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Eden or Etienne for a boy??

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BigMomma3 · 03/02/2010 19:28

Too pretentious, too girly??

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TheBossofMe · 03/02/2010 20:10

Eden definitely a girl's name

Etienne is fab, but might sound an odd choice if you aren't French

MrsBadger · 03/02/2010 20:04

Euan

Ondine · 03/02/2010 20:04

Eden is too established as a girl's name now, I wouldn't use it for a boy.

Etienne I love, it's my favourite name, really beautiful but..... In reality it would be a difficult name to live with. I decided it was too much unless you're French. Good middle name though.

What about;
Emmanual
Stefan
Gabriel

bluebump · 03/02/2010 19:57

I went to school with an Eden and he hated his name and always called himself Eddie.

itchyandscratchy · 03/02/2010 19:56

if you already know he's gay then it's ideal

mrsjamesmartin has some good ones by the looks of it.

My french friends have a ds called Enzio which is treated as very unusual there as it's italian.

i quite like Elian

reup · 03/02/2010 19:55

I know 2 female Edens (one 45 and one 5) and a 3 year old male Eden.

The funniest thing about the 5 year old girl Eden is that she has a sister called Eve. Sadly no Adam as a brother.

zapostrophe · 03/02/2010 19:55

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NinthWave · 03/02/2010 19:54

Eustace
Elwood
Eliot
Eric
Emmett
Emmanuel

spongebrainbigpants · 03/02/2010 19:54

Some here .

MrsJamesMartin · 03/02/2010 19:53

Elliot
Ethan
Edward
Edmund
Ezra
Elijah
Eli
Emrys
Emmanuel
Emmet
Ethelred
Ezekiel
Ephraim

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BigMomma3 · 03/02/2010 19:50

No am not French! Just love that name but yeah it is pretentious!

Am upset about Eden though, am sure I have seen it as a boys name somewhere.

Anyone any other ideas for unsual boys name beginning with E (and yes it has be E!)

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 03/02/2010 19:34

Second that Eden is too girly, and what's wrong with Stephen/Steven? Unless, as MrsBadger says, you're actually French.

spongebrainbigpants · 03/02/2010 19:33

Eden is a girl's name, no?

Etienne - he won't thank you for it, unless he's going to be an interior designer!

MrsBadger · 03/02/2010 19:31

eden too girly

etienne too pretentious unless you are actually Fr