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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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Califanjo · 15/03/2008 21:16

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LarryVeest · 15/03/2008 21:15

(Angel is on my name for a potential DS2)

LaDiDaDi · 15/03/2008 21:15

Arthur?

What about Hardy?

Atticus

Ned, but not if you live in Scotland

Benedict

Austin but probably cause you the same problem as Arden

Wilf

Darius

Inigo

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FrannyandZooey · 15/03/2008 21:15

dp says no Dante

not frenchified for me please

loads of lovely names here

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MaloryTowers · 15/03/2008 21:15

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toffetoes · 15/03/2008 21:15

no it's pronounced CH as in church

LarryVeest · 15/03/2008 21:15

Ohh i was going to say jesse

WallOfSilence · 15/03/2008 21:14

Angel Clare for a boy?

Well, he sure would be able to fight by the time he was 15!

If Charles is too posh how about Charlie?

Andrew

Frank

William

Shay

Sheridan

Wilson

LarryVeest · 15/03/2008 21:14

Jericho

Kiefer

Tutter · 15/03/2008 21:14

jesse?

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FrannyandZooey · 15/03/2008 21:14

I don't want to say girls names as we may well use them
I am secretive like that

hey Malory how come you are MT again and not MV?

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pointedegg · 15/03/2008 21:14

(I was looking at Nat and Kit - I am way behind)

fishie · 15/03/2008 21:14

i do love conrad. but maybe you are after more frenchified stuff? plenty of fodder there. i do sympthaise, girls names are much easier. lawrence is delightful too.

in the end we limited our choice, no foreign names (we are mainly english) but none of that anglo saxon 'stick' nonsense. ds is called merlin, like the little falcon. (or the welsh wizard but we mainly do not dwell on that).

StripeyMama · 15/03/2008 21:14

Or you could follow the lead of some travellers my mate knows and call him "Boy"

Followed eight years later by "Newboy"

Yes, really.

Tutter · 15/03/2008 21:13

ok

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FrannyandZooey · 15/03/2008 21:13

oh sorry cross posts toffe

Tutter chill out I am not using it
am just a Hardy fan

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pointedegg · 15/03/2008 21:13

Nit

nellyraggbagg · 15/03/2008 21:13

I have a Felix, and he is the only one in his prep school. We have met a few since he was born, but it's not desperately popular.

I had on my list (all vetoed by unimaginative DH):

Augustus
Orlando
Milo (until someone told me there's a Tweenie called Milo)
Hamish (which I love)
Hector (ditto)
Humphrey (ditto)
Lysander

Felix was the only one that DH agreed with!! (Though I do love it...)

There are lots of Sebastians, Daniels, Sams and Harrys at DS's school. I know a Mungo, but he's in his 30s. Dante is great!

cheesesarnie · 15/03/2008 21:13

i know a shay-lovely name!

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FrannyandZooey · 15/03/2008 21:13

oh I like Blythe!
oh i forgot that
I like Blythe more than Chay tbh
is it pronounced Shay then?

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toffetoes · 15/03/2008 21:12

I named my little one chay as it's very interesting and different even tho' a lot of people call him SHAY! (which really gets to me)

Tutter · 15/03/2008 21:12

good lord franny, angel???

Walnutshell · 15/03/2008 21:12

Malachi
Nadav
Elan

StripeyMama · 15/03/2008 21:12

Caleb
Shea
Kestrel
Malachi/Malachy
Tawny

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