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Place names that make good boys names

82 replies

candr · 06/01/2013 21:33

I am not thinking of Paris, Brookyln etc but or DS is named after a small village in the north with a slight spelling change. Any interesting place names you think would work for a boy, don't have to be from this country but not one you need to pronounce with an accent. Awaiting with interest Smile

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doublecakeplease · 06/01/2013 23:46

Jarrow
Houghton
Blyth
Chilton
Brockley
Can you tell i live up north!?

Wooton
Henley
Arden

toastedteacake · 06/01/2013 23:48

Lentil - I like your thinking Grin

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 06/01/2013 23:48

Warwick? Roehampton? Hampstead?Alfreton? Alnwick (pronounced annick) ? Alton? Amesby? Barnsley? Barrow? Bawtry? Beccles?Bentham? Bexley? Bradley? Bury? Calne? Chard?Colford?Colne?Corby? Darwen? Dursley? Filey? Filton? Fleet? Harlow? Harrow?Hedon? Hessle? Hinckley? Jarrow? Lewes?Lydney? Marlowe? Millom? Morley? Neston? Newlyn? Ossett? Prescott? Ramsey?

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 06/01/2013 23:49

Sorry more to come.

Screaminabdabs · 06/01/2013 23:52

Maggie, your MN name is magnificent in certain MN listings - all hills and valleys - up with the Ms and down with the ggs.

LentilAsAnything · 06/01/2013 23:53

cece, you are quite right! But MN namers don't like hyphenated first names! Grin

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 06/01/2013 23:56

Rayleigh? Rowley? Royston? Selby? Shildon?Tadley? Thame?
I really like the concept and if I was going to have future children it is one I would employ.
Sadly, I'm not having more children so I am having my fun now.
I think there is a few good'uns in there, though in my head most seem to require a northern accent, for some strange reason!

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 06/01/2013 23:57

But where does it come from Screaming?
I will be amazed if you know!

5madthings · 06/01/2013 23:58

My dad is merry which is Cornish, it can be used as a boys name and is spelt Merin or merrin for a boy :)

5madthings · 06/01/2013 23:58

Not merry merryn bloody auto correct.

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 07/01/2013 00:00

Merryn is lovely, I think my fave in the ones I posted is Thame.

5madthings · 07/01/2013 00:06

Yes it us lovely, we visited the village merryn when we were on holiday this year, well we drove through it!

Thame makes me think of thane which is also a name but don't know if its a place?

Startail · 07/01/2013 00:11

If we are allowed Geographical features
Trent
Seven (like Harper)
Bryn (hill in welsh)

toastedteacake · 07/01/2013 00:13

Heath
Weston
Camden
Colston
Lewes
Lincoln
Lester
Santiago
Barry
Billericay

OkayHazel · 07/01/2013 01:44

I know a Durham. Though spelled differently due to indian descent.

seeker · 07/01/2013 12:39

So presumably you don't actually know a boy called Durham. You know a boy whose name, in one of the languages of the Indian sub- continent, sounds, to English speaking ears, a bit like Durham. Not quite the same thing!

amck5700 · 07/01/2013 15:50

Thought of another - I've heard of a Merrick (name of a hill in Southern Scotland) It's a nice name but you may get the association with John Merrick.

WineOhWhy · 07/01/2013 15:57

James Cracknell has a son called Croyde

rezzle · 07/01/2013 16:00

Ayton
Carlton
Danby
Robin (Hood's Bay)
Linton
Dalton

They are just an odd selection of North Yorkshire villages so there may be something to take your fancy. To be honest, I would suggest just having a good look at a map to see if anything jumps out.

Varya · 07/01/2013 16:00

I think Warwick is a great name for a boy. Knew someone with the name once and thought it was very appropriate.

bubbles1231 · 07/01/2013 16:01

Logan

StuckOnARollercoaster · 07/01/2013 16:06

We started TTC in Canada and gave our 'imaginary' children a local place name. For the boy it was Revelstoke - nickname Revy! (Girl was Louise after Lake Louise)
Am now pregnant and the family are thinking that we might be serious as we still refer to Revy or Louise!

OkayHazel · 07/01/2013 17:37

Seeker - He changed it by deed poll from Dharam to Durham when he moved to England as he preferred the Anglicised version. So yes, I do know a Durham.

PrunellaDeVille · 07/01/2013 17:51

dunstan or leonard stanley - both real places and great boys names

MotherOfNations · 07/01/2013 17:59

I used to go to mother and toddlers with a woman who named her son Glasgow Mckenzie. It even made the local news.