strong, romantic baby boy names: orion, augustine, salem, sebastian, milo?

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So, we are having a very difficult time finalizing our name choice for our baby boy who is due in only a few months.

Our finalists include: orion, augustine, salem, sebastian, and milo.

Our last name starts with an f sound and rhymes with hill-ups.

We like Orion a lot, but we are worried it will lead to a lifetime of frustrated introductions and pronunciation controversies. We also love sebastian, but worry it is way too common.

Mostly, we are looking for a name that is strong yet romantic, unique enough to support the independent individual we hope to raise, and that travels and ages well. I also like the idea of using a name that has been used in multiple cultures for more than a thousand years, as a way of honoring our collective legacy and acknowledging that meaning and wisdom lie not just in the present or the future, but also in the archaic, simpler past.

Combos we like:

Orion Augustine
Salem Augustine
Milo Salem
Augustine Orion

Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.

Oh my word...........

You've cheered me up OP! Hilarious.

Bugger, I am too late to suggest Balonz.

I know lots of Sebastians and Milos (although he was my favourite twee is). Salem is a place? I would think his parents are goths.

I wouldn't give my children such outlandish names like Augustine, it wouldn't suit some men and there's only so much you can influence.

Fuck, someone got Balonz

Constantine?
Valentine?
Paul?

Salem is a very odd one. Surely Pendle would be more appropriate

Wasn't Salem the cat on Sabrina the Teenage Witch?

What about Adolf? It's really unusual these days...

Salem, makes me think of witches too.

I actually think Orion is fab. I really don't think it would cause issues with spelling and understanding it when said. It's recognisable but a bit different. Go for it!

Sebastian is fine.

Augustine and Milo aren't strong names to my ear, wishy washy.

Erasmus

This thread is a wind-up, surely.

Arlo
Inigo
Otto
Felix
Asa
Idris (Welsh)
Bruno
Thor ??
PFB is Hector and it's an ace name!

at this thread

so glad my baby naming days are over

There's a kid at my dc called Hawkeye. How about this?

*school

Sebastian I love (but I am biased ). Mine mainly gets Bastian for short or Sebastiano if I'm cross with him .

How about Orlando? Cosmo? Santiago??(the last one admittedly tricky if you have no Spanish origin)

Hawkeye is lovely. An underused classic.

Valentine, Romeo, Gabriel, Paris (although Katie Hopkins would say that's out as its also a place name, Roman, Phinnaeus, Maxim or Julian.

Someone recently suggested CLAVDIVS. Not Claudius. If you're going to go Roman, do it properly!

These are terrible names. What is wrong with John? Or David? Or something that actually sound like a persons name?

What about Brittanicus? Roman and patriotic! It's a winner.

... well, so long as his teasing teenage classmates don't read 'Last of the Mohicans'. In the book, Hawkeye's original name is 'Natty Bumppo'.

Also, the character in the book is of his time: Hawkeye is a brave and loyal friend to his Mohican comrades, but (in the text) he's also very, very proud to be white, and male...

But perhaps you're not being serious, Mitzy

Titus
Timo
Claudius
Dominic

and yes, Augustus