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toughest challenge yet ladies - boys name with tough criteria

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ImpatiencePersonified · 24/05/2015 21:29

Soooo hubs is English, I'm Scottish, and we need a boys name. I've been flicking through MN now for weeks, but it's the same names over and over... So here's a challenge for you ladies.
Give me your best names based on the following criteria.... I know you can do it. I believe in you!
1 - I'm Scottish, hubs is English, I genuinely don't like traditional English boys names like Harry, Olly etc, he hates overly masculine Scottish names such as Magnus, Fergus (I love Torrin for instance, he thinks it sounds like something you get cream for)
2 - we both want something that's a little unusual but not totally out there.... Names like fox, hunter etc are lovely but too much for a wee boy to live up to in our opinion.
3 - no quirky spellings, it makes our teeth itch
4 - we like the following but they've been ruled out of a variety of reasons; Lachlan, Ethan, Logan, Joshua,
5 - our surname rhymes with.... Erm... Tellers, so names with a prominent L Feel are out... For fear of sounding like Rhianna. Also, no middle names, we won't use em.
6 - massively eloquent names such as Tarquin, Farquhar are way out of our comfort zone
7 - if it's been on MN recently, we've seen it and discounted it!

Your challenge is on..... Help us!

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justonemorethread · 04/06/2015 19:10

Nathan

DefinitelyMaybeBaby · 04/06/2015 19:22

What about Solomon, nn Sol, if you like Saul?

Scottishy names - most I would suggest have been said (love Duncan, Ruairi and Angus) but would add Alban for unusualness (as in "Scottish" in Gaelic or St Albans in Cornwall) I love it but it's quite marmitey- might do it for you.

I also like Ivan and Ivor.

Lookoutapiano · 04/06/2015 20:02

Nicholas
Neal
Sean
Austin
Frasier
Donovan

Apologies for duplicates

Lookoutapiano · 04/06/2015 20:08

Todd
Mack
Kyle
Jackson
Farrell
Fletcher
Cedric

Noni1982 · 04/06/2015 20:20

My little boy is Fearghus, spelt the Irish way - my favourite, historic name of all time and he's not a 'hairy arsed highlander'. Watch the throw away comments! Hmm

TeresaGuidice · 06/06/2015 09:38

We called our son Blair..we are both Scottish. I still love it and was glad I chose it..I also loved Struan and Kier but husband not as keen.
Blair is an English-language name of Scottish Gaelic origin. The surname is derived from any of the numerous places in Scotland named Blair. These place names are derived from the Scottish Gaelic blàr, meaning "plain" and "field". The given name Blair is derived from the surname.

WankerDeAsalWipe · 06/06/2015 09:48

It's Keir not Kier. You apparently can't like the name Blair on here either as that reminds people of Tony Blair and is therefore a big No No. I like it, lovely name.

Noni why? Are you going to come round and beat me up or something? [Hmm]

NotInGuatemalaNowDrRopata · 06/06/2015 10:02

John

TeresaGuidice · 06/06/2015 12:51

I've seen both, Kier is a surname and first name.
Fair enough re Blair, each to their own..there's plenty of Davids and Camerons here too! Wink

WankerDeAsalWipe · 06/06/2015 15:12

i stand corrected, I've just googled and i do see Kier spelled like that....it's definitely wrong though Wink

and i agree about the Camerons and Davids too. They are such normal names (including Blair) that i don't think they are automatically associated with particular individuals, it's not like Adolf or Attila or something :o but people on here are weird.

TeresaGuidice · 06/06/2015 15:20

So true Wanker, so true.

I don't have very strong political leanings so maybe that's why I'm not that arsed, but now if you called your child the wrong Real Housewife name I could get really upset... Wink

WankerDeAsalWipe · 06/06/2015 15:25

I've never seen Real Housewifes and think most politicians are knobs :o

Should also add that you can't have Gideon as it's reminds people of George Osbourne as that's his actual real name - however you can totally wet your pants over calling your baby George! Hmm - what ever happened to picking a name because you like it? I agree there are some combinations best avoided e.g if your surname is West, you might want to rethink your favourites of Fred and Rosemary....

thatsn0tmyname · 06/06/2015 15:29

Blair

ImpatiencePersonified · 06/06/2015 20:16

I've gone totally off piste and started trying to convince him indoors that Torben is what we want.
It's not Scottish or English it's Scandinavian and it means Thors Bear/bear of Thor
AND it sounds like Torrin which I love but he said was too ScottishWinkWinkWink
Fingers crossed...

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BuildYourOwnSnowman · 06/06/2015 20:35

you can have bear as a nickname legitimately too!!

WankerDeAsalWipe · 06/06/2015 20:54

...you could tell him that he can use Ben as a nick name if that would convince him that it's really a very straightforward name and then just don't use that when he arrives

ImpatiencePersonified · 06/06/2015 21:36

Our cat is called Bear already which was what made me smile about the name!
You read my mind about the whole Ben angle - it's firmly planted in his mind for consideration Wink

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