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Boys names that are a bit different

45 replies

17caterpillars1mouse · 08/04/2021 21:36

What are your opinions on the following boys names

Nickleby
Errol
Roosevelt
Lindsey
Willoughby
Dashiell
Clement
Walt
Laith
Jarrett
Abraham
Silas
Brett

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miltonj · 08/04/2021 22:43

Have a male friend called Lindsey and he pulls it off and no one gives it a second thought - I really like it and because of him, in my mind it's a male name. He's a big character though, might be different if he was a wall flower.

Cowbells · 08/04/2021 22:39

I love Dashiell. Such a cool name.

Walt, Abraham and Silas are all good, imo. Also quite like Clement but it's a bit wet and weedy.

Not keen on the rest.

Tillygetsit · 08/04/2021 22:38

I love Abraham with Bram for short.

thismeansnothing · 08/04/2021 22:33

Love Silas. Wanted that for first child who ended up being a girl. Also like Elias too

sausageface · 08/04/2021 22:29

@SmellsLikeWineIGuess

Lindsay and Brett are pretty dire.
My poor husband Brett is heartbroken to hear this 🤣 to be fair I did ask him if it was short for anything when we first met!
KoalaOok · 08/04/2021 22:23

Very different to your girls list! They all sound a bit US to me.

Do you like
Hudson
Mason
Ethan

Bimblybomeyelash · 08/04/2021 22:23

I knew that Dashiell would be on the list!

Ikeameatballs · 08/04/2021 22:22

I like Willoughby, Dashiell and Abraham. Abraham is my favourite, nn Abe.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/04/2021 22:20

Are you in the UK? Laith is gorgeous. I also like Abraham (especially with the nn Bram), and Willoughby is a guilty pleasure, although I worry it sounds a bit feminine. Silas, Clement and Walt aren't my taste but are okay. Not keen on the others much, sorry (either too surname or Southern US sounding for me).

MaverickDanger · 08/04/2021 22:20

I like Walt and Dashiell.

What about

Woodrow
Lincoln
Remington
Jefferson
Colby
Holden

GiveIrelandBackToTheIrish · 08/04/2021 22:19

Silas is very nice

user1493494961 · 08/04/2021 22:18

Silas is nice, Abraham OK but the rest awful (like your girl's' list).

SmellsLikeWineIGuess · 08/04/2021 22:13

@ghislaine

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?
🎯😂

I can imagine a fair few of them as dashing blockade runners. With the obvious exception of Lindsey.

SmellsLikeWineIGuess · 08/04/2021 22:10

Lindsay and Brett are pretty dire.

Zarinea · 08/04/2021 22:09

We have similar taste in Arabic names (though not on anything else!)

I love Laith and it would be on my boys list. It means Lion.

finallychangedmyusername · 08/04/2021 22:09

Dashiell is great.

SleepingStandingUp · 08/04/2021 22:07

Nickleby - erm, ok and can be nn to Nick
Errol - dislike
Roosevelt - no
Lindsey - don't do it
Willoughby - gorgeous
Dashiell - nope
Clement - noooo
Walt - bleurgh
Laith - wha?
Jarrett - swap the last t for a h. I adore Jareth
Abraham - ok, i like Abe
Silas - passable
Brett - meh

zigaziga · 08/04/2021 22:04

So very, very different to your unusual girls names list.

Agree with PP that most of these sound very American and some of them quite surnamey.

Violetlavenders · 08/04/2021 22:03

I like Clement

ghislaine · 08/04/2021 21:40

They have a rather US antebellum vibe with a dash of cowboy. Is that what you’re aiming for?