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Brother to Everest

223 replies

abbeynames · 18/04/2020 12:00

Hi all
I have a 2 yo named Everest and we love the name. We call him Evi (Ev-ee) for short.
I’m looking for another unique boy name that’s cool like everest but not one of the growingly popular cool names. Needs to be less known.
We were thinking of Oslo (ozzy as a nn). What do you think of that? My husband worries it sounds like a dogs name though I’ve never heard of a dog named Oslo. Is it too weird?

Any thoughts or other ideas that are unique and strong like everest?

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stophuggingme · 18/04/2020 12:44

Or mendi / berg / vuori which google reliably informs me are the Catalan, German and Finnish words for mountain.

nzborn · 18/04/2020 12:43

Edmund
Percivil
Hillary
Tenzing
Norgay

Honeyroar · 18/04/2020 12:42

@MrsHardbroom
I thought of that too. Anglian or Safestyle? Or St Helen’s glass.

Dolomite.
Alp.
Pennine
Gower

5LeafPenguin · 18/04/2020 12:42

Snowden
Ben
Marianas

FluffyHippo · 18/04/2020 12:41

If you're going for ridiculous names based on mountains - your poor children! - why not go the whole hog and call your child Orodruin? You could shorten it to Dru. Or Ruin. Or Rod.

This has to be Coronahumour, right?

stophuggingme · 18/04/2020 12:40

Tenzing
Summit
Ice
Fleece
Base Layer
Crampon

Neige
Breezy
Yak

alltripe · 18/04/2020 12:39

Double - Dubby for short

Boireannachlaidir · 18/04/2020 12:38

@Staypositivepeople there is no child, keep up!

Love all the Matterhorns nn Matt Grin

Himalaya nn Hima or Nevis nn Ben

Cosyblanky · 18/04/2020 12:36

Yooneek

FlamingoAndJohn · 18/04/2020 12:34

It has to be Hilary!

Nearlyalmost50 · 18/04/2020 12:33

I did know a little boy called Rocky once, he was very quiet and shy and absolutely didn't inhabit his name (although this might have changed over time). I was thinking of Rocky Balboa though, unfortunately for him.

BovaryX · 18/04/2020 12:32

Kilimanjaro

MrsHardbroom · 18/04/2020 12:31

Weatherseal?

ProfessorHasturLaVista · 18/04/2020 12:30

Everard.

ItsABitOfAShitFightMate · 18/04/2020 12:30

Nile or Amazon
Baikal or Caspian

ByGrabtharsHammerWhatASavings · 18/04/2020 12:29

I actually love it op, and I love Oslo too, not even taking the piss. I have a friend who called her sons Axl, Elvis, and Thor and it hasn't done them any harm haha. I actually really like the suggestion upthread of Gulliver.

Fantasiaa · 18/04/2020 12:29

I agree. His name is already Everest so what’s the point in critiquing naming your child after a mountain ? Pointless.

flapjackfairy · 18/04/2020 12:28

An uphill struggle ha ha
Good one @ staypositive

Blursula · 18/04/2020 12:28

@Staypositivepeople tbh I’m more likely to laugh at people who don’t know the difference between ‘your and you’re’ and ‘to’ and ‘too’ than someone with an unusual name.

There’s absolutely no point in shaming a name that has already been given to a child for the past two years.

Electrical · 18/04/2020 12:27

Eveready
Ever
Neverest
Everlasting
Paul
Stephen

nakedavengerreturns · 18/04/2020 12:27

Popocatepetl
K2
Steve

Fairenuff · 18/04/2020 12:26

How about Hounslow? Howie for short.

1forsorrow · 18/04/2020 12:25

Mariana - yes that is a good one.

crustycrab · 18/04/2020 12:24

Sherpa

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 18/04/2020 12:23

Idris