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Short go-anywhere boys' names. Adam? Simon?

166 replies

MrsBadger · 27/09/2009 14:43

we have tight criteria and are low on ideas.

Must be one or two syllables, not too easy to shorten and not an abbreviation of a longer classic (so not Tom, Ben, Joe).

Erring slightly on the side of poncey rather than ch modern or unique.

So far ideas include
Adam
Simon
John (tentative as is an uncle)
Alex (tentative due to Alex / Alexander rows)

wish we could use James but is already bagged.

middle name will be Henry, surname is one long syllable (think Stone or Rowe).

bring it on, oh wise MNers...

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performancegirl · 29/09/2009 20:51

Dylan

wheresmymillionaire · 29/09/2009 20:45

Alec?

Herecomesthesciencebint · 29/09/2009 20:31

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jmontan27 · 29/09/2009 20:30

Cyrus? Cyrus Henry seems to go well...

ViktoriaMac · 29/09/2009 20:30

George gets my vote. Hardly ever shortened (that I know of) and having been a teacher for 8 years have never taught a George so can't be that popular.

lostinfrance · 29/09/2009 20:28

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jkklpu · 29/09/2009 20:27

Marcus

JentlyDoesIt · 29/09/2009 20:25

Ivan?

Tis DS's name and we love it coz it can't be shortened. He is Ivan David and the surname is one syllable (sorry sp) too.

BellaBear · 29/09/2009 20:14

Love Seth, but then we have a Seth!

helpYOUiWILL · 29/09/2009 20:04

ethan

zac

ian

scott

kian

kerian

shockers · 29/09/2009 19:53

I met a lovely canoe instructor on holiday(with DH) named Jethro...

shockers · 29/09/2009 19:51

I LOVE Jude!

pinknosedevereux · 29/09/2009 19:43

What about Stuart or Paul? Can't believe noone else mentioned. If not I love Miles and Owen, Robert, Craig?, Ross?( friends image must have died by now) I love boys names!

maniacbug · 29/09/2009 19:41

Richard (know 2, neither ever shortened)
Justin (shortened only to J)
Toby
Thomas
Gordon (on a 5-yr-old boy, unexpected but v. sweet!)

Hmm, having realised that the latter 3, particularly in combination with Henry, at risk of sounding like a roll-call on the Island of Sodor, I just grabbed a Thomas the Tank Engine book to look for others... Assuming Diesel and Rocky outside remit how about Edward? Duncan? Spencer? Arthur? Fergus?

HopeForTheBestExpectTheWorst · 29/09/2009 19:21

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viennesewhirl · 29/09/2009 19:09

Noah
Lev
Leo
Seth
Eli

verygreenlawn · 29/09/2009 19:00

I think someone also already mentioned Owen - my lovely nephew's name, and I don't know any others. Owen Henry has a lovely ring to it.

pointydoug · 29/09/2009 18:55

I really don't like Oliver.

SO janeite and I - who know a lot about names - choose Mark

janeite · 29/09/2009 18:48

I don't like Brendan, sorry. Or Evan.

Oliver is lovely. Mark is the best so far though: it's a good, solid name but not too over-used. I still love Adam too.

Seth is, in my vho, hideous.

verygreenlawn · 29/09/2009 18:43

Oh I'm so pleased so many of you seem to like my ds1's name - big hint, one of the writers of the gospel! - surprisingly pretty unusual now, yet his class is full of Olivers, Callums, and Oscars! (no offence to anyone loving those names, it's just funny that now the plain old-fashioned names are becoming quite unusual).

Ondine · 29/09/2009 18:38

What about Haydn?

Might be a bit alliterative with Henry though.

Romanarama · 29/09/2009 18:30

Rodric, Hector, Edward, Fergus, Justin,

(I went to a really posh school, so am just listing teenage boyfriends )

Peter, Julian, Thomas, Ralph,

pointydoug · 29/09/2009 18:29

Top names for you are Mark and Evan. Well, that's what I say.

Brendan could also fit the bill.

scarlotti · 29/09/2009 18:21

We're expecting DS2 in about 5 weeks and I want a Welsh one this time (Dh is Scottish) but he's given the restriction that it must be pronouncable and spellable given we don't live in Wales.

We have:

Dylan
Morgan
Ioan

on the list at the moment and are warming to Dylan.
Am with you re future choice - for me the name has to pass the QC test as any name can be a brickie!