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A boys' name to rival Huckleberry

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BotBotticelli · 31/03/2015 20:32

A friend at work has a little boy called Huckleberry (known as Huck).

I LOVE it but obviously can't copy it, as it's SO unique.

Can anyone think of any 'similarly' out-there but cute/cool names for boys?? Ds2 is due in the summer and I am struggling with an awesome, strong, interesting, unique name for him.

Interested in names from nature, literature, don't mind surnames-as-forenames in some cases...just something that stands out a bit from the kings and saints...

I DONT like: the trend for old-man names, or boys' names that sound too soft/feminine (I would put things like Robin, Caspar into this camp).

Help! Any ideas! What's the most awesome boys name you've ever heard??

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motorwaymadness · 02/04/2015 18:21

Hero
Hercules
Hudson
Ace

JohnFarleysRuskin · 02/04/2015 19:08

Maximus Decius deridius, commander of the armies of the far north?

HesterShaw · 02/04/2015 20:25

Arthur, King of the Britons, Defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of ALL ENGLAND?

Lucked · 02/04/2015 20:46

Any Fitz.. surnames in the family tree Fittzwilliam, Fitzgerald etc nn Fitz
I love Monty/Montgomery
Rannoch
Rhett I have never come across it outwith Gone with the Wind.
Gabriel nn Gabe
Sullivan
Talbot

ChristmasEveSteve · 02/04/2015 20:53

Henge

Gemerama · 02/04/2015 21:13

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msgilbertblythe · 02/04/2015 22:01

Nothing to add, only that this thread has me crying with laughter

hugoagogo · 02/04/2015 22:09

Dreadnaught is brilliant!
What about Aethelred? V regal

Bluestocking · 02/04/2015 22:16

Genghis, after the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

MrsNuckyThompson · 02/04/2015 22:24

Willoughby

Treesandbees · 03/04/2015 08:20

My friend has a Huckleberry also known as Huck. His brother is Herbie!

Hakluyt · 03/04/2015 08:33

Do people ever stop and think what it would be like for their adult child to have to say in a professional context "I'm Huckleberry"?

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Hakluyt · 03/04/2015 08:52

I think you should always imagine a name in lots of contexts. Would you like to be called it if you are a young supervisor of an older team trying to establish yourself or a secondary school teacher for example? Would you like there to be a politely suppressed smile every time you give your name?

Why would you do something that might make your child's life even q tiny bit more difficult? It's hard enough without being called Huckleberry!

And Huck sounds like a porn star

florascotia · 03/04/2015 10:27

Have people who use Huckleberry ever read the book in which the name was first used as a forename? (It was in use as the name for a fruit, and as slang for 'small, unimportant me' or (in contrast) 'I'm just the person you need', long before.)

Although 'Huckleberry Finn' was written as a satire on racism and slavery, and was advanced and enlightened for its for its time, it has not always been understood in that way. And it has recently been criticised for what some people see as Huckleberry's patronising attitudes towards Black people, even if he means well (which he does). In either case, the name is inextricably linked to a very, very sensitive issue: www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/essay.html

Just a warning, if you haven't read it, the book uses the N-word a lot.

Interrobang · 03/04/2015 12:11

Huck, for me, is far better than another Oliver/Thomas/Caiden. A name just becomes acceptable as soon as you hear it. I'm all for a bit more diversity with names. Huck is cool. And certainly in 20 years' time, we will be more used to them and not hung up on whether we can be a high court judge with a name like Huck.

Hakluyt · 03/04/2015 12:16

"A name just becomes acceptable as soon as you hear it."

No it doesn't!

And actually, I'm not bothered about High Court Judges- they can look after themselves.

NormaSwilley · 03/04/2015 12:32

Edric

Interrobang · 03/04/2015 12:33

It does where I am, and the world is becoming more diverse. Lots more 'foreign' names here now.

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NormaSwilley · 03/04/2015 12:38

btw I think it's a pity to dismiss names just because they happen to be in the Bible. There are plenty of perfectly good historical names in there that belonged to real people. I mean a child could be called, say, Isaac after Isaac Newton, it wouldn't mean the parents were religious.

Hakluyt · 03/04/2015 12:39

"Foreign" names are a different thing. They are actually names for a start!

bishboschone · 03/04/2015 12:40

Imagine shouting huck in the playground , it does sound a bit like fuck if not said clearly .. Could be tricky !Grin

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Interrobang · 03/04/2015 12:57

Of course it's a name. Someone is called it. That makes it a name. Abigail was slang for maid. Now it is just a name.

So it shall be with Huck, and everything else we currently consider unusual.

Imagine shouting Nick across the playground. Sounds a bit like prick if not said clearly ... Could be dicky. Grin