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Why are boy names so hard?! :(

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winterbabyrose · 27/09/2023 15:33

Currently pregnant with #2 and unsure of the gender as of yet. We have a girls name chosen and have had for a while, but are struggling with finding boys names we like. We like the more 'unusual' boho / nature themed names. This is the current list of names I like, but not love yet, so you get an idea.

Bear
Elijah (I like this but potentially too 'common')
Tate
Hendrix
Fox
Oren
Lennox
Wolf

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PickledScrump · 27/09/2023 16:04

I’d say that Elijah is actually less common than some of your other options. I know a few boys called Bear now. Many of these names are used to try and be a bit different but they have all started to rise in popularity. I only know one Elijah and he’s in his late 20s.

Ohmylovejune · 27/09/2023 16:04

I know two adult Wolf's!

One is German and its short for Wolfgang. The other is English.

I think you are struggling because you are trying too hard to find something unusual. There are lots of really lovely, but slightly more common, names.

I've lived with an uncommon name for 56 years and you have to accept that the constant cost of choosing it is that it will be misspelt regularly and in my case actually changed for a name thats common and close in pronunciation

Bubblehorizon · 27/09/2023 16:01

I love Elijah, so handsome. Hendrix and Lennox are quite nice too.

hotcandle · 27/09/2023 16:00

Can I just gently suggest you choose a name that wouldn't be a burden for them?

I personally think its unfair and cruel to call a child fox, wolf or bear. Cute when they're younger of course but not as an adult man.

lilluce95 · 27/09/2023 15:57

Milo
Atticus
Axel
Sebastian
Ezra
River
Xander
Odie
Ziggy

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Crikeyalmighty · 27/09/2023 15:49

Felix
Jude
Xavier
Zak

CurlewKate · 27/09/2023 15:43

Edward, with Bear as a nickname if it suits him-otherwise there's a ton of other shortenings.

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winterbabyrose · 27/09/2023 15:43

spiderlight · 27/09/2023 15:40

'Oren' is Welsh for 'orange', just so you're aware.

I never knew that, thank you!😆I agree @jiinglebells it is a minefield!

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jiinglebells · 27/09/2023 15:41

spiderlight · 27/09/2023 15:40

'Oren' is Welsh for 'orange', just so you're aware.

😂 the more you know!! Names are a minefield!

spiderlight · 27/09/2023 15:40

'Oren' is Welsh for 'orange', just so you're aware.

jiinglebells · 27/09/2023 15:38

Oo Oren sounds really interesting, I like that!

Wolf / Bear - got to hope the baby would be a hulk of a child for these names imo 😂

Knors · 27/09/2023 15:38

Elijah, Lennox or Hendrix

I think that's the problem nowadays, everyone's trying to be so creative and ends up naming their children something ridiculous 🙄