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Oh god. The shame of finding myself on this section but GIVE ME BOYS' NAMES PLEASE

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FrannyandZooey · 15/03/2008 20:54

I am so stuck. I have girls' names galore, please give me nice slightly arty boys' names that won't get hugely popular in a year or two

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Boco · 16/03/2008 09:39

Blaise is a bit like Blouse.

I do know a boy called Fox, it suits him, and it's the next best thing to Wolfie.

Third best would therefore be Badger.

CaptainKarvol · 16/03/2008 09:36

Wynn. Only ever met one, and I really like it. Welsh, means 'white' IIRC.

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FrannyandZooey · 16/03/2008 09:35

or "In-ee-go" perhaps

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FrannyandZooey · 16/03/2008 09:35

now ds's name has been mentioned about a dozen times, which is GOOD
it reassures me that it is a slightly arty name that people still find not entirely common
and that you are all on the right lines

I do like Leander
I thought of another one I like except dp says no:

Blaise

so keep going along the lines of Blaise, Dante, Sacha, but not TOO outre and not too posh

I do like Pericles actually Avi! It's grown on me. We know a Hector and we know a Theodor, so they're out. I like Inigo but I thought it was pronounced "Een-ee-go"

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fortyplus · 16/03/2008 09:30

Rollo

1st Duke of Normandy... seen it once or twice in the Times birth announcements.

evie99 · 16/03/2008 09:29

Yes very scary but would have been handy for my third DS.

fortyplus · 16/03/2008 09:28

Overrun - only trouble with Sidney is that all the chavs would think he was conceived in Australia and his mum can't spell!

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FrannyandZooey · 16/03/2008 09:27

good lord what has been going ON here

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Overrun · 16/03/2008 09:10

What about Sidney? Very arty, and my grandfather was called that. Not very popular now though

TigerFeet · 16/03/2008 08:58

No, not Ptolemy. I remember a thread on here during the Restoration programme upon which someone called Ptolemy "Ptolemy the Ptwat". It made me snort and I will ever envisage Ptolemys at Ptwats.

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WanderingTrolley · 16/03/2008 08:53

Horatio, Ptolemy and Augustus are great names - I applaud anyone who has one. These names should be used more.

I have been on a night bus in Peckham, with my good friends Farquar and Bunny, and none of us felt the need whisper because no one is allowed to speak on public transport in London. And yoofs can't speak, they just grunt and text. Innit.

Janni · 16/03/2008 08:47

'should he ever find himself'

Janni · 16/03/2008 08:46

You want a name that wouldn't need to be whispered should he ever find yourself on the night bus in Peckham. Horatio? Ptolemy? Augustus?

Now names like Jude, Gabe, Eli, Finn etc are arty without being too farty. The child could still have a meaningful life beyond the wastelands of North Oxford or Hampstead.

Nighbynight · 16/03/2008 07:42

not at all - he would probably be the only one in his class!

she wanted arty names - Jóhn Constable - Augustus John - Gwen John....

WanderingTrolley · 16/03/2008 07:37

No they won't.

They'll be John and Robert. Forever.

Nice names but I don't think it's what F&Z is after.

Nighbynight · 16/03/2008 07:32

this thread reads like a class list at a really poncy prep school

franny dont do this to your unborn child - just call him John or Robert! By the time he's grown up a bit, John will be the new Caspian and Bob will be the new Orlando.

WanderingTrolley · 16/03/2008 07:31

I have skimmed this thread somewhat, but have concluded Franny's surname is Boden.

Jared
Ziggy
Alban
Corben
Dantan
Rodin
Clive

dozymare · 16/03/2008 07:24

Gabe

Horatio (really love this nice strong name and could be after Horatio Nelson the supremo Navy leader of the British who saved Britain being invaded by Napoleon?)

Erm - Napoleon!!!

Titus

Jasper

Maximus

Montgomery (monty)

Dottydot · 16/03/2008 07:09

ooh yes - Theo is lovely

Dottydot · 16/03/2008 07:08

I'm up! Had just typed a long message on this thread and my computer crashed...

Anyway, here's my vote for unusual but not entirely unheard of names:

Noah

Amos

Storm

Gabriel

Franny - have you got a shortlist yet or are you still at zero?!

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