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so it turns out I need more boy name ideas

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thisisyesterday · 17/04/2009 20:10

despite having a relatively lengthy list dp is not keen on most of them and some have even been crossed off

current list is something like this:

Richey
Beau
Nico
Lars
Robin
Levi

so any ideas of a similar ilk much appreciated. I'm going crazy now. poor third baby, we've used up all the good names already :D

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lockets · 18/04/2009 23:10

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janeite · 18/04/2009 23:08

Some v nice girls' names there:
Beatrice - lovely
Matilda - lovely
Mavis - not lovely but I do quite like Maeve
Frances - yes
Astrid - yes
Primrose - yes
Ramona - No: it sounds lie a cheap hotel chain or a car, imho, sorry.
Zelda - no
Frieda - yes

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 23:08

oooh what about Asa for a boy?

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 23:05

this is very true.

Oh, I have my girl list here too, I knew I had forgotten some off it the other day

Beatrice
Matilda
Mavis
Frances
Astrid
Primrose
Ramona
Zelda
Frieda

it is too long and needs narrowing down

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InTheScrum · 18/04/2009 23:04

I know 2 male Robins, no girls. I do like it. Both have brothers - one is Fergus and the other Eric.
I'm not sure about Richey. I know 2 of them and both are very chavvy.

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BiscuitStuffer · 18/04/2009 23:02

Levi reminds me of a bouncer of a club
Beau to me is very girly
Nico is italian sounding
Richey is a bit boy next door with big curly hair

I'm crap at names but off the top of my head:
Amos
Sol
Kit
Jonnie

SuziSeis · 18/04/2009 22:58

i am liking Robin a lot

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janeite · 18/04/2009 22:55

I like Rowan - dd2 would have been Rowan had she been a boy.

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 22:44

alberich is very cool actually
and I do like Lucian but then i'll have the whole looshun/looseeun thing won't i??? lol

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gauly · 18/04/2009 22:40

"DP isn't keen on Richey because he doesn't want a name that sounds like it has been shortened, but neither of us are keen on Richard.
I wonder if it could be short for anything else? "

There's lots of German names ending in "rich" (though it is pronounced rick), eg. Ulrich, Heinrich, Dietrich, Friedrich, Alberich, ...

Otherwise Eric I guess.

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 22:32

Noah is good, but is it a bit too "of the moment"?

will have to work on dp a bit more to get Richey truly into the running I fear.
although, like I said the other day, he can always change it when he's older if he hates it can't he?

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thumbwitch · 18/04/2009 22:30

also can be unisex but I like that too

Phoenix · 18/04/2009 22:30

Like Rowan and Beau.

I've got a Lewis and am having a Noah

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 22:28

i am quite liking Rowan too

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thumbwitch · 18/04/2009 22:20

I know 2 male Robins and 1 female Robin (all spelled the same). AFAIK none of them were given any grief for having a unisex name. Robin can be a nn for Robert or a name in its own right.

Richie - no. Too much like Richie Cunningham from Happy Days (oops, age showing again) - you could have Ralph of Potsy instead? Or even Fonzie?
I can't think of another long form for Richie other than Richard - Richmal came to mind but that's a girl's name. I suppose there is Richmond but no.

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 19:52

ahh the Robyn thing doesn't bother me, think the name has always been unisex, and we do know a couple of girl Robyns, but no boys.

DP isn't keen on Richey because he doesn't want a name that sounds like it has been shortened, but neither of us are keen on Richard.
I wonder if it could be short for anything else?

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DiamondHead · 18/04/2009 19:40

It would bother me that Robyn is popular girls name these days, particularly in the States.

Richey would be cool short for Richard. Really unusual for that generation.

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thisisyesterday · 18/04/2009 19:32

hmmm so Robin is a good one then? I do love it, and I don't know any boy Robins.

the Levi thing is cos I love Primo Levi

liking Benedict, Soren (had that on the list last time actually) and Elijah

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BabyBaby123 · 18/04/2009 18:26

i don't like Robin or Lars. Not keen on Levi - the rest are all okay but it's personal preference, isn't it? None of them are awful

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