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Traditional baby boy names

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kittyonthebeam · 05/05/2010 05:48

My husband and I are trying to find a name for our baby boy. We're both traditional and would like a longer name as the family name is short. DH has proposed Harold which I am not so keen on. He has said no to Richard, James, William, Benjamin, Alexander etc.

We're looking for a really old, unusual name. British or Greek. My dd has a name no one else has and we'd like to see if we can find a name for the new arrival that would keep with that.

Please let me know your ideas.

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eatyourveg · 07/05/2010 12:57

Oh yes Percy is great!

Just heard a Basil speak on the radio or is that too reminiscent of a certain fox with a hugely irritating laugh?

giddywithglee · 07/05/2010 11:45

mumofeight I love the name Percy!

swanandduck · 07/05/2010 11:06

Christopher
Matthew
Daniel
Timothy
Peter
David
Laurence
Gregory

mumofeightplusfour · 06/05/2010 22:02

edmund
edward
percy
ernest
stanley
arthur
alfred

PaulinePetrovaPosy · 06/05/2010 21:36

thanks Kitty keep us posted

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kittyonthebeam · 06/05/2010 19:34

Aw, poor you PPP. Hope you're feeling better today! Thanks for the idea! DH back now, must tell him and show him thread.

Many thanks ladies!

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PaulinePetrovaPosy · 05/05/2010 19:49

kitty have had a terrible day with some very sad news but you have just made it much much better !!

Great taste!

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kittyonthebeam · 05/05/2010 19:19

Ooh, so many nice names. It's late for me where I am but will be reading them properly in the morning.

Thank you, lots of food for thought.

Loving Nestor! But our surname starts with a 'N' sound...hmmm...

Anyway, lots of gorgeous and unusual baby names. Thank you!

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fifitot · 05/05/2010 16:43

Edwin.

sonniboo · 05/05/2010 16:40

Love most of these names, although I'm not that keen on Harold. I do love Quentin, Monty and Alexander.

LuluF · 05/05/2010 16:03

Ptolemy is great - there's one at nursery - known as 'Tolly' which I think is nice.

I heard Esmond too, which has grown on me.

weasle · 05/05/2010 15:00

Harold is nice and will be shortened to Harry i would think.

Bartholomew?
Constantine?
Aristotle??
Alexander & Nicholas are nice
Ptolemy is fab, but i don't have the courage

PaulinePetrovaPosy · 05/05/2010 14:36

Hector
Nestor

bigbluebump · 05/05/2010 14:34

We are also still trying to choose a name for our bump. We also have a short surname so don't want a short name/nickname.

My favourites include

Tobias
Quentin
Vincent
Monty (Montgomery)

eatyourveg · 05/05/2010 14:31

I went to school with a Ptolemy (Ptol) his brother was Caesar and there was also a Saul.

I like Rufus but it is short. Also like Edmund, Horatio (Harry?), Wilberforce (Will) and Alfred

Beasknees · 05/05/2010 14:22

ethelred
cuthbert
vernon
cyril
colin
barry

GuntherMcKilocodie · 05/05/2010 14:20

*thinking not thining

GuntherMcKilocodie · 05/05/2010 14:20

Harold reminds me of Steptoe and Son. Can't hear it without thining of that vile gurning old tramp screaming 'Arold!!

annasophia · 05/05/2010 14:15

Quentin

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kittyonthebeam · 05/05/2010 10:12

It's not that I can't live with 'Harold', it's just that it wouldn't be my first choice and I wondered what you all thought of that anyway. My girlfriends all think it's an old man's name.

I like Howard, Edward, Gregory, Stanley, Clifford,.. must look through lists properly and show DH.

I can't give my dd's name because I'd out myself as no one has used it on MN. It's very old greek, popular around the time of the Delphic Oracle.

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lucy567 · 05/05/2010 10:11

Albert(Albie)

traceybath · 05/05/2010 10:00

Theodore is lovely.

DS2's middle name is Montgomery which I think is lovely.

zaidagal · 05/05/2010 09:59

Theodore (with teddy for short)

My fave - Alexander - although I realize you husband has already said no!

Thadeus

Jonathon

Nicholas

Corneleus (Neely for short - like in the book "a tree grows in brooklyn")

rasputin · 05/05/2010 09:42

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oceryo · 05/05/2010 09:40

Abraham
Donald
Stanley
Clifford
Victor
Philip
Maurice
Walter
Vincent
Sylvester
Joel
Basil
Neil
Elias
Cyrus
Sydney
Eric
Gregory
Maxwell