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Loki

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allthecats1982 · 05/07/2023 11:02

Is Loki a good or bad name for one of our triplet boys?

DH and I jokingly names one Loki because in scans he's always playing up kicking the others, refusing to be measured or simply hiding half of himself! But the name has stuck and DH wants it on the list for names.

I know of the name Loki from just being me but I think people would assume we are massive marvel fans. Neither of us have watched any of the movies or are that into the comic books. But using Norse hood names appeals 🤣

On a side note we are looking for names that are uncommon for boys. The little girl we have named almost (1st and 3rd name agreed) but boys are hard. They would have siblings called Theodore and Cordelia if that helps.

TIA

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 08/09/2023 22:13

Loki is a popular dogs name.
Not heard of a Blokie called Loki lol.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/07/2023 23:15

If you are not in the UK, Dorian might be fine. Sadly a lot of people here wouldn't think of Dorian Grey and the portrait in the attic (so the narcissism element wouldn't even come up), but rather "Dorien" - a comic older female "cougar" type character on a long running UK sitcom. Although since the show finished Dorian has been very slowly on the rise for boys, it might still sound feminine or funny to some I think.

I love Caspian though! I assume you've considered Atticus? Or even William, which is the ultimate literary name I think (if a bit popular, but then so is Theodore now) -Shakespeare, Blake, Wordsworth, Yeats, Golding, Faulkner etc

hlr1987 · 08/07/2023 22:52

I'd probably go for Theodore, Alasdair and Cordelia (Theo, Alec and Cordie) as a group.

WhatTheFlipToDo · 08/07/2023 22:50

My vote: Angus, Gabriel and Ophelia.

ChocoChocoLatte · 08/07/2023 22:45

We have a Cordelia - lovely name.

Boys names we liked included:
Cassian
Gabriel
Jude
Caleb
Corin
Roan

And I love Annie but as you already have a Theodore and Cordelia, I'd give her a longer name which you could shorten to Annie.

Sylvanna
Arianne
Antonia
Marianne

Massive congratulations on your triplets and best of luck with your gang of 5.

jannier · 08/07/2023 22:39

RestingMurderousFace · 05/07/2023 11:07

Not sure about babies but every other dog round here seems to be named Loki.

Yep the same know loads of dogs.

LuciferRising · 08/07/2023 22:39

Cassious reminds me of Cassian from the Court of Books. I liked the character.

CrazyBite · 08/07/2023 22:31

Go for Caspian or Cassius, it would be great with your other DC's names!

You can always use Loki as a middle name

LuciferRising · 08/07/2023 22:28

I'm glad I won't have any more children because I'd name a son Lucifer. I love it!

BansheesOfEdSheeran · 08/07/2023 22:20

Loki is so common. How about Mephistopheles?

helloelsie · 08/07/2023 22:15

Anya

For a girl

Elegant, understated, international

YerArseInParsley · 08/07/2023 21:58

How about Lachlan (loki), Struan and Harris.

Yes, I am Scottish but u don't hear these names very much.

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allthecats1982 · 08/07/2023 16:29

@IamnotwhouthinkIam sorry I pressed the button too early!

Dorian follows the theme of names from literature and is not AS pop culture as Loki. What's teasable about Dorian? Because of the narcissism element? I don't know if kids will know that so he might be ok. Although kids know a lot these days so I wouldn't put it passed them. We can't have a lot of the other names due to them being out names or names of family and other children we have experienced as a biter or spitter.

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allthecats1982 · 08/07/2023 16:24

@IamnotwhouthinkIam my mums name is Anne so Annie is her nickname but I like it more than her actual name!

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/07/2023 23:40

Is Annie a nn or the full name? I love Annie as a nn for Antonia personally. I think Cordelia and Antonia (Annie) would sound lovely together!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/07/2023 23:37

See, Dorian would be as "out there"/teasable as Loki where I am - in fact Loki might get less looks as at least it's "cool" (secretly love Loki btw but yes, a bit unfair with sibling names like Theodore and Cordelia).

I've never heard of Azekiel either, only Ezekiel which tends to automatically get Zeke I think.

Elias?
Maxim(ilian)?
Laurence?
Nathaniel?
Dominic?
Benedict?
Alexander? (too popular? Similar Lysander would work well with Cordelia!)
Orlando? (bit unusual but again a nice match to Cordelia!)

Doone21 · 07/07/2023 17:48

It can always be a middle name? Anyway there's loads of nice norse names; Freya, fenrir, odin, thor, elli, nari, tyr,

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allthecats1982 · 07/07/2023 08:42

@ConnieSaks far too many Logan boys round here!

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ConnieSaks · 07/07/2023 08:41

Logan & Ptolemy?

RoseMartha · 07/07/2023 08:27

Gabriel goes well with Theodore and Cordelia.

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allthecats1982 · 07/07/2023 07:23

Thank you everyone for your input and honesty. I don't hate the name I just don't want to give it to a child the same way my husband does. We are struggling 🤣

To all those who said Theodore is really popular- I know that. But where we live it's not that much. We mainly have Logan, Issac, Zak, Rhys/Reece, Adam and Frankie (for boys and girls) as our main names. They actually account for probably 20% of the boys names who are in our school (I just checked the registers. We have 92 boys called Issac!)

So far the names that are in the joint list are now:

Gabriel
Dorian
Caleb
Locksley (100% I don't want)
Micah
Azekiel (but I don't like Zeke)
Caspian

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continentallentil · 07/07/2023 07:14

Use it as a middle name

He won’t be impressed by being called Loki with siblings Theodore and Cornelia.. it gives a very different vibe.

Mollymalone123 · 07/07/2023 02:44

Loki is the new rover for pups near me

MarriedinMaui · 07/07/2023 00:00

I liked unusual but classic boys names too. How about:

Clement
Erasmus
Idris
Emrys
Ambrose
Angus
Aubrey

concertgoer · 06/07/2023 23:27

allthecats1982 · 05/07/2023 11:53

@KirstenBlest the triplets are two boys and a girl. We are fine in girl names and always have been. Even when our son was born we had girls names but nothing for a boy. I'm tempted to name them Alvin and Simon though so they're called Alvin Simon and Theodore!

I was going to suggest Alvin and Simon to go with Theodore
….. doop doop, do do do doop !