Sciency names

[humpbackwhale]

Not pregnant but TTC. Just started discussing names with DH from a theoretical point of view.

I like classic, old fashioned names. We don't agree when it comes to boys names. DH has suggested Edison for a boy (as in Thomas Edison) - he's a nerd and likes the idea of a child being named after someone in the sciences.

What do you think of Edison? I'm not a huge fan of surnames as first names but I'm on the fence with this one.

Any other nice/alternative science-themed names you can think of?

Rosalind, James, Francis

You forgot Maurice. (Everyone does)

I've just remembered someone whose name could work either way round - Humphry Davy.

Tesla
John-Locke
Leibnitz (nickname Choco)

But seriously, I agree with the PP who suggested using the first name of an admired scientist. Or if a surname, Maxwell.

I suppose you could call a boy Franklin for a double whammy homage to Benjamin and poor Rosalind.

Newton
Darwin
Hawking
Tesla
Faraday
Rutherford
Sagan
Dalton
Pascal
Marc(oni)

Maybe Joule could work? ... ahhh just realised what I said....

There's another thread at the moment discussing the suitability of 'Wren' as a name - Sir Christopher was a respected scientist as well as a famous architect.

Edison was my first thought when I saw the thread title. I knew an Edison a few years ago. He was a Brazilian boy. Not sure it's a traditional Brazilian name though, I suspect there was an American influence.
I really like it personally.

Someone mentioned Edward (Jenner). What about Jenner. Think I prefer it to Edison.

I'm not a huge fan of surnames as first name but Edison is actually OK.

My DH really liked Maxwell for a boy because of James clerk maxwell and the Maxwell equations which he created which are the basis of electromagnetism (I think).

Leonard Sheldon would be my vote

Anya, that's the one! He was my father's scientific hero.

Caroline (Herschel) - Astronomer and first woman to discover a comet.

Lise (Meitner) - Nuclear Fission and radiation

Elizabeth (Garrett Anderson) - first woman to qualify as a Doctor.

Mary (Anning) - Fossil expert.

donquixotedelamancha I think Leo as a homage to Galileo was just due to the last 3 letters being Leo, rather than OP thinking his first name was Leo.

BrokenBattle thanks!

Kr1st1na bit over the top-why are some people so aggressive on these boards?!

I like Edison, it's a nice twist on Edward which is quite popular but not too out there.

I like Edison, actually.

Florence (Nightingale)

There's a very attractive character called Edison in Scandal.

I think Edison is nice enough. I don't love it but there is nothing wrong with it at all. If you like it then chose it!

Copernicus

A friend of DD’s is called Tesla. I wish I’d thought of it

I like Edison and I also like Darwin and Newton.

Darwin is cool, except that it reminds me of the hot, miserable hellhole of a city in Australia.