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Boys names that are out of the ordinary, or related to 'nature'

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chaoskay · 01/04/2008 22:50

We don't know if we are having a girl or a boy and if we have a boy I have no idea what we are going to call him!

Help!

Our first daughter is called Daisy Harriet, and I've decided that if we have a girl the next one will be called Clover (possibly second name, Amelie) - corny I know, but it's because Daisy and Clover grow together. (she says a bit sheepishly).

I love names rooted in nature, but boys names are very hard to come across. I like the name Cyrus (no nature link there at all by the way), but apart from that I'm drawing a blank. I briefly considered the name Leif (kind of norweigian name I think, but it's bordering on sounding too hippy). I don't mind the name Seth, but it reminds me of that old bloke with a flat cap who used to be on Emmerdale.

These are the other names I've considered, but they do have to go with a very boring English surname, so some of them would sound ridiculous.

Lorne
Cassius
Cyrus
Juno
Isaac (meaning laughter)
Oren (tree)
Roden (from the valley of the reeds)
Varden (meaning green)
Merle (meaning blackbird)

Does anyone have any bright ideas?

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shoshe · 02/04/2008 13:30

Paula I throughly agree with you, and by the tim ethe children born now are High Court Judges, no name will be that different.

seeker · 02/04/2008 13:23

Tariq would have been a High Court Judge in Pakistan......

MissPaulaYates · 02/04/2008 12:46

the world of names is soo different to 30 years ago

30 years ago Tariq would not have been a high court judge. now i truly think anything goes

EiWishFor3MoreWishes · 02/04/2008 12:44

im not struck on clover as it reminds me of the margerine but each to their own i suppose
i like the suggestions of isaac, oren, rowan, sol, logan i like oren the best it is unusual but very nice and goes well with daisy also sol is lovely

xx ei xx

hatrick · 02/04/2008 12:40

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Buckets · 02/04/2008 12:28

I'm loving Todd myself, thanks for that one. Waiting for DH's opinion...

morethanmum · 02/04/2008 11:52

Rex - vaguely lionlike. (Lions are natural?)

Dragonbutter · 02/04/2008 11:46

Reef. Nice one.
I know a girl called Oceane. She's french so it's pronounced Oh-shee-an.
I also know a Ciel, french for sky, and think that's lovely.

Surr3ymummy · 02/04/2008 10:37

Leif can be pronounced 2 ways - "Leaf" or "Layf".

Another Norwegian name is Tor - from Thor the god of Thunder, but it's also Scottish for hill - so there's a nature link there.

merryberry · 02/04/2008 10:33

not read whole thread, scuse if already said, we gave ds2 middle name of Linden (tree) could be Den/Denny for short.

Dragonbutter · 02/04/2008 10:29

tree hugging baby names

seeker · 02/04/2008 10:26

I know someone who has two sheepdogs called Moss and Bracken!

seeker · 02/04/2008 10:25

Please not Sonny - how could you be a High Court Judge called Sonny?

Or for that matter, a middle aged man of any occupation?

seeker · 02/04/2008 10:24

James shortened to Jay is lovely

hatrick · 02/04/2008 10:04

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MummyDoIt · 02/04/2008 10:01

I knew someone who had two boys called Moss and Bracken.

Buckets · 02/04/2008 09:56

Reef
Brac
Cayman

Isn't Luka/Lucas Greek for dog or wolf (as in lycanthropy)?

ingles2 · 02/04/2008 09:32

I love Jay,....

cyteen · 02/04/2008 09:29

How about the much-debated Brock?

shoshe · 02/04/2008 09:02

30 years ago I chose what hippy name' (it wasnt) just a bit unusual at the time.

Within a couple of yeasr the Six million Dollar Man was on and it became as common as muck!

Names go around and come around, what is deemed to be 'odd, hippy, unusual now, by the time the child is aadult can often be common place.

So the old addage that the wouldnt be taken serously in later life with a different name really dosnt hold water.

30 yeasr ago you would not have dreamt of giving a child a ' old lady/man name' now it is the norm.

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branflake81 · 02/04/2008 07:37

Agree with Seeker - I think you need to think v carefully before giving your child a wacky, hippy name.

seeker · 02/04/2008 00:06

How about
John
Peter
James
Thomas
Matthew
Andrew
Timothy
Simon
Nicholas
Alexander
William

Most of them are really unusual!

dizzydixies · 01/04/2008 23:49

nairn too

rowingboat · 01/04/2008 23:48

Mungo is cool - the patron saint of Glasgow.
Oh another name is Cairns I used to have an English Literature lecturer called Cairns. It means big heaps of stones.

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