Sciency names

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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?

Not a fan as it does makes me think of Edison and he was not a particularly nice person, not what I would want associated with my child.

Tesla would perhaps be a bit too much associated with the car rather than the man nowadays.

I vote for Max Planck.

Linnéa (it's after Carl von Linne)
Maryam (Mirzakhani)

Niels (Bohr)
Tycho (Brahe)

I'd never have phrased it the way @Kr1st1na has, (bit harsh), but she does have a point!

It's like when people call their dc Hendrix and Bowie (not because it's about honouring their hero; it's about people saying, "oh look you must be really into your music to name your child after a famous musician". James or David wouldn't get remarked on, so that wouldn't do for some parents)! It irks me as it makes the name all about the parents, rather than considering their dc who might only like classical music for example and hate Jimi Hendrix.

Anywho, re the op, I would choose the first name of a scientist you love, if you'd like to honour them. Isaac, Thomas, Marie, Ada, Alan for example.

If you aren't that bothered about the science theme and just want an interesting name which both of you love @op, I would put my energy into finding that and forget the theme.

@BrokenBattleDroid Aha- I'm too literal. Cheers.

Not a fan of Edison - makes me think Brazilian footballer not scientist though.
What about Michael (Faraday)

A friend called their child Darwin which is nice
Have another with isambard as their middle name

Wasn’t Edison a bit of a bastard? How about Richard, after the latest UK Nobel Prize Winner? Or is that not cool enough? Tim, after the WWW inventor?

I like the Edison.

Boys:
Isaac (Newton)
Alexander (Graham Bell)
Leonardo (Di Vinci)
Benjamin (Franklin - or you could use Franklin!)
Edwin (Hubble)
Charles (Darwin - again, you could use Darwin if you're bold enough!)

Girls:
Rosalind (Franklin)
Marie (Curie)
Caroline (Herschel)
Mary (Anning)
Jane (Goodall)
Rita (Levi-Montalcini)

There was a Cal Berkeley entomologist who named his daughter a lovely name after a genus of insects... Might have been Vernard Lewis except his DD has a boring name like Aisha.

What about Copernicus, Aristotle, Gallileo? Give us a science to at least narrow this down.

One of my colleagues has the middle name Plato.

Very unusual, but I actually sort of like it!

Edison he was a thief, and Tesla nuts beyond belief
Alexander was a gent, so philanthropic, so well meant.

Or so says Richard Thompson. I think Alexander Graham Bell may have been a bit thievey as well actually.

What about Leakey, after Richard Leakey?

pelvic your username goes perfectly with that suggestion!

My brother is Darwin. Personally I think that's cruel.

A colleague of mine had a baby boy and called him Isambard, Sam for short. He must be 5 or 6 now.

Newton.

Elon? (Musk) Tyson? (Degrasse Tyson)

I know a Mersenne. That's mathematical name though I think.

Isotope Rose

I know a boy called Darwin