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DH and I cannot agree on boys name

55 replies

TheGrumpySquirrel · 17/02/2018 19:56

He likes traditional, old fashioned names (Henry, Arthur, Aubrey etc) - I abhor them all. I like modern, European names but nothing too "out there". Detest all the currently popular names like Noah, Arlo etc (no offence!).

We are a French / Irish / Dutch / Italian / English mix. We have an Irish O'Surname so anything starting or ending in O is out. Or anything super Irish as a first name (which is a shame as i like many Irish boys names).

So far the only options we have are

Leon
Sebastien
Julien
Frédéric
Hunter (maybe too controversial, can't imagine our families liking it, or a baby being called that.., but we do both like it)

Help! I want a name that we both love? Any suggestions?

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Smoliver · 20/02/2018 12:21

I like Sebastien (my cousins name - Uncle is English, Auntie is Polish so this name was perfect for them,) Leon and Julien.

Other suggestions:
Luca
Jakub
Daniel
Erik
Tobias
Oskar
Levi
Finnian

dustarr73 · 20/02/2018 11:02

Go wiht Hunter if thats what you like.Who cares if your family dont like it.

RickOShay · 19/02/2018 20:22

or maybe Nico

RickOShay · 19/02/2018 20:22

Luca is a good suggestion

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 19/02/2018 18:45

Hmm good point about Hunter not working in French. Unter is just not gonna work! Damn, (most of) your enthusiasm had almost convinced me!

I will certainly out myself now but we have an Etienne in close family already so that's not an option unfortunately

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RickOShay · 19/02/2018 18:15

Love Hunter Grin

Roman

Rafael

Xavier

Raoul

Christian

Andrea

Lawrence

Lifeofpies · 19/02/2018 18:10

Hi grumpy, like your names. Frederic and Sebastien best.
How about Etienne? We would have used it for DS but went with a welsh name instead (French/welsh/Scottish heritage). Most people seem to like it and it’s still fairly underused.

NameChange30 · 19/02/2018 16:19

Ooh I love Thibault although I expect most English speakers would have no idea how to pronounce it, unless it was spelt Tibo or something!

MollyHuaCha · 19/02/2018 12:10

Leon
Sebastien
Julien
Frédéric

I like all of the above names, but really dislike Hunter.

BertrandRussell · 19/02/2018 11:59

Oh-apart from the not being too Irish box!

Patrick is one of those British names French people are called though.

BertrandRussell · 19/02/2018 11:56

Patrick. Ticks all the boxes.

HuskyMcClusky · 19/02/2018 11:55

Rafael.

TatianaLarina · 19/02/2018 11:53

Really like them all except for Hunter which anyway doesn’t sound good in French as French struggle with H.

Love Sebastien and it works very well in French and English.

Other suggestions:

Gabriel, Raphael, Leopold, Thibault, Benjamin, Oscar, Augustin

lovelyjubilly · 19/02/2018 02:55

Raphael
Luca
Jonas

timeisnotaline · 19/02/2018 01:48

Quentin
Leopold
Jasper
Stephan
Clement
Max

CeeCeeMacFay · 18/02/2018 22:57

Asher
Isaac
Otto
Finley
Jonas

Yika · 18/02/2018 22:53

Tristan is lovely. I also like all the ones in your first list.

How about
Piers
Hugh
Lars
Owen
Adrien
Vincent

PointlessUsername · 18/02/2018 22:50

Joshua/Josh?

LarkDescending · 18/02/2018 22:47

Luc or Luke?

Rainbowsandflowers78 · 18/02/2018 22:34

Nathaniel

backaftera2yearbreak · 18/02/2018 22:25

I know two male Morgans

NameChange30 · 18/02/2018 22:22

Kit doesn’t really work in French though.

Lots of the cool short names don’t.

Baubletrouble43 · 18/02/2018 22:16

Christopher shortened to Kit.

Cosmoa · 18/02/2018 22:14

Unless you live in America, I wouldn't worry about it! (in regards to Morgan)

upsideup · 18/02/2018 21:54

I would go for Hunter if you both really like it, its my favourite out of your suggestions too.

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