What about Idris?

[brandysoakedbitch]

or Aurelian or something else?

Have rather unexpectedly found myself probably (cord was a bit in the way) expecting another boy... I was absolutely convinced it was a girl so didn't have a boys name at the ready.

We already have a Corin and a Lucian

And most of the boys names I like sound like the names of my other boys

I can't pronounce Idris.
DS rides bus with an Idris & I just can't get it (thicko). I can barely hear how DS is trying to tell me it "should" be said.
Must be ready for thickos like me, if nothing else.

Idris is not bad, prefer Ianto though

How about Alban, Bryn or Keir?

aaaah, idris elba, mmmmm

(lost in fantasy world and unable to type any more....)

Yes it is lovely, goes very well with Corin and Lucian. I prefer Idris to Aurelian.

Or

Inigo
Magnus
Francis
Hector
Rufus

Yes Idris Elba - beautiful man

and also the name of the dragon that sometimes lives in Ivor the Engines firebox!

It is fabulous!

I know Aurelian seems a bit of a scary name in a way - much as I love it I do feel it is a lot to live up to iykwim - you never know though do you Lucian seemed a bit like that until he came out all fabulous and completely able to live up to such a name.

I do like Magnus, Dh doesn't and i like Rufus too

Really like Hector too

Thank you for suggestions as I do have to find a middle name too - boys names are so much harder than girls

If this DC is a boy then he will be an idris! I love it!

I woud have loved to use Idris. Not brave enough [sigh]

Isn't it just pronounced Id Riss? With a short I like in

Oh thank you - I am brave enough to use it!

Yes it is just Id-riss

To be honest I am so so in shock that it is a boy I can barely think straight so if I can get a name in mind I can start to get my head around it/

Could be either Welsh or Arabic (Gaddafi deposed King Idris).

i shall stop fanning myself long enough to say i think it's a really nice strong straightforward name that goes well with your other 2 but is different enough to be distinct from them (whereas the 'an at the end of aurelian alongside the 'in' of corin and and the 'an' of lucian might make them all sound a bit themey as a group? does that make any sense?)

I think Idris Elba is and Idrissa actually - bit too girly for me though

Albany
Clarence
Frederick
Caspar
Arcturus

Yes Mrs Ravelstein that was my thinking - I have a weakness for nice latin names you see and it would all be a bit themey if I could get away with it - alos I have a lot of children and when I call them I constantly mix then up (sometimes with the dog too ) so too much alike you lead me to even more confusion.

Difficult because I do like a flowery name in a boy but one cannot condemn ones sons to poofy names eh?

I think Idris sort of bridges the gap between unusual but useuable and nice on a grown man

Love Idris. Ds might have been Idris as the first (of many) mountain I climbed was % Cadair Idris.

Frederick (this is because I had a gerbil called Freddy) and Caspar are too commonly used for my taste

I like Arcturus - never ever heard of it but like it

Arcturus (iirc) is the latin for Arthur.

Idris is absolutely lovely.

ooh I see it is a star as well - I would certainly consider that as a middle name - we have erred on the side of flamboyance for middle names!

I thought it would be a much more mixed reception of this name - feel quite happy that everyone seems so positive about it

My DH absolutely loves it

I love Idris! Or what about Rhidian?

I know a Rhidian actually and that is a wonderful name. He is a very fabulous creature - really very eccentric and a wonderful namesake - the problem with it is that that terrible albino looking chap who is a singer also springs to mind [shudders] - did he win an ex factor, something like that but he give me the willies

No, there's something about the short I, there's more than one short I sound, I keep saying the wrong one and DS keeps getting X trying to correct me. I think he has given up on me, now.

Oh no, maybe it's the D, which syllable that goes with... like you say ID riss not Ih-Driss, but whatever it is, I can't get it right (the shame).

There are other nice Welsh names, no? I quite like Rodrig (Alain, Gareth...)

Do you think it is eye-driss maybe - I can see how some one would think that