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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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FionaSH · 06/06/2010 19:27

Kit. I love the name Kit. Wasn't allowed that either. DH has NO imagination.

skatpot · 06/06/2010 19:20

Isambard.

yomellamoHelly · 06/06/2010 19:19

Christopher and Peter popped into my head. One of our sons is Guy which isn't v common either.

Takver · 06/06/2010 19:16

Three shortenings for Christopher:

Kester
Kit
Christy

We only have a dd, so no, didn't get to use any of them.

cece · 06/06/2010 19:12

John

sedgiebaby · 06/06/2010 18:43

Gabriel, Kenan, Caleb, Kier, Angelo, Titus

lidofabiro · 06/06/2010 18:39

Rufus

scottishmummy · 06/06/2010 18:37

cosmo and hector are getting popular.know a cosmo and hector. like those names

LynetteScavo · 06/06/2010 18:36

Hector
Cosmo
Hugo
Bruce.

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hairymelons · 06/06/2010 18:35

Oops. Just Jarvis, not Jarvis Cocker- freudian slip!

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hairymelons · 06/06/2010 18:34

Think Vincent is splendid too- don't like Vinny or Vince though

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hairymelons · 06/06/2010 18:33

Ah, buckie from a brown paper bag, what more could you want for your offspring?

So Skanky, Plooky & Bawbag are on the list too now...

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hairymelons · 06/06/2010 18:30

Oh these are brilliant. Spot the literary types!

My dad is Patrick so it's under consideration, I like Paddy as nn.

Elvis is really cute.

Love Aubrey & Jarvis Cocker too, now on the list. Keep 'em coming!

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scottishmummy · 06/06/2010 18:28

ned in scotland =skanky,plooky bawbag.not a good choice. stand oot and shout "ned come in fir yer tea" you'll hurl when you see what stoats in your door

resplendent in it formerly white,now manky shell suit.wi a fag and some buckie

Tobermory · 06/06/2010 18:27

If DC2 was a boy we would have used Tobias.
Also loved Gabriel and Oscar.

tummytickler · 06/06/2010 18:16

Amos - we named ds this!

Others are
Obadiah (dh says no)
Mordecai
Mortimer
Cedric
Bernard
Cosmo

Tolalola · 06/06/2010 18:08

Orlando
Caleb

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specialsmasher · 06/06/2010 18:02

Ambrose

I absolutely love it. Dh thinks it's even more girly than Rowan...

Gorgeous, isn't it??????

FionaSH · 06/06/2010 18:01

Ooooo Fitzwilliam. As in Mr Darcy in P&P. Swoon!

specialsmasher · 06/06/2010 17:59

Rowan. My dh thinks it's girly.

Mortimer

seeker · 06/06/2010 17:42

John.
Patrick.

Only one of each in ds's 421 strong school!

Pollyanna · 06/06/2010 17:38

I like Clem (Clement). also suggested Gabriel and Willoughby to dh when ds2 was born - didn't get those past him.

(he is called Edward, which is an achievement given that dh wanted William or Thomas).

MrsJohnDeere · 06/06/2010 17:28

Ludo

foreverastudent · 06/06/2010 17:22

cosmo
tristan
aubery
austin
boyd
oakley
cairn
brae
tiernan
keir
bruno
dempsey
dominic
d oyle
edwin
emmett
owen
jarvis
gene
lawrence
lorne
miller
orson
sawyer
seth
vincent