Why are boy names so hard?! :(

We both love the creativity and individualism having a more unusual name gives.

Having an unusual name doesn't give creativity or individuality. That comes from personality alone.

Not in this case.

If you want something unusual why not have it as a middle name but call him by it. Then he always has the option of using his more conventional first name as he gets older.

What seems cute will be a source of torment when children get to school. Yes you can teach them resilience but why put them in the firing line for bullying? It’s hard enough for children to navigate school, starting in day 1 named as an animal is the quickest way to have it ripped out of them.

Don’t name a child Fox, it’s just really cruel.

elijah bear is a cutesy name for a baby when you’re doing baby talk but can you imagine a 40 year old man introducing himself as that?

Cruel? Wolf is short for Wolfgang.

Elijah is nice. The rest just sound like someone trying to be cool and are probably much more common the elijah.

Tate is to like Andrew tate.

Cant take bear seriously at all, I know we had love bear grills but we don't have giraffe or horse and it's cute for a baby but a grown man? No.

Tate like the trafficker and misogynist? Please no. Unless you’re happy with people who know you assuming you’re endorsing that kind of thing.

I like Vinnie, Perry and Asa.

My neighbour (in his 30s) is called Orion .. he blames Californian hippy parents, but I think it’s actually a lovely name and kind of fits your ideas

The more edgy names are definitely more common now ! My kids have super common names on purpose because I hated my unusual one, and they are each the only ones in their year group with that name, there are some unusual names in their classes such as Woody, Delilah, Elodie etc....
Just never thought my daughter would be the only Ellie !

I love the name Elijah and am glad those OT names are coming back into fashion. Have you thought of others from the OT:

Ezekiel, Zaccheus, Zachariah, Ezra, Elias, Kemuel

If you like Wolf, how about the Anglo Saxon name Wulfric/Wulfrich?

What about Torin, Corin, Kyrill, Theodore (Theo or Ted/Teddy)?

I know 1 Elijah but apart from him I've never heard the name.

You can try Oran its an Irish boys name, instead of Oren.

Also Acer for a boy it's a type of tree.

With Tate and Fox they make me think of Andrew Tate and Fox News. So would be a big no from me for that reason.

Hendrix is nice but also makes me think of Jimmy Hendrix.

Good luck!

You’re making it harder than it needs to be.

Oren is Welsh for orange. I love the Welsh name for wolf, which is "Blaidd"

@winterbabyrose LOVE both Elijah Bear and Hendrix James!

Joel
Asher
Avery
Aubrey
Ant? Just thinking on a nature theme 😄

Fox just makes me think of diseases and mange and rubbish, sorry 😬

Boy names are hard because they fall so definitely into a few different categories - classic (boring), edgy (try hard), surnames etc. Girl names are hard because there’s waaaaay too many nice options.

Wilder?

I have an Elijah, although we call him Eli, I’ve only come across 1 or 2 other Elijahs so far and he’s nearly 3, maybe it varies based
on where you live though.

I have a Jude as well.

You can't call a child Fox. What if he turns out to be a minger?

Bear and Kuma (japanese for Bear) were both on my list of names for my son, I think they're lovely names.

Other suggestions;

• Conan (love this one)
• Cohen
• Tristen
• kenji
• Grey

For all the people complaining the kids going to be burdened with an unusual name, I was burdened with the name Rachel. Growing up I was never once the only Rachel in any class at nursery/primary/secondary school. At one point there were 4 of us, it was horrible. Always having to pay attention to the register to make sure you answered "here" to the right Rachel, having to use a nickname so teachers could distinguish between our work, then embarrassment of accidently answering when someone was asking another Rachel a question. Even now my name is so common I share it with my own sister in law, I'd have absolutely loved to be given a unique name I could actually be proud of, rather than just being one of the Rachel's.

I love Elijah, and Oren is lovely too. Don’t hear many of either where I live.

the others are too much pressure to put on someone character wise I believe, and also a bit too “out there”

if you like strong, short and quirky

• Miles
• Elis
• Otis
• Franklin
• Nate (short for Nathaniel)
• Jed (short for Josiah)
• Gus
• Asher / Ash
• Wesley / Wes
• Ivor

Koa (if you want to break the golden rule 😂)
Orion
Cosmo
Zephyr
Ari(stotle)
Nash
Orson
Calix
Tib/berius
Zev (wolf in Hebrew)
Luan
Byron
Brock
Zeren
Zuma

Joseph is my absolute favourite. Simple. Easy to shorten. Don't overdo it with forest names.

Jesus Christ, what are you thinking?
Your attempt to give your child a name that will make you feel edgy and cool will burden him for life.

Nope, I know an Elijah Bear.