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your favourite unusual boy's name

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hairymelons · 06/06/2010 13:02

Tell me so I can steal it please!

DS2 due oct- DH hates the ones I like (Jude, Gabriel) because he says they are girly . He likes Edward and George, which are ovely names but I think I'd like something a bit more unusual.

I also love Seamus (my family is Irish) but it sounds odd with our very English surname!

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Louplet · 13/06/2010 18:31

Raphael
Rory
Leander
Clovis
Byron
Rowan
Raven
Jasper

LaserWidow · 12/06/2010 16:05

Cuthbert
Lyle
Travis (but not if your surname is Perkins)
Fergus
Lennox
Sylvester
Irving
Gillespie
Spencer
Rowland
Magnus

I actually really liked Marcus for our DS but it wasn't selected in DH's list of names he liked culled from an old book of baby names. They do put the kibosh on a lot of mummies' choices, don't they? My father told my mum that she had the final say on names, as she was the one "doing all the work". My DH is less enlightened...

boogywoogy · 11/06/2010 13:50

Murray
Tate

TizzyNo1 · 11/06/2010 13:47

My friend has a Basil and a Herbie! I like Seamus but don't want to be thought of as Oirish (even though we both have Irish dads).

BigMommaOfAlmost4 · 11/06/2010 13:34

So glad some others like Eden for a boy. I am having a running battle with DH about that name at the moment for DS3 due next month. We already have 3 unusual 'E's (have a DD as well as 2 DSs), the DSs names have been listed on this thread as well.

'Eden' reminds me of a handsome, dark haired, kind & gentle man (just like DH actually but don't tell him that!). So many people are saying it's a girls name though .

Cortina · 11/06/2010 10:06

Also like Lucius and Lucas.

Cortina · 11/06/2010 09:51

Dorian
Balthazar - another vote for this
Ambrose - as above
Hamish
Valentine
Quentin
Julius
Ptolemy
Octavius

LuluF · 11/06/2010 00:11

meadowlarks - Marlon is cool because of Marlon Brando - but it always reminds me of The Perishers.

Fabhead - Jago is pronounce Jay-go and if Inago is the same as Inigo (as in Jones) then it's In-i-go (middle i pronounce as phonetic i, not the letter name - if that makes any sense at all?)

SoMuchToBits · 10/06/2010 23:51

Ozias (my great, great, great grandfather's name)
Absalom
Alvar

SalFresco · 10/06/2010 23:34

I love Balthazar
DH refused to entertain it for either DS
If we ever have DS3, he will be Brodie.
Also love Asa, and Jarvis

mathanxiety · 10/06/2010 22:26

Isaiah
Balthazar
Casimir
Clement
Arnaud/ Arno

and most Irish names

Teapot13 · 10/06/2010 19:42

Leander

It turned out we didn't have a boy, but it would have been hard to use because I was afraid people would have said Leen-der instead of Lee-an-der.

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hairymelons · 10/06/2010 18:44

Ah, Percy is cute.

Claire, just pick a name you love and you think your child can live with/ up to. If you love Kester then go for it- you'll never please everyone so you may as well please yourselves.

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Meglet · 10/06/2010 12:59

Hector
Bruno
Percy
Jasper
Jarvis

MadAboutTrifle · 10/06/2010 12:51

My faves from when I was expecting my 2 DS but never got to use them are:

Ethan
Kiran
Kian
Tyler
Connor
Callum
Liam

I know a Quest, which I think is great, very US soap

fabhead · 10/06/2010 10:33

I've got a Mack which I love.

How do you pronounce Jago and Inago?

I need a ds3 name o loving this thread, my kind of names.

Don't know why the William/Thomas/James (not that there is anything wrong wihh these names, just not unusaul enough for me) people come on these threads - will only upset them.

meadowlarks · 09/06/2010 21:00

claire - I like Kester but it sort of reminds me of Kestrel, and Hester. But if you like it, go for it.

My guilty pleasure: I love Marlon Brando and would like Marlon if it weren't so chavvy nowadays. You could really only get away with it in 40's USA.

shoshe · 09/06/2010 20:16

Mindees brand new bay brother is Jago, Mum and Dad are both Cornish.

claire196 · 09/06/2010 20:00

Kester has long been top of my list but also love:
Toby
Marlo
Percy
Kenan
Dylan
Arlen
Max

I love unusual names but this being my first I'm worried about picking something too weird or pretentious.. any advice/reassurance? How do people feel about Kester?

meadowlarks · 09/06/2010 14:17

thisisyesterday - I never made that connection before. I'm thankful I gave up on Jude a while ago now.

bebejones · 08/06/2010 21:57

Love Gabriel & Jude, on my list also!

Also like:
Xavier
Ezekiel
Issac
Tighe
Hunter

all except Hunter will probably be vetoed by DH should we ever have a DS!

Pekkala · 08/06/2010 21:48

Jago

Chathappy · 08/06/2010 21:34

I love the name Sawyer - it is popular in america but not so much here.

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hairymelons · 08/06/2010 20:04

TIY, that sent a shiver down my spine Was thinking Jude the Obscure/Hey Jude, didn't make the connection at all. Seems rather obvious now...

Lovely suggestions everyone, thanks. Have a huge list of contenders now. Am still secretly hoping for Gabriel but don't think DH will shift.

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Amarilis · 08/06/2010 15:06

My short list for boys is

Kit
Monty
Arlo
Ted

Arlo being the fav at the moment...

My brother is a Tobias which I love too...