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

161 replies

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

OP posts:
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Collision · 05/08/2008 12:25

what is your shortlist like now????

jellygirl · 05/08/2008 12:14

Joakim, Albin, Arvid, Tim, Björn, Tobias, Patrick, Bob

ratbunny · 05/08/2008 09:45

love the monkey island ref! so nice to know other people have experienced it. There is a 'Guy' at a group I go to, and it is imposiibly hard not to call him guybrush....

still no help on the names there, sorry

prettybird · 05/08/2008 09:08

Oops - meant Xavier

prettybird · 05/08/2008 09:07

Alexander
Xaxier

Lio · 05/08/2008 08:59

CaptainNancy: I might be going off your dh

I'm guessing he won't like Cosmo, then? Jago? I like all the 'o' names:

Milo
Ludo
Otto (which dh vetoed because of the Bismarck)

jeanjeannie · 05/08/2008 08:50

Well, I know two guys called Haymo (both GORGEOUS btw!) and they're irish. Both are actually academics and come from that sort of background - so I don't know if it's a little known name from way back when in Ireland. It's an odd name - but you know when you meet people with an unusual name and you like them - you sort of end up liking the name too!

pooter · 05/08/2008 08:41

yey - guybrush threepwood!

how about Bobbin Threadbare (did anyone play that dreadful game Loom?) DS was called Bobbin from conception to about 4 months.

How about Wulfric? I think it sounds cool. Taliesin?

CaptainNancy · 05/08/2008 08:35

ratbunny -YES! though in my defence MI is about 20 years old now!

Lio I love, love, LOVE Kester.... but DH vetoed it years ago

JeanGenie Haymo? what origin is that?

So many great suggestions here though- thank you all!

OP posts:
seeker · 05/08/2008 07:46

Patrick
Nicholas
Peter

LOVE Christopher-known-as-Kit whoever suggested that!

ratbunny · 04/08/2008 23:18

isnt not is... not that it makes any difference.

ratbunny · 04/08/2008 23:18

sorry, no help, but is guybrush actually a popular culture reference to a computer game?

Collision · 04/08/2008 23:15

Caspian

Casper

Finlay

Finn

Luca

Lucas

Paolo

Marco

Flavio

Dario

Darius

Marius

Italo

Alfio

brimfull · 04/08/2008 23:14

Lakis

Pierre

Hunter

Stafford

Crawford

Simeon

Anna8888 · 04/08/2008 23:01

Augustin

Anna8888 · 04/08/2008 23:00

Arno
Euan
Bruno

indiemummy · 04/08/2008 22:25

i'm loving ludo and enzo and magnus.

and maybe milo...

cadel evans is an australian cyclist who does very well in the tour de france, it's pronounced 'cuh-DELL' (as in, emphasis on the second syllable)

Roboshua · 04/08/2008 22:14

Dexter

Lio · 04/08/2008 22:00

Kester?

MsDemeanor · 04/08/2008 21:48

Christopher to be known as Kit. Very romantic and dashing, I think.

Hulababy · 04/08/2008 21:44

Unusual names for boys

frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 21:23

Ok so here are some more from me....

Monty
Lindsay
Phillip
Ewan / Euan
Maximillian / Maxwell
Hugo
Jago
Seth

????

pointydog · 04/08/2008 19:19

Vincent

jeanjeannie · 04/08/2008 19:16

Alistair
Fraser
Torquil
Haymo
Ivan (would have used this but had DD!)
vaughn
Hugh
Konstantin

hatrick · 04/08/2008 19:06

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