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Conservative but out there boy name?!

140 replies

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 11:27

So, I’m having a boy. Names-wise, I.Did.Not.Prepare.For.This.

For a girl, I would have punted Céline, Margot, Audrey, Vivienne (Vivi), Anaïs, Genevieve, Bridget etc to DH.

My own name is rare but not a weird name, so I’ve always liked that - people have heard of it, but don’t necessarily know someone else with it.

I’d like a name that was strong, a bit zhuzh-y with a sprinkle of eccentric but also fine for a CEO to be called! Does it exist?

This is our first. We have a double-barrelled aggregate four syllable surname, but I’d pick a vanilla-ish middle name so the whole name wasn’t totally nuts.

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Meem321 · 10/05/2025 14:15

Aubrey

PiggyPigalle · 10/05/2025 14:14

Julius
Julian

CrispieCake · 10/05/2025 14:11

In terms of the "conservative" part of the brief:

Nicholas
Justin
Horatio
Francis
Hugo
Rufus
Bertram
Lucian
Roderick

MissFenellaPrism · 10/05/2025 14:07

Darren
Lee
Ralph
Roger
Anthony
Norbert
Irving
Leslie

RareMaker · 10/05/2025 13:58

Tarquin

JustAnotherDayWorkingAtHome · 10/05/2025 13:55

Xavier

Hyperbowl · 10/05/2025 13:52

Fabien or Laurent but I think the latter has already been mentioned.

vintagecrow · 10/05/2025 13:51

Armund
Emund
Joar
Eldar
Finn
Aslak
Freyr
Alfred
Ralf
Joaquin

ChocolateCinderToffee · 10/05/2025 13:51

Geoffrey
Ambrose
Gabriel
Didier
Benedict

Chocolatebuttonanyone · 10/05/2025 13:38

Julian
Guy

MissFenellaPrism · 10/05/2025 13:36

Percival
Lancelot
Clifford
Aubrey

seeinginthedark · 10/05/2025 13:36

Iolo

Laurence

Edwin

Ruskin

MissFenellaPrism · 10/05/2025 13:34

Terrance
Gerald
Hugh
Victor

merryhouse · 10/05/2025 13:33

Ludovic.

I like the suggestion of Inigo. It doesn't have to have a diminutive.

(though you could always use Incy-Wincy Grin)

fuckislessoffensivethanpardon · 10/05/2025 13:30

Really @GoldenRosebee? Anthony Eden, Eden, Ted Heath, David Cameron, Theresa May , John Stuart, Spencer Perceval, Stanley Baldwin , Cecil Parkinson... all Conservative and Unionist politicians.

HugoYorway · 10/05/2025 13:25

@fuckislessoffensivethanpardon , I didn't think those were suitable as first names. Although some could be considered 'out there', it would not be in the right way.

mnahmnah · 10/05/2025 13:16

Xander

GoldenRosebee · 10/05/2025 13:09

fuckislessoffensivethanpardon · 10/05/2025 13:04

You forgot Johnson, Balfour, Churchill, Thatcher 🤮, Major, Truss🤮🤮, Sunak and Disraeli 😜

You're seeing things that aren't there.

SwedishEdith · 10/05/2025 13:08

Has anyone actually suggested Boris? Ha ha but fits the brief.

SwedishEdith · 10/05/2025 13:07

Oh, yes, to Isambard. What a name! I always wanted an Amadeus. Wolfgang is great as well.

A pp said old German names. I think that's a good idea. Plus Scandinavian and Russian.

Linus
Soren
Nikita
Love Sasha for a boy but realise it's from Alexander.

fuckislessoffensivethanpardon · 10/05/2025 13:04

HugoYorway · 10/05/2025 12:36

Eden, Heath, Cameron, May , Stuart, Perceval, Stanley, Cecil.

You forgot Johnson, Balfour, Churchill, Thatcher 🤮, Major, Truss🤮🤮, Sunak and Disraeli 😜

MarmiteyCrumpets · 10/05/2025 13:03

Isambard or Ichabod

SwedishEdith · 10/05/2025 13:03

Conrad
Ludovic
Tobias
Paris
Séverin
Etienne
Sylvain
Emmanuel

RatherBeOnVacation · 10/05/2025 13:03

I love the boys name Ivo (pronounced eye-vo).

I had three girls so annoyingly couldn’t use it!!!

Oceangrey · 10/05/2025 13:00

Raphael, Tristan, Magnus and Nathaniel were all on my list. I wish I'd gone for Tristan actually.