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Mission Impossible- find me a boy's name conforming to (my) strict criteria...

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CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 13:54

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a name (or names) for my son (due January, plenty of time yet). This is no ordinary namequest- there are strict criteria to adhere to...

  • no Top 50 names( I do not wish my child to be known as xxxx G. throughout his schooldays, I would prefer he was the only one in the school with his name)

  • cannot begin with 'G' or 'J' (surname issues) or 'R' (DH pronunciation issues)

  • no biblical names (I am a fervent atheist, DH is buddhist)

  • Unusual, but not wacky

We are m/c academic types, I am not an earth mother, nor a lentil-weaver (sadly); we are also quite removed from popular culture. I am therefore never likely to name my child 'Celestin' or 'Zaphod'...

...or Guybrush.

Or Neo.

This thread will self destruct in 30 days (judging by the number of name threads at present),
TIA

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TwoWindyDays · 09/08/2008 14:31

Robert
Perry

vesela · 09/08/2008 11:35

I'd suggest Victor, like a couple of other people. Good in both English and French.

oysterpots · 09/08/2008 08:13

Jackson??

Flossyjim · 08/08/2008 14:49

Zane
Spike
Frank
Denny
Barney

I know you'll probably think they sound like dogs names, but I like them. Not popular, but not too whacky.

3andnomore · 08/08/2008 14:28

my sons are called:
Flynn
Yannic
Sven

other names that might work:
Bailey
Kaden
Henrik
Mitchell
Miles

oysterpots · 08/08/2008 14:10

Arthur? (welsh) Lots of Arthurs in Europe but pronounced Ar-tooor in French and German.

Albert? not too problematic with the 'r' I shouldn't think?

Ernest? Ernie? Ahhh.

PuppyMonkey · 08/08/2008 10:46

Another vote for sebastian here.

laidbackinengland · 08/08/2008 10:44

How about Claude or Emile ?

Boobz · 08/08/2008 10:34

This is a brilliant thread! I love loads of names on here.

My vote is for Dashiell (Pronounced Dash-ul). As in Dashiell Hammett, the American author. Dashiell was his mother's maiden name.

I love it.

zsos · 08/08/2008 03:19

Lucas - Kyle - Aiden - Winston - Willson

cremolafoam · 05/08/2008 19:36

Clem
Monty
Keith
Pascal
Pablo
Xavier
Oliver
Elliot

TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 19:28

Declan

themildmanneredjanitor · 05/08/2008 18:33

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mustsleep · 05/08/2008 18:32

dalerex ... watchin too much bbchesterjamiewillgood luck we are struggling with boys names too

blueshoes · 05/08/2008 18:27

dorian
tristan

norkmaiden · 05/08/2008 18:16

Luca?

Quattrocento · 05/08/2008 18:04

Hector, Marcus, Finton, Barnaby, Barnabus,

BTW googled the names to avoid for you - here they are:

  1. Jack
  2. Thomas
  3. James
  4. Joshua
  5. Daniel
  6. Harry
  7. Samuel
  8. Joseph
  9. Matthew
10. Callum 11. Luke 12. William 13. Lewis 14. Oliver 15. Ryan 16. Benjamin 17. George 18. Liam 19. Jordan 20. Adam 21. Alexander 22. Jake 23. Connor 24. Cameron 25. Nathan 26. Kieran 27. Mohammed 28. Jamie 29. Jacob 30. Michael 31. Ben 32. Ethan 33. Charlie 34. Bradley 35. Brandon 36. Aaron 37. Max 38. Dylan 39. Kyle 40. Reece 41. Robert 42. Christopher 43. David 44. Edward 45. Charles 46. Owen 47. Louis 48. Alex 49. Joe 50. Rhys
TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 17:56

ok have googled, is very very Biblical Not a Bible character tho, just a book!

TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 17:54

Jovian
Gregory

TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 17:53

is it Biblical? oops, sorry bout that, I am a bit vague, which bit? its a Roman Emperor

Collision · 05/08/2008 16:04

Titus is very Biblical!

and think of the jokes with his name!

Nice sounding name though.

frazzledoldbag34 · 05/08/2008 15:50

Allardyce?

(ok not serious)

Titus is fabulous though!
There was a Polish character called Titus in that Juliet Stevenson film - 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' wasn't there? Maybe not the best character to name a baby after though on second thoughts - think he was a plumber??!!! (nothing against plumbers obviously).

Kit is a fab name too (one of my girls has a name that we shorten to Kit) so love it (but also know a little boy called Kit and he is gorgeous).

TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 12:38

Trajan
Juvens

TwoBigNorks · 05/08/2008 12:35

Agamemnon
Edward
Titus

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 05/08/2008 12:27

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