

Lol at this thread.
Vinyl is ace, OP. Vinyl Ian Balonz. Vibby for short.

SmallBee · 10/02/2018 09:40

Bloff

Spoot

Harizzon

Plaid

Norman

Rog

Tamato

Gurff

Doof

Ase

Zoot

Paul

I don't really know what hipster is

Potteryprincess30 · 10/02/2018 09:36

Bruno, Frank, Nate (Nathaniel)

SleepDeprived4 · 10/02/2018 09:36

Bruce Wayne

Middleoftheroad · 10/02/2018 09:30

Hope he likes a bit of smooth Jazz - nice!

Good name for middle class hipster boy
Middleoftheroad · 10/02/2018 09:26

Alpaca thanks for sharing the Balonz thread.

But it has to be this: Tarquin

Good name for middle class hipster boy
FlipflopFifi · 10/02/2018 09:23

People I know who think they're hip (but obviously would never say that) call their sons Arlo, River and Fox. Arlo is top 50 now so clearly cannot be a hipster name.

I agree with pp, to be truly hipster you need to be ahead of naming trends. Ian, Brian, Mark, Dean would be good choices. Parents of Vincents and Raymond's are probably true hipsters, they started reviving that genre of names.

Years ago on Big Breakfast (I think) there was a blonde female news reader called Saxon. I always thought it was a rather fabulous name.

SuburbanRhonda · 10/02/2018 09:19

I’m wondering what characteristics could possibly make a child “cool”?

Rich parents?

VanillaSugar · 10/02/2018 09:15

Les

Chris

Alex

Pugh

Pugh

Barney

McGrew

Cuthbert

Dibble

Grub

titsbumfannythelot · 10/02/2018 09:11

Forgot to mention Gary and Barry.

floriad · 10/02/2018 09:11

Tarquin, Leander, Orlando, Augustus, Spartacus, Cosmo, Wolfe, Fox, Ezra, Elijah, Octavius, Montgomery (not Monty!), Tristan, Maximus, Quentin, Reginald, Caspian, Xander, Pericles, Aurelius, Lucius, Farquhar.

Derek is actually rather awesome. It unfortunately reminds me of "Dreck", which means dirt in German.

But Derek is genuinely awesome :)

Inarightpickleandchutney · 10/02/2018 09:07

I know someone who has a baby called Tudor

JackieReacher · 10/02/2018 08:50

It has to be gender neutral so most of these are out.
Sue?

NewDOOFUSfor18 · 10/02/2018 08:49

Wtaf is a "middle class hipster boy"?! You sound like a bit of a tit if I'm honest, what a pretentious thread title. But seeing as you're so in need of attention I'll give you a couple:

John Thomas
Willy
Denver
Dick
Charlton
Jesus

Disclaimer: I may be grumpy after being kept awake all night by my working class geek boy.