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What boys names would you use if you had a 'girly' surname?

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FairysAndPixies · 26/04/2011 10:11

I'm pregnant with DC3, our first son, but DH and I are in a bit of a pickle. We have a surname which is quite 'girly' and we don't know what sort of names to put with it! What names would you use with a girly surname?

All sorts of names welcome!
Thank you!

(DDs are Amelia and Olivia if that helps!)

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 26/04/2011 10:27

Male names which ar short and sharp are believed to be the most masculine...like Jack and Jake.....Tom and Fin

If the surname was "Rose" for instance then Jack Rose sounds un-girly...whereas something like "Tristan Rose" sounds a bit poncier....

FanjoForTheMusic · 26/04/2011 11:27

Adam? Seth?

BuntyPenfold · 26/04/2011 11:58

Jon
Jack
Adam

You need it to be unmistakably male, because of registers etc having names in reverse order. My daughter's name was sometimes read as Nathan Rowan instead of Rowan (Elizabeth) Nathan, for example.

MamaLazarou · 26/04/2011 12:21

Bruce or Vincent

IngridFletcher · 26/04/2011 12:22

Butch?

only joking!

BluddyMoFo · 26/04/2011 12:22

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Collision · 26/04/2011 17:30

William
Edward
Henry
Charles

Good strong boy names would be better than softer sounding boys names.

yousankmybattleship · 26/04/2011 17:31

Vlad?

pilates · 26/04/2011 18:39

Arthur
Albert
Freddie
Jack (my fav)

BuntyPenfold · 26/04/2011 20:17

Loving Vlad.

Newgolddream · 26/04/2011 20:19

Luke

squeak2392 · 26/04/2011 20:38

I agree with everyone else. As long as it's unmistakably masculine, the feminine surname shouldn't matter.
Assumedly your DH got on fine with it, so use something in the same style as his.

Maybe you could conjure up an image with the combo. The earlier example, Jack Rose, makes me think of fencing and swordsmen, Three Musketeer kind of thing, so something like that would be good.

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