struggling with boys names

[greenhairedmonster]

I am expecting dc3.

we have 2 dds already. have a name (possibly) for dc3 if a girl, but struggling with boys names.

we like unusual (but not in a trendy yoooonique spelling kind of way) names - uncommon, I suppose.

anyway, names we have so far, but I am not convinced I could actually use them are:

Giles
Lyndon
Casimir

We do also like more 'usual' names, such as Edward, Dominic and Thomas but, well, they are just so, I don't know, expected I guess. most of the dd's friends younger brothers are Oliver or William or George.

Casimir is quite nice, though I prefer Caspar/Casper, Cassius or Caspian.

Lyndon and Giles are awful.

Edward, Dominic and Thomas are all nice, but a bit bland.

Thanks.

Giles is a bit love it/hate it. And I think BIL (2nd baby due 4 weeks before dc3) might be thinking of Miles, so that would count it out.

dh won't have Caspar, and while I like Caspian (and might be able to persuade dh as he doesn't hate it), not sure it doesn't just cross the line into try too hard/made up-ness.

agree Edward, Thomas, Dominic etc all a bit bland. nice, but bland.

What about Dashiell?

Not massively keen on your choices, I'm afraid, but I get where you're coming from!

I love Cassisus. Cass is such a cool nn.

Dashiell is also lovely.

Miles
Clement
Gilbert (love this)
Cillian
Silas
Ralph
Arthur
Patrick
Nathaniel
Aneurin (love this)
Benedict
Francis
Lucian
Hugo or Hugh
Asa
Clarence
Herbie

I am having the exact same problem - we are considering:

Fox
Harry
Archie
Huckleberry
Atticus

But to be honest none of them really jumps out as 'clicking'. Boys' names suddenly seem so hard!

thanks again.

Dashiell doesn't grab me, I'm afraid.

Mags - good list, you definitely 'get' where we're coming from. but:

can't use (already used in close family)
Benedict
Miles (potentially)
Cillian
Hugo (and therefore Hugh).

I like (but dh doesn't) Gilbert. Ralph is ok, but I would want it as RaLph (with the 'L') and dh would want 'Rafe'

I love Arthur, but dh won't have it. I also (continuing the theme) love Macsen but already have a Max in the family, so a bit too close.

Patrick is one we both quite like. I am wary of it being shortened though - it is one of those names, like christopher, that everyone seems to feel the need to shorten, and I dislike Pat and Rick/Ricky etc. It is a potential middle name though (as is Lyndon from our current names list, as although both of us like it, it doesn't seem to sit right as a first name)

Workinglate: already have an Archie in the family. Fox and Huckleberry are a bit too 'out there' for me, but I like your style!

Boys names are definitely harder (or seem to be this time around, anyway!)

I quite like Lyndon, although haven't ever met a real life one. Sounds manly and cool to me.

I also like Arthur (altough becoming quite popular round here), Aneurin or how about Quentin (will be name of our bump probably)?

I liked Caspian; it's an established name so far as the Narnia chronicles; I enjoyed the stories of Prince Caspian :o

The was a Lyndon in my class at Uni; he didn't seem to suffer from the name and was a nice guy :)

I know a Lyndon who turned out to be a lying cheating twat

Bart
Louis
Laurence / Laurie (love)
Mathias
Leon
Arlo
Elias
Niall
Chester
Sebastian
Xander
Reuben
Emile
Leander
Jonathan
Raphael
Saul
Wilbur
Eugene

I met a baby Cuthbert the other day

Oh I love Cassius too. Such a beautiful name, and Cass as a nickname is a winner.

definitely prefer Casimir to Cassius. nickname Cass is lovely, I agree.

don't like Aneurin, dh doesn't like Quentin.

Gwen - re: Narnia Caspian. That's exactly why I can't quite bring myself to use it... but I do like it.

Mags - I love Laurence too, but dh vetoed

can't have Sebastian, Leon or Xander (family names, or too close to family names).

I like Jonathan, dh doesn't (he likes John, I don't)

at Cuthbert. We did ponder over Bertram for a while, but would end up known as Bertie, and so crossed it off as think Bertram would be thought of as trying hard to have a cutesy nickname without using Albert/Herbert etc.

How about Cassian?

Sorry to hear you got a rotten Lyndon Echidna

Cassian is edging towards made up, imo (apologies if it isn't)

dh is now saying he prefers Caspian to Casimir, which is just all round, as he initially wouldn't even consider it. and I still reckon it's a bit named-after-place/made up to actually use.

He has also come up with Aldwyn - which is ok, but not really grabbing me.

Edwin
Winston
Seth
Wilfred
Amos
Hardy
Conrad
Stefan
Louis
Vincent
Francis

Giles is fab.

Wyatt
Lloyd
Cosimo
Maurice
Otto
Neil
Kenneth
Walter (nn Waldo)
Roscoe
Gene
Terence
Raymond
Leon
Simeon

Berry
Garth

hadn't thought of Aldy as a shortening

not keen on names which are (to me) middle aged man ie Kenneth, Terence, Raymond, Gene.

dh doesn't like anything which is (or can be/sounds) unisex, so Francis is out.

Is Berry short for anything? dh loves Perry (Peregrine) but I am not convinced.

I quite like Edwin (prefer Edgar), and do like Conrad but dh doesn't.

Edward and Thomas fine.

Giles is a bit of a 'Tory joke' name, I think.
Lyndon - not fond
Casimir - ooh no: sounds like a name for fake cashmere
Aldwyn is awful
Quite like Perry but a) I had a rat called it and b) Kevin and Perry

Edmund?
Fabian?
Julian?

I am not convinced I could actually use them

Good-don't! Edward or Thomas are lovely.

Crispin is nice.

or Kester

Jonny as an alternative to John/Jonathan?

Algernon? Algy is so sweet... Very Biggles!
Emrys
Nicholas
Cyril
Malcolm
Geraint
Wilbur
Kirk
Kurt
Donald
Franz
Oswald
Scott

This is getting really random now but there HAS to be something out there for you guys!