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Boys names you loved but weren’t quite brave enough to use?

113 replies

Hellosinktap · 04/04/2023 08:56

There was a thread like this a few years ago - I looked for it and couldn’t find it - so I thought I’d start another!

Mine is Rafferty. Loved it. DH vetoed.

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Natsku · 04/04/2023 13:55

Aslak
Edvard (with a v - I was watching a lot of moomins)

ChillinwiththeVillains · 04/04/2023 13:54

My kids’ and dog’s names all listed above. My name was very unusual so I thought I had dialled it down a bit. I loved Xanthe but felt I should either be Australian or aristocracy to pull it off properly. We are neither.

BrutusMcDogface · 04/04/2023 13:53

Meandfour · 04/04/2023 09:30

Zephan. Absolutely love this name but didn’t fit with our other children’s names at all. Will always love it.

This, and also zephyr 😁

Coffeeandcrocs · 04/04/2023 13:50

Woody
Abel ( awful with our surname )
Ambrose

Aturnipforthebooks · 04/04/2023 13:42

NEC2678 · 04/04/2023 09:21

Mine is Francis, I love it but people saying it is wet and feminine is currently swaying my decision

For what it's worth, I love it!

incitethismeetingtorebellion · 04/04/2023 13:41

Not that I wasn't brave enough, partner vetoed it but I wanted Balthazar for our son. Wouldn't let me call our daughter Persephone either the miserable sod 😂

iloveburmese3 · 04/04/2023 13:41

OliviaFlaversham · 04/04/2023 13:33

I know a couple of Balthazars and for such a long name, there are no natural shortenings of it. I like it too.

We used the names we love and ours have more unusual middle names but sometimes I wish we’d used their middle names as first names.

That's nice to know thank you 🙏🏻 we live in Europe and here it's very very rare to shorten even the longest of names so Balthazar will stay this name which is quite fab.. I just love how unusual it is, our daughter is Anoushka so think it fits x

Pallisers · 04/04/2023 13:40

Lysander
Galen

Dh has a very unusual name and no way was he giving his son an equally unusual name.

Anyfeckinusername · 04/04/2023 13:38

I liked but ruled out :

Rupert
Aubrey

But I LOVED

Aloysius. I still love it!

postwarbulge · 04/04/2023 13:34

Church weddings can be a hoot as you find out the bride's and the groom's full list of first names. A couple you know as Sue and Geof turns out to be Hemione Cathcart ffyges and Aloysius Singeon Codpiece

OliviaFlaversham · 04/04/2023 13:33

I know a couple of Balthazars and for such a long name, there are no natural shortenings of it. I like it too.

We used the names we love and ours have more unusual middle names but sometimes I wish we’d used their middle names as first names.

ElizaSkye · 04/04/2023 13:25

Another one for Horatio!

also like-

Moses
Lowen
Orlando

iloveburmese3 · 04/04/2023 13:19

MuddledMindy · 04/04/2023 13:17

Balthazar
My H's choice so wasn't that we weren't brave enough to use it, it was a no chance are we calling our kid that
And Tallulah, I loved this.

I'm having a baby boy TOMORROW (so nervous) via C section and our name for him is Balthazar 😂😂😂 I know v everyone's reaction is... are you mad. But I think it's chic and interesting x

MuddledMindy · 04/04/2023 13:17

Balthazar
My H's choice so wasn't that we weren't brave enough to use it, it was a no chance are we calling our kid that
And Tallulah, I loved this.

iloveburmese3 · 04/04/2023 13:15

IsolatedWilderness · 04/04/2023 13:14

I won't state the name but I got to use it in the end. I gave it to my dog. :-)

Please tell!

escapingthecity · 04/04/2023 13:15

Thaddeus

angelis0 · 04/04/2023 13:14

Yves

IsolatedWilderness · 04/04/2023 13:14

I won't state the name but I got to use it in the end. I gave it to my dog. :-)

TurnLeftAtTheBakery · 04/04/2023 13:12

user1492757084 · 04/04/2023 09:23

Alistair
Bunty
Claude

Where do you live that Alistair is a brave choice?

RecklessBlackberries · 04/04/2023 13:10

Felix. I know it's actually quite popular these days, but I can't shake the cat food association and it just feels like a silly name to me.

Also Jasper. Again, quite popular but just feels very not us. Too posh, too feminine and too out of place among our friends.

Overthinkingnotdrinking · 04/04/2023 13:06

Yves. Just imagining a boy explaining he’s not called eve for the rest of his life. Used it for one day in hospital but then went for something a bit less complicated.

Quinque · 04/04/2023 13:06

Diggory.
I read Return of the Native while pregnant.

WildAloofRebel · 04/04/2023 13:04

Ambrose

Omari and Israel, both of which I absolutely love but would be preposterous with our genes.

DarlingG · 04/04/2023 12:56

Ari here too

GenAndWine · 04/04/2023 10:58

You need a dog/cat/lizard/whatever to use the not brave enough/partner vetoed it names on.

Like someone upthread I wanted Claude for my secondborn but DH wouldn’t be persuaded

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