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Original poster

Gentle giant name for a boy?

159 replies

Cocolatte24 · 17/02/2023 16:57

I recently had a son and we’re struggling to find a name; he’s a gentle giant and super tall so I’d like to find a name that suits a larger baby and is quite soft/ round sounding if that makes sense?

I’m looking for any ideas and also ones that lend themselves to a nickname

So far we’ve thought about Henry and Barney but I’m not sure how I’d shorten Henry - I don’t like Harry or Hal, and Barney just reminds us of the purple dinosaur!

Any ideas?

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Blueberry40 · 17/02/2023 22:31

Ben, Joe or Finlay.

Thesoundofmusic23 · 17/02/2023 22:27

Oliver
Theodore (Teddy)

SorryForTheRant · 17/02/2023 21:46

@tiggergoesbounce has hit the nail on the head, Jude is the perfect name for a gentle giant

Em339 · 17/02/2023 21:27

Hank is a nickname for Henry - which in my head, suits a gentle giant baby 😁

nodogz · 17/02/2023 21:25

I dated a big kiwi rugby player called rowen. Absolute definition of a gentle giant.

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Cocolatte24 · 17/02/2023 21:03

Thanks all so much for the suggestions they’ve really helped.
Obviously no one knows how big he’ll be when he’s grown up but he was 2ft at birth and never dropped weight. We’ve also got tall people on both sides of the family so I’d be surprised if he ended up on the small side but you never know 🤷🏻‍♀️

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TheOriginalEmu · 17/02/2023 21:01

Sugarfree23 · 17/02/2023 18:42

Patrick

But I'm also on the view your naming a future man, and all babies are gentle.

You never met my son Taran, it means thunder and that’s because he was born loud and feisty and never stopped 😂

Squirrelsnut · 17/02/2023 21:00

DS was over 10 lbs at birth and is now only a moderately tall, slim 15 year old.
What about Adam nn Addie?

Pollywoddles · 17/02/2023 20:53

Fionn - anglicised version Finn, after a famous giant from Irish folklore.

JuneNC22 · 17/02/2023 20:51

There's an NHL player named Maxx, apparently his mother spelt it that way because he weighed 11lb at birth. Not to my taste but gets the point across!

InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits · 17/02/2023 20:45

Being 6’3 (4-5 inches above average height for a man) doesn’t make you a giant or even more than a bit tall! Otherwise I’m a female giant at 5’9 (4-5 inches above average height for a woman) and my teen daughter is a giantess at 5’10! My DH at 6’1 looks utterly average in any crowd and has never been described as tall. Just regular.

You can be tall,small or any height you like but a gentle GIANT is surely someone far, far beyond average height and presumably general overall weight and size too, not someone lanky and skinny but tall? So it definitely can’t apply to a newborn baby !

Mybumlooksbig · 17/02/2023 20:33

Wilbur
Wilfred
Hamish
George

BellePeppa · 17/02/2023 20:20

(Albert) Bertie sounds gentle giant to me or Albie.

daytriptovulcan · 17/02/2023 19:58

Viggo
Gustaf
Ivan

daytriptovulcan · 17/02/2023 19:53

Samson
Atlas
Hercule(s)
Hunter
Just ideas for your list

Jodielou5972 · 17/02/2023 19:49

I agree with others - Ben.
My dad is a 6ft3 giant teddy bear of a man, Ben suits him great!

Tecksupport · 17/02/2023 19:42

Finn/Finlay

middlenglander · 17/02/2023 19:36

Alan

LynetteScavo · 17/02/2023 19:27

Angus

Fergus

Bruce

Digby

Bruno

Lars

Hamish

Phelps

Icecreamandapplepie · 17/02/2023 18:46

Jasper

Twazique · 17/02/2023 18:45

Geraint

Hector

Derrymum123 · 17/02/2023 18:44

Michael
Ezra
Patrick
Finn

Sugarfree23 · 17/02/2023 18:42

Patrick

But I'm also on the view your naming a future man, and all babies are gentle.

Steppen · 17/02/2023 18:38

Magnus

VerityUnreasonble · 17/02/2023 18:38

The giant Alexander is a lovely book. And a nice name for any size of person.

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