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Can you help me find a traditional name that no one has used yet????

141 replies

Jackaroo · 14/03/2009 12:11

We are fairly late having our latest DS, and everyone else we know has already had their second, if not third. They have "taken" most of the popular boys names.

I never imagined having more than one son (no idea why) and so have never had more than the one name I was really attached to. So, we've used that for DS1.

I just want a strong traditional name, that has similar impact to first DS, and I want to really like it. As per LittleMissWorryHead's posting, I'm really worried that it will be such a compromise that it will end up being a problem forever...

So the following are off our joint list but sort of the right lines
Dan/iel
Nic/olas
Jo/seph
Ben/
Will/

To give you an idea, a friend has just called their son Felix. I don't think i would have chosen it, but it's a traditional name but not common iyswim......

I'm very worry that at the moment our list has two names on it, and neither of us is super keen on either of them:

Leo
Henry

Am I making any sense at all, is this just too boring for anyone else to bother with??!!

All idea gratefully received......

J

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Mumcentreplus · 14/03/2009 14:40

Evelyn...if you dare

jellybeans · 14/03/2009 14:40

I like Quentin, very nice name.

LynetteScavo · 14/03/2009 14:39

Now Hugo is a fine name...............

jellybeans · 14/03/2009 14:38

I like
Leo
Zachary
Peter
Ryan
Max
Jake/Jacob
Samuel
Nathan
Joel
Euan

annasmami · 14/03/2009 14:37

Lynette, neither dh nor I are English (although living in UK for past 16 years), so perhaps we have different associations with names. We've generally had really positive comments about Quentin ... it is also a name that imo travels well (important for us with family abroad).

thumbwitch · 14/03/2009 14:36

Richard
Peter
Stephen
Bartholomew
Anthony
Lawrence
Alfred
Wilbur
Michael
Paul
Graham
Greg ory
Simon
Julian

Heated · 14/03/2009 14:36

Patrick
Edward
Giles
Arthur
Nialls
Hugo

othersideofchannel · 14/03/2009 14:32

I like Quentin. Here in France it's very popular and has been in the top 10 for several years. Pronounced slightly differently though.

LynetteScavo · 14/03/2009 14:30

Oh, don't be - we cant' all call our DS James.

LynetteScavo · 14/03/2009 14:29
Blush
annasmami · 14/03/2009 14:28

I have actually used it - it's my ds's name

LynetteScavo · 14/03/2009 14:19

There is a reason nobody has used Quentin.

annasmami · 14/03/2009 14:18

Quentin

MadamDeathstare · 14/03/2009 13:11

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Podrick · 14/03/2009 13:08

Ned
Perry
Percy
Cecil
Sidney
Clement
Stanley
Rufus

TinySocks · 14/03/2009 13:08

Jonathan
Michael
Justin
Adrian

OrmIrian · 14/03/2009 13:06

Joshua
Edmund
Leon

subtlemouse · 14/03/2009 13:04

David

CaptainKarvol · 14/03/2009 13:04

Edgar?

KateF · 14/03/2009 13:03

Someone further up mentioned Nathaniel-great name and Nat is a good nickname.

KateF · 14/03/2009 13:02

Richard, Giles, Sebastian, Marcus, Andrew?

CountessDracula · 14/03/2009 12:47

Julius
Cornelius
Adam

or if you want to be really sure

Roger
Reginald
Keith
etc

beanieb · 14/03/2009 12:44

Jethro

notsoteenagemum · 14/03/2009 12:42

Julien/Jude

notsoteenagemum · 14/03/2009 12:41

Maxwell/Max?