Are these boys names too out there?

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DH is a big fan of unusual names.

Top of his list for boys names are Tycho (after Danish astronomer Tycho Brae) and Isambard (after Brunel).

After being very they're weirdly growing on me. DC due in four weeks, don't know what it is.

Would we be inflicting potential DS a lifetime of pain?

I personally would say they are too 'out there'. I dont mind unusual-ish names but I think there is a line!!

Ahve you any thoughts on girls names?

My DP insists upon Hironimous (sp?!) should we ever have a boy. He can bog off.

I might warn to Isambard I think, although I don't like Sam as a nn so would dismiss it actually.

How about Kingsley or Tybalt?

I quite like Anastasia for a girl, also Lara, Tamsin and Sabrina

DH likes Xavia, Cassia and Sorcha.

We may never find a compromise!

Love Anastasia and Cassia. How about Aurelia, Saskia and Romilly?

OOh Tybalt - was he the guy who kills Mercutio in R&J?

I don't mind Sam as nn or even 'Bard if he is cool enough! Kingsley just seems a little grand but good ideas Chocoroo. Your DP sounds like mine.

In short, yes.

I like Sorcha a lot. Quite like Lara and Tamsin.

Your boys' names are a bit too far out there for me, personally, but hey it's your kid .

Best of luck with the birth and the naming

think it also depends on where you live. here they would get bullied at school, i fear - despite it being a standard home counties type area

I love Tycho and Isambard, but I am a Physicist turned civil engineer. Toyed with Isambard for DS but it would stand out a mile here (Yorkshire pit village, still has a pit ) and not in a good way.

They'd be fine in trendy North London, which is no bad thing, depending on your POV...

OTOH Isambard will be shortened, inevitably. Tycho makes me think of the toy firm Tyco.

We toyed with Keir, or Aneurin, and I really like Gabriel (but DH vetoed the latter).

I personally think they are too out there. I have a very unusual name myself. It is tiresome to have people comment/ask about it all the time. It definitely makes people have preconceived ideas about you.

I much prefer your girls names. His are "posher".

Would you also consider

Serena
Leah
Lyra

I think it would be hard not to think of a Tycho as 'Psycho Tycho' (if it is pronounced in the way I read it to be).

Isambard is cool, and as he could always choose to shorten it to the very civilised 'Sam' then he never needs to be too embarrassed by it!

I like Isambard. I also like Mordechai.

Whereabouts are you?

They are fab-u-lous!

Isambard could be shortened to Bardy, which I like, and Tycho doesn't need shortening.

I wish I had thought of these names for DS, but I'm certainly not having anymore, now!

samename - does your DH have an unusual name?

Whilst I don't necessarily agree that children get bullied because of their name, I think that you do have to consider how your flights of fancy will sit with your child later (see my post above)

They're awful. Both of them.

I think they're brilliant!

Can you think of any similarly sci/eng girls names? It seems a shame to only have such inspired boys names.

Have you seen how dashing Isaac Newton was when he was young? How about Isaac? Or Edwin (Hubble)?

I may be back with more!

Now I do love a bonkers name but Tycho to me is asking for the prefix Psycho.

What about

Tesla (maybe for a girl?)
Humphrey (after Humphrey Davy)
Arkwright

I assume Tycho would be pronounced Teeko if it's Danish? I'm not keen either way.
How about Kurt as in mathematician philosopher Kurt Godel? (or author Vonnegut) (or wrestler Angle)
Or Willem as in abstract artist Willem de Kooning?

I love them both, I think it is wonderful to have a story or reason behind your kids names. My three have obscure literary poncey first names and two middle names, one family obscure and one top 50 normal

My DH has an 'unusual' name which he has had to spell out all his life whilst I was one of four girls with the same name in my class. We figured if we gave them unusual first names and more common middle names they could always use the middle names if they didn't like their names when they got older.

There was a boy called Isambard in my class at primary school. A small village primary school in a rural area. It was never thought of as unusual, he was never bullied because of it - it was just his name. I really like it.

Not keen on Tycho though. Sorry.

My first thought was Tycho the Psycho too. I think they are both too 'out there'. OTOH, I like all your girl choices.

Hmm I also think they are a bit unusual (and I speak as someone who picked rarely heard names for her DC, well not DS2 actually as it turns out!).

Isambard at least offers the nn Izz tho that sounds a bit girly? Sam?

Tycho (rhyming with Psycho?) is a bit unheard of for me, sorry.

I'm not a huge fan of either but from the p.o.v. of a teacher, kids who tend to get bullied are not obvious targets for things such as name/ hair colour etc, it tends to be more to do with attitude and social skills. I wouldn't let that affect your choice.

My dp likes the name 'Oak' for a boy but said he would never actually call a dc that name as he thinks it would be cruel.

My golden rule is always: look at where you live and whether your DC will hate you for naming them that when they're older. I know it's hard to tell because depends in part on child's personality. I don't like parents inflicting names on kids as a way of seeming clever / posh / original / 'alternative' etc. Occasionally (teacher) I come across kids with bloody awful names who insist on being called their bland middle name, at which times the parents come in on Parents' Evening and I feel like saying, "Why didn't you change your own name by deed poll if you wanted to make a statement, instead of inflicting this on your DC?!"