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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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CantSleepWontSleep · 04/08/2008 14:26

Ok, I think I know who you are , but your 'surname issues' comment has me a little confused.

Will give it more thought.

Can't guarantee to recognise every name that was ever mentioned in the bible though!

TillyScoutsmum · 04/08/2008 14:24

I would say Cay-dell (more Welsh)

Quite popular antipodean name and the pronunciation is then more Ka-dell

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 14:24

Lysander has a strange meaning.

Lionel makes me think Blair.

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frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 14:21

Lysander?

Lionel?

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 14:20

Is Cadell- cay-dell or cuh-dell please?

I also work in education, so many names have associations for me, which mean I couldn't use them... eg 'Marcus'

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blithedance · 04/08/2008 14:20

Thinks literature:

Cedric
Brian
Maurice
Oswald
Lucas
Albert
and of course Ivan(hoe)

frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 14:20

Columbus?

Hugh? (or Huw)

Oscar (have I already said that, can't remember)

Felix

MascaraOHara · 04/08/2008 14:19

Wyatt

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 14:17

I love the name Hector- but not impressed with how he met his end

Umm- would prefer not in bible at all tbh

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blithedance · 04/08/2008 14:17

Marcus
Kingsley
Victor
Stewart
Alan/Aled

TheLadyofShalott · 04/08/2008 14:16

When you say 'no biblical names', do you mean nothing that's in the bible at all, even if it's become mainstream like Paul, Matthew, Andrew, or just the OT -T- type names like Malachi and Ichabod.....

frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 14:16

Tarquin?

Hercules

Harvey

Cornelius?

TillyScoutsmum · 04/08/2008 14:16

Dylan
Cadel
Hugo
Atticus

MascaraOHara · 04/08/2008 14:14

I love Seb/Sebastian

frazzledoldbag34 · 04/08/2008 14:13

Ooh yes Otto, that's a good one.

Ferdinand (Ferdy?)
Sebastian
Dominic
Basil
Miles
Stanley?

seeker · 04/08/2008 14:13

Michael
David
Patrick
Anthony
Peter
Simon

I've just realized that all but one are Biblical - but you didn't mean you're banning any name MENTIONED in the Bible, did you? I was assuming you meant not Joshua or Jeddediah.

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 14:12

I love Benoit, but we live in UK now, and people can be funny with 'furrin' names

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Kewcumber · 04/08/2008 14:12

Cantsleep wontsleep - isn';t barnaby just a corruption of Barnabas (and thereofre biblical)

TwoBigNorks · 04/08/2008 14:12

Conrad
Carl
Casper

Dalrymps · 04/08/2008 14:11

Baxter
Dean
Farrell
Hector
Hugh
Marley

I haven't checked if these are in the top 100, i'll leave that up to you.

blithedance · 04/08/2008 14:11

Theo/Reuben unlikely to suit the OP! also isn't Barnaby derivative of Barnabas?

CaptainNancy · 04/08/2008 14:11

Troy would be condemned to a life of being addressed as Twoy

Murdo,Mungo and Alistair - too Scottish- we have Welsh, but no Scots in us.

Barnaby- makes me think Bear

Reuben- biblical, and one in extended family
Theo- again one already in family

Zeus- too godlike!

Guy- can't with surname

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CaptFabioHiltsCatInTheCooler · 04/08/2008 14:11

Fabio

MascaraOHara · 04/08/2008 14:11

Damon

HumphreyPinCushion · 04/08/2008 14:10

Trumpet

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